Thread: Cool Memories

Bit of reminiscing looking through some photos with the girls.

This i took on Leeds Castle on our way to South Georgia from the Falklands Is, this was past the Antarctic Convergence Zone. Later that night the stabiliser took a shit and i was woken up getting thrown out of my bunk. The trip was the ships last down south and after she made her way back to the UK via some South America stops before being decommissioned.

Last few atm as i cannot spend all afternoon loading pics - places to go..

here is Leeds Castle in the King Penguin bay taken through a small glacier that was washed ashore

This guy is a full grown Elephant seal, they are enormous. There was only three on the beach in Grytviken as it was early in the mating season and so there bulls were the earliest and got the best spots. In high mating season you couldn't get this close about 3 meters. When the ladies turn up its all fights. He was over 4 meters long.

There were three of us walking along the beach and we were a little worse for wear as we'd hosted the British Antarctic Survey staff onboard the night before and we were just yakking away, my mate grabbed me as i was just about to walk straight into this monster, he didn't bat an eyelid.

Damn amazing pics there. And excellent quality too.

Originally Posted by malmomike77

I could but i'd need to live another 40 years to add all of them given how many i have and how long this takes. Its weird I rarely take photos now and have to force myself to when on hols.

Superb and atmospheric stuff, if you have more, put them up.

Oh well fallen on deaf ear but tbh i don't think i could face all the uploading.

Perito Moreno glacier, down at the front not sure how much is left these days but we trekked on it for two days, rounding it for a day and...

some wiki detail Perito Moreno Glacier - Wikipedia

inside in long ice cave, lots of creaking and a bit fookin dodgy - the whole glacier is a living moving thing

the glacial lake in front which the glacier calves off into with

Cool pics!

some great shapes and colours, we chartered a boat to go around between the bergs

every night we got back showered, hit a few bars but always ended up at this place and ate. The staff after night 2 told us to get there at 12 and we ate with them free just contributed to the wine - some of the best BBQ food i've ever eaten

fond memories but slow starts in the morning after crawling home at 3-4 am with 09.30 starts

^ Looks like some of the photos taken in Jools in Soi 4 back in the day.

well the place has gone upmarket in over 25 years, at least i'm pretty sure this was it - it had a big open pit with steers and sheep peg'd open Qing

Gallery – CASIMIRO BIGUA | Parrilla y Restaurante Gourmet

Great pics , keep them coming!

^^

Spent a couple of weeks not far away, in Punta Arenas. A bar I used every night had a refrigerated display unit with fresh meat as part of the bar, and made memorable steak sandwiches. Also spent some time in Comodoro Rivadavia, where the natives were also friendly. Great number of people with Welsh surnames in that part of the world, and even Welsh speakers I believe.

Interesting story about Welsh Miners emigrating to Patagonia over 200 years ago

They must have felt at home there, almost similar to Snowdonia.

Nice. Mate..keep em coming

Going back

Pancake ice forming in South Georgia

its brutally cold down there but its beautiful in winter.

we passed many icebergs, some huge

these although relatively small these were still over 100 feet high. Penguins.... before my 3 trips darn saaf i'd never really thought about them but fuk they are hard as fook in the bird world.

Bergs in the bay

can Troy guess this bird? my favourite in the Falklands and further afield if i'm honest.

a clue 1312 flight

Troy will get that for sure.

I've cheated with google and searched Falklands RAF refueling plane and it came back with the Voyager?

Originally Posted by malmomike77

taken before Game Of Thrones, can anyone else see a Dragons head?

Originally Posted by Joe 90

the Voyager?

cheats don't always win - wrong.

This bird was and possibly still is the fastest liner post Concord retiring, when Britain used to produce the best.