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Winter is coming

I had intended to write a lot sooner than now – a post marking our six months here was in my mind, however it failed to make it onto the laptop. So, six months have been and gone, in fact we have been here now 10 months and so much has happened! We came withContinue reading “Winter is coming”

A little holiday

Sealion Island Due to the fact that the tourist season hasn’t occurred this summer (I’m told that when a cruise ship arrives in town, up to 5000 people can instantly descend on Stanley; given the total population of the Falklands is a little over 3000, this must be quite an experience) the government of theContinue reading “A little holiday”

A Falklands Christmas

Grab a brew and any left over Christmas cake, this ones a whopper! The School term finished on the 17th December, the same time the last boat of the year came in. It was a light cargo for us this time, only the two boxes, but perhaps the most important as they contained a lotContinue reading “A Falklands Christmas”

The end of the first term

Blink and you miss it – we have completed our first term here in the Falklands, and it feels in some ways like we have always been here. Day to day life in the most part is so similar to how it was in the uk – the school system seems just like what theContinue reading “The end of the first term”

The reunion

We have been back to school now for two weeks, and as seems to be the norm; a lot has happened. We now have five hens with a very impressive hen house made entirely from pallets Chris managed to source from around the town. The girls spent most of the first day just sitting inContinue reading “The reunion”

The end of the first half term

Well, I didn’t manage as many updates as I had hoped this half term, life as always gets busy. Before we knew it, we were in our new routines of work and school, and then exploring our new surroundings in the times in between. The girls have taken school on with relish, made so manyContinue reading “The end of the first half term”

Beep Beep, where should I be?!

I had planned to do a few other blog posts by now, but you know, life tends to get in the way of those sort of things. Its amazing how we have just got settled into our new routines. It took us a couple of weeks to get used to the new school timings –Continue reading “Beep Beep, where should I be?!”

The end of our family bubble

163 days. From the 23rd March when the UK started lockdown (that actually seems like years ago) we hunkered down from the outside world like the rest of the UK. We adapted to the new way of juggling home-schooling with working remotely and eventually found our rhythm. It was surprising how well we all seemedContinue reading “The end of our family bubble”

And into the outside world…

Well that’s not strictly true, we were allowed out in the garden, however for at least the past 3 days the kids hadn’t joined us for our daily walk about due to it being ‘too cold’. Goodness knows how they will tolerate the proper winter next year… And so we have come to the endContinue reading “And into the outside world…”

Quarantine Week 1

After surviving The Great Lockdown of March 2020, we thought we were old pros at having to stay indoors. However, add the fact we were not in our own home, in a new country, with no bank account or phones, it certainly has made our first week here interesting. I had thought that everything wasContinue reading “Quarantine Week 1”