Cape Pembroke and Yorke Bay - 20 December 2020 - No 16

 Well its taken nearly two months - but at last I'm becoming established in Stanley.  Last week:

•  I was paid for the first time;
•  my bank account is now fully open;
•  I've been issued with a cheque book - yes we're still on cheques here (and no guarantee card);
• my car has arrived - and has Falkland Island plates; and
• my personal effects have arrived and are un-packed.

Now that my car has arrived I'm able to shop at will and at my own pace - and go and explore.

Yesterday, after running the Cape Pembroke parkrun I went to Gypsy Cove and Yorke Bay in search of penguins.  I found them and much more besides.  

I took my Canon camera with me - but only one lens that turned out to offer no more magnification that my iPhone.  So today I went back to Cape Pembroke with a longer lens to explore the area around the lighthouse - which includes the memorial to the Atlantic Conveyor.  I also went back to Yorke Bay and was rewarded and was fortunate to get some penguin pictures - just as my battery was about to expire.

The parkrun is run on this road - although the geese tend not to get in the way when we run!

The Falklands wildlife is adapted both to poor soil conditions and the exposed windswept conditions.