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Signposted off Highway 2, a kilometre or so north of Harrison's Cave, the dramatic Welchman Hall Gully (Mon-Sat 9am-5pm; B$11.50) is a long, deep corridor of jungle, hemmed in by steep cliffs and abounding with local flora and fauna. Though a handful of non-indigenous plants have been planted here over the years, the vegetation is not dissimilar to that which covered the whole island when the British first arrived here. The gully itself was created aeons ago by a fissure in the limestone cap that covers this part of Barbados, and is named for a Welshman, General Williams, an early settler on the island and the first owner of the surrounding land. There are two entrances - one at either end of the gully and both with parking spaces - and buses from Bridgetown stop outside each one, where a National Trust represent-ative will take your money and give you a brochure describing the walk and the plants and trees. A footpath leads down into the gully, and it's a short walk from one end of the marked trail to the other, along which prolific fruit and spice trees dangling with lianas offer protection from the sun. Keep your eyes out for green monkeys cavorting in the undergrowth
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