So while my friends in the US had the day off to celebrate the 4th July I was shovelling heavy wet snow and setting off flares. The shovelling meant I didn’t have to lift weights in the gym which is a boring part of my daily routine!

It snowed last night indeed by 11:30pm when I did lates it was already about 8 inches of snow. This morning Rob ticked the winter travel reg box which means full avalanche kit and two people when going off base.

With all the snow there was a lot of shovelling along the walkway. Whom ever designed/built the place decided it was a clever idea to have the walkway extend beyond the roof so the snow falls off the roof onto the walkway instead of to the outside. Not clever.

At lunch Sam, Tommy and I went for a skin around Grytviken which was beautiful in the blanket of snow.

Ali’s penguin from the pub crawl became the KKK penguin with a peaked snowy hat.

Tommy serviced the washer and driers and had an A+++ rant on the board about lint after someone left a napkin in their pockets.

After all the midwinter present making the chippy shop was full of sawdust and needed a good sort out. I made a bonfire from all the sawdust and scaps and put the wood up on some pallets as the heavy rain has been driving in the door and soaking the wood on the floor.

As there were no fireworks on base for me to celebrate 4th July we set off a few flares at the wharf that were out of date.

After setting off the flares it was time for a movie and sitting on sofas at Shack Villa as Kieron and Ruth went back to the UK today for their 4 months off.