We left the UK on the 9th November at 23:00 and flew for 9 hours to the Ascension Islands. Unfortunately we had to stay airside while the plane was refuelled in 24-degree heat at 8:00 in the morning. After refuelling it was on to Mount Pleasant airport in the Falkland Islands, which we arrived at 15:30 in the afternoon (- 3 hours time difference). In total the flight took 18 hours.
On my first full day in Stanley I had a look in the museum and a walk around before boarding the RRS James Clark Ross, my home for the next 5 days!
On my second day I went for a walk to gipsy cove hoping to see some penguins, but unfortunately I didn’t get to see any. The Cove itself however is beautiful, I also saw old shipwrecks and lots of other wildlife mainly birds.
The weather closed in on the third day with winds up to 70mph, I still managed to go in to town and pick up some gifts and send some postcards although have never experiences winds like that before!!
Stanley was a nice place where the people are friendly and the countryside is beautiful.
We set sail for three days on Friday, the section of the trip I was least looking forward to.
I’m currently on the research vessel, somewhere in the South Atlantic Ocean. The trip has been eventful and yes, seasickness has hit quite a few times.
Ascension Island Shipwreck near Stanley Stanley looking back from the ship
Mount Pleasant Airport By Gipsy Cove Where we are now
