Friday, 15 August 2025

The Islands in the Bay – Chapter (208) Birders Paradise

 


June

 

Garwood Grimm was a 25-year-old singleton and was what they used to call a twitcher, although nowadays they prefer to be called birders, and he was staying at the Seaview Hotel on the Pepperstock Bay island of St Giles du Cabot.

It is beautiful and relatively un-spoilt, and three quarters of the island is a Wildlife Sanctuary, a lot of avid bird watchers gravitated to St Giles which was the reason he chose it for his holiday, that and Hastings Lake which would facilitate his other passion, Angling.

It was both idyllic and peaceful, and there was little, or no noise pollution and the lake was free from boats or jet skis.

Garwood was a bit of a loaner so birdwatching and angling were the perfect hobbies for him.

He would have preferred not to be such a loaner but unfortunately, he was a bit socially awkward, but the main reason he was alone was because he was shy and preferred to go unnoticed, which was difficult to do when you’re extremely tall with wild unruly hair.

Not that he wasn’t attracted to the opposite sex, he was very much indeed, in fact while he was on the island he took a liking to a girl at the Hotel, Andrea Stephan, who he seemed to run into a lot as she was very industrious and turned her hand to everything, but he was too shy to initiate a conversation with her.

Fortunately Andrea was not so shy and made a point of chatting to him every time she ran into him, which was a lot, and one evening she suggested he take a trip to the neighbouring Beaumont island and visit Bellevue Woods to enjoy some different sights so on his fifth day on the island he got up bright and early and took the Ocean Breeze water taxi from Cabot Town to Spaniards Creek then he headed up towards the woods but first of all he went up to Cragg Edge which Andrea had recommended it to him. 

Andrea had also given him a number of popular birding sites and one in particular where she said a Green Woodpecker had been sighted so he made his way there and what he found waiting for him in the clearing, sitting on a blanket was a girl, and after a few seconds he realized it was Andrea herself.

He was standing on the edge of the clearing and moved a little closer and was about to announce himself when she stood up and took off her dress to reveal a green bikini.

“Oh my” he said to himself as he studied a most interesting scene.

“This is much better than a Green Woodpecker, “Much better.”

It wasn’t the usual type of bird he was spotting for, but it was a rare sight indeed.

Andrea was a year or two younger than Garwood, shorter in stature, with straight brown hair and a rather plain, heavily freckled face, but lovely blue eyes, a cute nose, and a thin-lipped smile, she also had nice legs tights tiny feet always which was a bonus for him.

 

It was his habit to write down his more exotic sightings in his little book, not that he had anything in his book to equal Andrea, however as pleasant as the diversion from birdwatching was he wasn’t comfortable to spy on her further.

However, as he prepared to slip quietly back into the woods Andrea turned around and looked directly at him and smiled, and then she gestured him to join her.

“I’m so sorry” he said as he approached “I didn’t mean to stare.”

“That’s alright you were meant to” she retorted.

“Wwhat?” he stammered.

“I’ve been trying to get your attention all week” she said and slithered up to him and embraced him and when the kiss was over she said.

“Now don’t you think that’s better than bird watching?”

“Oh yes definitely” he replied and leant in for another helping and thought.

“This is definitely going in the book.”

 

The morning after Andrea had successfully lured Garwood to the clearing in Bellevue Woods and they shared an extended period of kissing he rose late and was trying to figure out when he would get to kiss her again.

And it was with those thoughts about kissing the girl in the yellow bikini that he decided he would take a shower and then go in search of her, however just as he got midway between the bed and the bathroom, naked and aroused, the maid, receptionist, waitress and all-round dogs’ body, Andrea Stephan, suddenly appeared at the door.

There followed a delightful interlude, in which she declared that she was his girlfriend, which culminated in them making love in his bed.

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