First thing first up at 6:30am to get on skype and wish mum Happy Mothers Day and then down to let the lines go for the ship taking the rat team away. It was raining in the morning however, I decided to put on the foul weather gear and run around Gull Lake. It turned out to be a great run with the rain stopping and the sun shining. I also took 6 minutes off my last time so was quite happy. I got back and hadn’t even got out of my running kit when Tommy asked if I would go up Duse with him and take some video for him. He has put together a speech for a really good friend of his who is getting married. It required lots of little parts at different points while climbing. We spent a good while up top and Tommy took a photo for my mother of me for Mother’s Day. Then after lunch it was down for a long afternoon in the chippy shop.

This is the wood we have been picking up on the beach at the Greene. It has come out of the fishing boats which are wrecked at the entrance to the Morraine Fjord.

This is one of the fishing boats the picture is by Sam that is on the reef.

After yesterday in the wood shop I had it all milled ready for my midwinter present. It was horrible weather so I spent the day and found it was all beautiful high quality mahogony. Midwinter presents are given at our equivalent of christmas down here we all pick a name out of a hat and then secretly make presents. This is the only posting I will do until I put up a picture of the finished product in June!