Whose Beryl you ask? A new guest best friend? An aggressive Polar Bear? Beryl is the dissipating tail of the Hurricane that has been causing havoc in the Caribbean over the last 10 days.
The plan for today was to Zodiac cruise around this uninhabited island in the morning before moving on to Wales Island in the afternoon. When we arrived the sea and wind were within the tolerance levels for Zodiac operations to commence but in a matter of minutes the wind speed had accelerated to 50 Knots/hr and the sea conditions had become distinctly choppy.
The plan for the morning was quickly changed to include a series of Enrichment Lectures and by lunchtime the wind and sea swell had subsided and the Zodiacs were quickly unloaded and boarded for a 90-minute cruise around this Island in the search for wildlife.
Apart from flocks of Eider Ducks and the sighting of a Seal in the distance that was the sum total of wildlife spotted from my Zodiac. Other Zodiacs later in the afternoon spotted Walrus.
The Zodiac Cruise was still a thrill bumping along the waves with the wind in your face but the real thrills were the cloud formations and colours. It was almost as if the sky had been painted in pastel or water colours. I'm not sure the photos do justice to the true colours but I hope they will give you some idea of the atmosphere created in this part of the world.
It turns out that we were right in the 'eye' of this dissipating storm as it makes its way across Canada and out into the North Atlantic. By the end of the afternoon the sun was shining to add a further element to the moody atmosphere.
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