After a great bonfire night on friday I had a saturday of exploring. After my normal 10km bike ride in the morning Sam (the docter) and myself walked over to Myviken to the beach. From there after a quick look in an old sealers cave we headed uphill and into the ‘lake country’. There are terraces after terraces of small lakes on the hill sides here some are still covered with snow and ice. The round trip was 14km with quite a bit of up and down! The clouds have been low and the sun has been replaced with gray cloudy days with the odd snow flurry.

After I got back to base Tommy (the electrican) had spent the morning drawing three penguins for me as a present which was a great surprise. He is a good artist. He was heading out for a hike so I went with him for a lap of Gull Lake which is where our hydroelectric dam is so another 5km or so! We got back in time for a BBQ on a visiting ship that went late into the night.

This morning (Sunday) I was on earlies – which means getting up at 5:30am. You do rounds of base checking in all the rooms for leaks, fire etc. including all the electrical panels, alarm panels etc. Also the bread is made in time for 7:30-8:00am breakfast. As it was sunday we didn’t have to cook anything else as it is a day of rest for everyone however, I could resist. So I made chelsea buns for breakfast, minestrone soup for lunch/dinner and a upside down pineapple gingerbread cake with custard.

Tommy and I went off for a walk to the end of Gull lake and along the ridge of Brown Mountain. We talked to some people who sailed in on Pelagic that are attempting to circumnavigate South Georgia by kayak unsupported. The resident yacht Wanderer III came back from a trip somewhere else on the island on friday so we have two yachts in at the moment. The Dr from last winter left on a ship today on her way to Halley for the summer as they have two drs on base during construction. This was quite sad for the old winterers as their group is now being broken apart.

After a dinner of bangers and mash which I made for a few of us and a big bowl of cake and custard we watched Letters from Iowa Jima. Sunday night is film night at KEP and the movie is chosen by the person on earlies. So that is my busy walking/cooking weekend! Hope you had a good one.