Cape to Cape 2026

Long trip, this one. We flew to Santiago, Chile. Stayed a night there then flew to Puerto Williams


Our hotel room hs a nice view over Santiago	..and ice creams on day one - but we never saw one again	Supervised her swim at Santiago	and had a Pisco Sour

Boarded the Silversea charter jet to Puerto Williams	The Captain invited us to the cockpit to help him fly the plane	We went back to our seat and had another Pisco Sour	We flew over Ushuaia and on to Puerto Williams

We boarded the Silver Cloud at Puerto Williams, somewhat traumatised as the padres had left us in a locker aboard the aircraft. But frantic telephone calls resulted in us being rescued and transported to reception on the ship. Phew, were the padres relieved.


Anyway we got to Puerto Williams in Chile	The madre was straight into the pool	And we headed for the bar to top up with another Pisco Sour	The Captain, Freddie, welcomed us bears aboard.

An old friend, we invited him to dine with us	A day or so later, we got to the Falklands	At the first stop it involved a long trek, so the padres took a jeep	These two both look fierce to us

Our first penguins	Makes you (almost) proud to be (almost) British	The islanders knew we liked buns, and laid this on	The other punters were impressed when we drove the Zodiac

Turns out that there were lots of penguins here	everywhere we looked - Penguins	Penguins having a chat	Penguins having a play

We get marzipans and chocolates	Good plate of buns for breakfast - we ate most of them	She thinks Orange Juice is better for us	We arrived at the Falklands

We saw the wreckage of an Argie helicopter	The padre was not please to see Mrs T venerated


Gold Harbour ..	..and Penguins	..St Andrews Bay - in our winter sweaters now.	..and more penguins

..not just a few penguins, but millions of the things	..they filled all available space. We were penguined out	We got back on board and dined with Kevin and Adrian	Next up was Stromness where Shackleton reached safety

Stromness is too dangerous to enter	Megan was here to make sure we stayed out	But we saw a lot of rusty old iron	We went on to Grytviken

It was a bright sunny day	Here we visited Shackleton's grave	and saw rusting old boats	and another rusting boat. Worse then old stones

A copy of Shackleton's boat. Don't think we would have made it	Our last stop in South Georgia was at Salisbury Plain	We never knew penguins could swim	These ones were waiting their turn to go into the water

Help. frightened that the zodiac to the ship was in dense fog	We were exhausted after all that exploring	And a decent buffet is something we never turn down	Wonder if she will share that with us

We are all waiting for the barman to take our order	The Staff Captain was not very chatty. He did not like small bears	But Martin did like small bears - we like Martin

We took a few days to get to the Tristan da Cunha group of islands - Gough , Inaccessible, Nightingale and Tristan


We go for a trip round Gough	..and spot a effalump seal	Effalump seal in the water	Not more penguins

We spotted some old stones padres should like that	We organised a tour of the kitchen, but where was the food	Are we expected to share the marzipan's, Pembroke ?	More penguins at Nightingale. Whar hairdos !

They must grow penguins here	This chaps life jacket just suddenly inflated, not our fault	The infamous climb up Nightingale that the madre decided ..	..to skip as it looked too daunting

They seem to be moving in on us, Somerville	We landed at Tristan. They sell their isolation	The harbour was not very big	The Tristan ladies did a lot of knitting on dark winter nights

I think we will skip visiting the school	Mind you it did have playground, complete with slide	The not very grand home of the British Administrator	They do have a police station. Best not blow raspberries

Tristan is a long way from anywhere	Not many potatoes are planted these days	The padres were knackered from walking, so it was the bus back	They bought themselves sweaters, claimed there were none our size


We bravely climbed up onto this small rhino	Said goodbye to Adrian & Kevin	The winery was pretty iffy - food took hours to arrive

We joined the padre in the garden	..and the madre in the vineyard	We could even see table mountain in the distance


More buffets means we can eat as much as we like	We asked the Expedition Leader to dine with us	..Also Martin & Jeanette

It is goodbye from Martin	..goodbye from all the crew.	And extra cakes all round