The road between Hope Estates and Orient Beach was blocked today. The Gendarmes managed the traffic flow but we had to go around the island via the Dutch side to get home. The road was completely blocked by two large pieces of equipment. This is a long standing dispute over whether a land sale decades ago was a legal transaction. (Only in the islands!) In any event more gendarmes have been moved in from Guadeloupe and I expect to will be fixed by Wednesday if not tomorrow. An inconvenience but easily resolved by getting to Orient Beach via the Dutch side