Falkland Islands Deployment

It's Saturday, my lips are wrecked, I'm a little snotty, tired, and I'm struggling to keep the boiler going. Brilliant news when the temperature outside is below zero. But what an amazing week... topped off with a millionaire's experience of St. Andrew's Bay. Yeah, I mean, you'd have to be a millionaire if you wanted to just fly a helicopter up in the sky purely to take photos of South Georgia, right?
Actually the pilot was even taking requests, so I asked him to fly really high so I could get a really good shot of the ship in the bay- I think you'll agree it's come out quite well!

After Gold Harbour and Grytviken, I thought I'd give myself a rest from the 'rigmaroll' of going ashore (In order to go ashore, you have to wear all-in-one survival suits, get sprayed with icy water as the RIB blasts across the waves... nah, I'd done enough). The Lynx flight was enough for me for the day!

We've now just set sail from South Georgia, heading... back to ECMP. But only for 2 days, and then we start a rather long voyage...

Meanwhile, I have plenty of DVDs for company, a bit of revision (yep, I'm studying again), a camcorder to repair (or maybe just a new one to buy), and a few other bits and pieces to keep me occupied. If you want to send me or anyone here mail, it'd best be done quite soon, as I fear this weekend maybe the last chance we have to recieve any.