Anguilla

A Coral Island

Anguilla is a flat island of coral and limestone about 26 kilometres long, with no mountains to catch the clouds, so it is drier and sunnier than its volcanic neighbours. What it lacks in height it makes up for in beaches: more than thirty of them line its coast, many reached by sandy tracks.

Sandy Ground and Road Bay

The camera is at Sandy Ground, a village on a narrow strip of land between Road Bay and a salt pond where salt was once harvested by hand. Road Bay is the island's port of entry for yachts and cargo boats, and the view from the beach bar shows sailboats at anchor, the curve of the beach and, in the evening, the sun setting over the sea.

Sun and Trade Winds

The trade winds blow steadily from the east, keeping the heat bearable all year. The driest and busiest months run from December to April; from June to November the hurricane season brings heavier showers and, at times, storm swell into the bay.