Today was a day at sea......I was up at 6.30am and went to the gym,the motion made the cross trainer more interesting and more of a work out as the boat rolled. Enroute to breakfast the boat was moving and trying to plot a straight line along the corridor was difficult. The seas weren't large but interestingly while people get their sea-legs sick bags were strategically placed along the corridor rails! I stayed seated for breakfast not venturing to the buffet as...

Fully breakfasted we had left the hotel by 7am along with some fellow travellers headed to the city airport to join the remaining passengers our Silverseas charter flight to Ushuaia. The flight took almost 4 hours - as long as a trip to Tenerife! When we arrived we saw traveller's who had clearly just got off the incoming Siverseas trip as they were donning their distinctive red parkas. We eventually got our luggage and passed it to the ships baggage handlers wh...

Today's the longest day - but shortest in the UK. We were up on time and had enough time to have a cup of tea before we left - our driver had stayed overnight which enabled an on time departure of 4am! We arrived at the airport just before 6.30 and checked in easily - the coffee shop wasn't open but we sat in a seat as security wasn't open either. Luckily the coffee shop opened first and we had our first and much needed cafe con leche of the day. We boarded at...

After our usual 8 am breakfast we pottered about until 9.45am when Augustine arrived in the Landrover - we were going to drive to the coast to see if a rock cormorant colony was being established in the cliff face after he saw a few pairs there a week or so ago. As we crossed arid pasture zones with different age sheep in them, together with iconic windmills to bring the water up through bore holes and the best in bloom thistle I have seen we passed mara, Europe...

We were up just after 7am - the predicted windstorm looked unlikely as it was blue skies, warm with a light breeze - so we were hopeful that there would be good conditions for watching elephant seals. Just after 8am we had breakfast, said our goodbyes to the Dutchman and German couple who were going their different ways and got ourselves ready for a walk with Augustine - the owner. Firstly we got into the red Ricon Chico Landrover and were driven to the coast. ...