What happened next on our ‘Southern Ocean Adventure’ (see SM, Oct 2023)? The Tristan people were very welcoming and hospitable, and we quickly settled happily into island life. It was a fine sunny morning when RSA dropped anchor off the Settlement of Tristan da Cunha. There was a modest Atlantic swell running, so our three young children were loaded into a cargo sling and lowered into the Government barge, as we clambered down a rope ladder.
A man was stood on the western breakwater watching to signal for a smooth time, then suddenly the engine roared, and a wave carried us into the harbour, where we were greeted by a sea of curious faces. Our adventure of four years on Tristan da Cunha had begun.
I was the new Education Officer, with three island teachers, for about 50
