I had two nights in Stanley – but not together. One night then on to Volunteer Point for 2 nights and then back to Stanley for my last night with the transfer to Mount Pleasant at 6 am for the flight back to the UK.
Quite a full plane
Flying to Stanley
Somewhere important to have a naval vessel moored there
and a ship with a helipad
One of Darwin’s observations of the Falklands was the stone “rivers” – now thought to be “the product of a suite of periglacial processes, including frost-wedging, gelifluction, frost heave, frost-sorting and snowmelt runoff”. So there!
Stanley!
Stanley harbour
Stanley, racecourse at the rear.
Governor’s house bottom right, school behind, hospital to the left
The old Stanley ended at the cemetery. New Stanley is to the left. Where I stayed, Lafone House, is the first building to the left. The “wood” behind the cemetery is Memorial wood where a tree has been planted in memory of each British soldier/sailor/airman killed in the conflict.
New Stanley – post 1982
New port – post 1982
New harbour post 1982
Stanley airport
Baggage handlers!! I was so confused by the modern technology that I left my binoculars on the plane. Not to worry – they were left for me at my Bed & Breakfast two days later
Stanley Airport check in/out building
On the way from Stanley airport:
A memorial to the German fleet which was defeated in the battle of the Falklands 1914
The “distance to” pole
Christchurch Cathedral, part of the Canterbury diocese, and the whale bone arch
The whale bone arch was erected in 1932 to commemorate the colony being a British possession for 100 years
Interesting kneelers – FIGAS & San Carlos cemetery
Memorial window in the Cathedral
The Catholic church
The memorial to the 1982 conflict
Susan Whitley’s grave was on Sea Lion Island
Royal Marines memorial
Memorial to the 1914 battle
No holds barred
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