By the time Madeline Crewe-Read returned to London after marrying childhood sweetheart Sam Sangster (a horse racing bloodstock agent), she’d clocked up a few air miles. Jet-set wedding trips included a three-stop honeymoon, dress fitting…
BARBADOS is a trio of islands in all but topography. The west, nicknamed the Platinum Coast, is the side for exclusive hotels patronised by a demographic spectrum from soap and soccer stars to toffs with titles.
The south is less glam but much more affordable and better for both watersports and nightlife. The east coast is wild and untamed, great for looking at but the sea is too rough for all but surfers. Being rather pear shaped, there is no north coast as such.