Penguins Day 7 - Sunday 12th May

We had a day off today. It was quiet in the house without Nancy and David, so in the morning we just chilled out, read, caught up on emails, etc.  After a late lunch, Kelley and I went for a walk around the bottom of the island, on a penguin photo shoot. At the other side of the village, we went down to Sandy Beach and immediately saw a group of penguins loafing around. We watched them for a while, then made our way slowly along the beach to the harbour, where we managed to catch the souvenir shop open, bought a few presents, and treated ourselves to an ice cream.

After that, we found the penguin boardwalk, which ends in a bird hide just the other side of the harbour wall. Again, we were treated to a group of penguins hanging out, and some more coming ashore. There were also cormorants on the harbour wall, and ibises in the background. 
At about 5pm we made our way back through the village, and walked through to far side of the island where there are good views of Table Mountain across the bay. We were lucky to see yet another group of penguins coming in from the sea, with the sunset casting a red glow on the mountains.

It started to get rather chilly when the sun went down, so we walked back round to the house to find that Richard had made a delicious beef stew.

A very relaxing day, leaving us refreshed and eagerly awaiting tomorrow’s tasks.