We were woken by Stefan at 6.30am, telling us that we were leaving the Bay of Isles and heading out into the South Atlantic on the long voyage to Tristan da Cunha. With the storm passing through, he warned us about big waves and a rolling ship! He was waking us early so that we could pack things away in our cabins.
I went up on deck to take my last photos of South Georgia. What a wonderful few days it has been and how lucky we are to have been to South Georgia twice!!
Heading out of the Bay of Isles
As we left the protection of the land, the seas became much rougher and rather than go with Wendy to the second Shackleton lecture by Peter Damisch, I stayed in the cabin.
Looking back towards South Georgia
By 11.30am, the ship was rolling all over the place. Our fruit bowl went flying across the cabin! We estimated that the waves were up to 10 metres in height and the movement of the ship made it difficult to move around, but at least we were at long last on our way to Tristan da Cunha.
The movement of the ship made me feel slightly seasick and, even though I managed to get to the dining-room for lunch, I didn't stay long before I headed back to the cabin.
In the afternoon, Wendy went to Stefan's lecture on geology and then watched "Life of Pi" on the TV in the cabin. She then went to hear Uli's lecture on Oceans.
At the end of the lecture, I joined her on deck to watch the magnificent albatrosses flying around the ship.
Wandering Albatross
We returned to our cabin and heard Stefan announce that the storm had passed by and that conditions were improving. Shortly afterwards, he came back on the PA system to say there was a large tabular iceberg ahead of the ship, the largest one sighted on the trip. So everyone went up on deck to take photos. It was large, but not as impressive as the tabular bergs we had seen at the southern tip of South Georgia in 2008.
Tabular iceberg
Whilst on deck, I took more photos of the birds. Here is another one of the wonderful wandering albatross.
Wandering Albatross
With evening approaching, we returned to our cabin and decided to have a room service dinner, the first of the voyage. We had been asked by Chris and Dick to have dinner with them to celebrate Dick's birthday, but I just didn't feel up to it.
Our butler, Helen, took our order and we had a good meal in the comfort of our cabin. Afterwards, Wendy watched a film on Frank Hurley, Shackleton's photographer, which was also being shown in the theatre where they were serving popcorn!
Finally, we went to bed at the end of the first of five days at sea before we get to Tristan da Cunha.
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