We leave the port of Stanley on Tuesday, October 10th in late morning, heading for the West Islands of the Falkland archipelago. The South wind blows at 30 knots, and this coastal navigation allows us to quickly cover the 140 miles to Saunders Island, in rather comfortable conditions. We anchor at dawn in front of the family farm. The weather is rainy, and we are very happy to be invited to Betty’s for tea. We weigh anchor the next day for Dunbar, where the very welcoming owners await us. Marie- Paule and Hugues, a French couple settled here for about ten years, share the activities of their 4000-head livestock farm with us moutons. C’est le printemps ici et entre les poussins et les agneaux les filles sont aux anges, d’autant que certains ont perdus leur maman dans les troupeaux et qu’il faut les nourrir au biberon… Les ballades up to the beautiful beach of Stevelly Bay, where several colonies of penguins live, which are very pleasant, and we return with some penguin eggs for lunch. It is indeed allowed to take the eggs tant qu’il n’y en a encore qu’un ; la femelle pond habituellement deux eggs, and she will lay two if the first is removed before she lays the second, so there is no impact on reproduction due to our greediness! Diane is convinced she is eating a carrot omelet, so much do these eggs give an orange color, and the taste is otherwise quite similar to that of chicken eggs. Yesterday, the annual sheep shearing began and with almost 500 sheep per day for two shearers, there’s no downtime in the barn! The wind is blowing hard, but we are well protected in this pleasant little lagoon, which we plan to leave as soon as the wind turns North, Monsieur Jerôme Poncet is waiting for us at Beaver Island ;-)