Venue
The venue for this year's Laughing Horse Awards Ceremony can now be revealed. It is Little St James Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Bloggers and blog supporters will fly into Cyril E. King Airport on the main island of St Thomas on New Year's Eve before being ferried to Little St James . All accommodation, food and drink will be supplied free of charge courtesy of our generous sponsors. Once a luxury private retreat for a wealthy New York-based financier, the island has effectively been in mothballs for almost ten years. I understand that the fellow in question ran into serious legal troubles and ended up in an American jail. Rumour has it that he later committed suicide. The Laughing Horse Awards Committee were able to rent the entire island for an attractive knockdown price. It seems that the property hire company, Paradise Resorts, have struggled to find tenants which is rather surprising as Little St James is blessed with beautiful white beaches and clear seas. Furth...