Cape Pembroke

On Saturday morning we went windsurfing. Although it was sunny when we set out by the time we got rigged up and onto the water it had turned showery, the sea was quite choppy and the wind very variable so it was quite challenging but generally fun. The worst bit is getting everything packed up afterwards and trying to get out of my wetsuit and boots with rather numb hands.

After we had a late lunch and relaxed for a bit the sun came out again and we decided to go for a walk before supper. We drove to Cape Pembroke and as we had torrential rain the night before Simon had great fun driving through all the puddles.
Just after we had walked past the lighthouse 2 tussac birds flew up to us. We had seen one near there once before. These little birds are extremely tame and inquisitive and will even sometimes land on you. They are bigger than a sparrow but smaller than a blackbird. They only live in areas where there are no rats or cats as they nest on the ground. Presumably they come from some small tussac islands just off Cape Pembroke to feed amongst the kelp on the pebbly shore. They followed us around as we walked and one sat on the back of the car for a while when we started to drive off.
Near the lighthouse is a memorial, made from a propellor, to the Atlantic Conveyor which was lost in the 1982 conflict on May 25th, the day Hannah was born. The names of those lost are engraved on the centre of the propellor and there is also a map showing where it went down. The remembrance wreath was laid by Princess Anne who visited here last week on her way to South Georgia.
We watched a small group of speckled teal feeding in a sheltered spot near the shore and I nearly stood on an immature night heron beside a small pool. I'm not sure who was the most surprised him or me!