On the way back our guide Derek showed us some of the battlefields of the Falklands War. He was captured by Argentina while he was working for the phone company… held about 2 hours, then released, so we got a personal insight into the skirmishes.
He showed us the remains of two Argentine helicopters downed by the Brits… and some of the minefields that remain. (Of 30,000 mines they have only cleared about 300… we saw workers off in the distance.
He said they were contractors from Africa.) He even showed us where they kept the 12,000 Argentine soldiers who surrendered to the British.
In addition to being a “war” veteran, Derek is a sharpshooter. His team has been invited to shoot against a military team this weekend, so everyone was wondering whether Prince William would be involved. (One of the other drivers had seen Will at the military base on the north end of the island.)
The islands remain staunchly British!
One extra – as we came into town, this one guy has a display of whale skeletons on his lawn. (He’s anti whaling, and has a harpoon gun on display as well!)
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