The snow that was meant to come through thursday night didn’t come through till early in the morning so we decided to wait it out in the comfort of the hut at Sorling. The route to Ocean Harbour is 5km up a valley over a col and back down another valley.

 By 11:30am the blue skies had returned and it was time to load up the 30kg rucksacks put on the snowshoes and head up the valley.

We stopped for lunch late in the day at a cairn looking down over Ocean Harbour – I had brought some french cheese for my rivita it was tasty!

After leaving off our large rucksacks at the stone shelter we wrapped up in down jackets and headed out to the point in the hopes of seeing a beautiful sunset. We walked past the wreck of the Bayard and came upon a herd of skittish reindeer. Also on the point was a large number of fur seals, some ellies and a small rookery of penguins which had just come home for the evening and were climbing a long way up the hill. The full moon rose above the wreck casting a glow across the cove.

Rob found a great bivvy site for the night. It was another really cold night when we awoke at 6am to see the beautiful sunrise I left Tommy to get up with the camera to take pictures and stayed snug in my sleeping bag for another couple hours.