Today I hiked over to Maiviken Hut as I wanted to tighten the cables that hold down the hut. I felt like a vandal when I left large footprints in the ice over the moss beds on the way there and back.

While the spray was soaking into the rusty turnbuckles I sat on the bench (I made back in January) and had lunch. As you can see behind me the windows of the hut are covered with about 3 inches of icy and snow. The wires I went to tighten are the ones leading up to the roof. Unfortunately one of the turnbuckles was so rusted I would have sheared it so I will have to go back with a new one and a hacksaw. The other one is now nice and tight so it can wait till I get back there next week.

The snow caught in the short grass looked like cotton blowing around a field.

On the way along the track I noticed a large piece of wood probably from the jetty at Grytviken and decided to carry it back to base to use for a project I am getting ready to do in the chippy shop. It was quite heavy being 12 foot long and 6 x 3 and a little wet. Thanks to Tommy’s help holding onto the other end it is already milled and drying in the boatshed. There was a great handmade nail sticking out of it which I have saved and will try to use in some way. I won’t start the project until after mid winter when everyone is finished with their MWPs and the chippy shop is a little less busy.

Hopefully tomorrow will be another relatively nice day – it has started to snow is small flurries so there will probably be a blanket tomorrow. I am off on holidays with Tommy and Rob next week from Thursday through Sunday on the Greene and am looking forward to it.