Wedding anniversary

Again I was awake early on the Sunday morning and despite it being our wedding anniversary the thought that we had only a few hours left on the island had me up and keen to get out. Simon was not so sure but by the time we had had a cup of tea and the sun was shining he was happy to come too so we set out at 6am and headed back southwards towards Leopard Beach, seeing dolphins swimming in the bay and stopping on the way to watch the stragglers of the gentoo penguin colony making their way down the hill to the sea.

Walking along the sandy beach in warm sunshine watching penguins entering and leaving the water was quite idylic. We then visited the smaller gentoo colony and watched Falkland skuas circling on the lookout for unguarded nests to rob. After climbing a small hill we made our way back listening to sea lions roaring on a small island in the bay and watching two of them swimming along near the shore.


After having breakfast and packing up we had time for another short walk before being driven back to the airstrip where are plane was due to arrive at mid-day. We had seen so much and been so well looked after we were sorry to be leaving such a lovely place but suspect we will return sometime.


Our return flight was much smoother and we flew over some of the other islands before returning to land in heavy rain at Stanley.

When I recieved a phone call after lunch asking if I could go to work I declined (one of the advantages of being a bank nurse) and we enjoyed a relaxing afternoon and going to church in the evening.