0:00:02 > 0:00:03The Falkland Islands are just
0:00:03 > 0:00:06800 miles north of the Antarctic Circle,
0:00:06 > 0:00:10so it's no surprise that there are more penguins than people.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14The close-knit human community
0:00:14 > 0:00:17are mostly the descendants of pioneer settlers
0:00:17 > 0:00:19who, 200 years ago, saw the opportunity
0:00:19 > 0:00:22in this wild and windswept landscape
0:00:22 > 0:00:25and made this isolated corner of the Earth their home.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31With summer over, the tourists have gone,
0:00:31 > 0:00:35but one visitor to the islands has come a cropper.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37This penguin was attacked.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39He's not a very old one, I think.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41He's left his mother and has been swimming in the ocean
0:00:41 > 0:00:45and, presumably, possibly got too close to a, um, a sea lion.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47And, very nearly, that was the end of you, wasn't it?
0:00:48 > 0:00:53And the islanders bid farewell to a popular figure.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55After four years, the Governor is leaving them
0:00:55 > 0:00:58and heading off to retirement.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00We're going to miss you.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37Christ Church Cathedral in Stanley
0:01:37 > 0:01:41is the southernmost Anglican cathedral in the world.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44It's also the parish church for the Rector of the Falkland Islands,
0:01:44 > 0:01:46the Reverend Richard Hines.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50This is called Christian service.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53About £5.50 an hour.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56HE LAUGHS To supplement my stipend!
0:01:58 > 0:02:01The job of rector is not a regular 9 to 5
0:02:01 > 0:02:04and weekends are always busy,
0:02:04 > 0:02:07but Richard usually gets Wednesdays off and, today,
0:02:07 > 0:02:11together with his wife Jen, he's planning a trip to the countryside.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Er, we're going out into the camp.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16It's day off today and the weather's not bad.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19It's a little bit breezy, but bright and cheerful.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21I like the Falkland Islander who once told me,
0:02:21 > 0:02:25"I get up in the morning, I pull the curtains and I sniff the air
0:02:25 > 0:02:28"and what it is, it is." THEY LAUGH
0:02:28 > 0:02:31I want to get my, um, my pink gloves.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35Right, put it in the back.
0:02:35 > 0:02:40Like most people on the islands, Richard and Jen drive a 4x4.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44Outside of Stanley, very few of the islands' roads are surfaced.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Where are you off to?
0:02:48 > 0:02:51We're away to Bluff Cove, er,
0:02:51 > 0:02:55where Hattie and Kevin Kilmartin have a farm
0:02:55 > 0:03:00and, er, Hattie is the most amazing chef and cook
0:03:00 > 0:03:02and we're going to pick some diddle-dee berries
0:03:02 > 0:03:05and Hattie's going to make some diddle-dee jam.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08It's what all Falkland Islanders like to be doing
0:03:08 > 0:03:11at this time of year, picking diddle-dee berries,
0:03:11 > 0:03:13because they're at their best.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15We're trying to catch them before the geese get them!
0:03:15 > 0:03:16THEY LAUGH
0:03:19 > 0:03:23The diddle-dee berry grows on a tough heather-like plant.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26It's only found in a few places in the Southern Hemisphere
0:03:26 > 0:03:28and the Falkland Islands is one of them,
0:03:28 > 0:03:31where it thrives in these windy, exposed conditions.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37At Bluff Cove, Hattie Kilmartin runs a cafe and a restaurant
0:03:37 > 0:03:39on her 30,000-acre farm.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42She uses diddle-dee berries in lots of her recipes
0:03:42 > 0:03:45and is a firm believer in living off the land.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50The shops in Stanley are very good, but they can run out
0:03:50 > 0:03:54of just basic things, you know, they may run out of flour or onions.
0:03:54 > 0:04:00And, because we do get a lot of supplies from, um, from, you know,
0:04:00 > 0:04:04from Chile, or we did, and then, with the sort of political pressure
0:04:04 > 0:04:09put on them by the Argentines, they stopped our coastal shipping,
0:04:09 > 0:04:12so we even had an egg shortage, so, you know, so all that happened
0:04:12 > 0:04:16was everyone started, um, getting their own chickens again.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19And it does, it makes people very resilient.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21You've got that sort of pioneering thing,
0:04:21 > 0:04:24the wild is still there, you know, and you can get out and go fishing
0:04:24 > 0:04:29and...and just about do anything like that, which is lovely.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35So, yes, there's a good patch just over here.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38'At this time of year, the scrubby sheep pasture
0:04:38 > 0:04:43'surrounding Hattie's home is bristling with diddle-dee berries.'
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Is this the only wild fruit you get in the Falklands?
0:04:45 > 0:04:48No, there's also tea berries, which are delicious,
0:04:48 > 0:04:51but they're even fiddlier to pick,
0:04:51 > 0:04:53cos they're actually on vines along the ground.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Often, when you're driving along,
0:04:55 > 0:04:58you'll see cars parked on the side of the road and bums in the air
0:04:58 > 0:05:01as people are burrowing around.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05Cos, um... Just recently, they've been gathering wild strawberries.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07They're just about over now.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10And, again, people have their spots that they like,
0:05:10 > 0:05:12and they're guarded... carefully guarded.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15- So the secret is to look for bums in the air, then?- Yeah, bums in the air
0:05:15 > 0:05:18and you know there's going to be some good berries there.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21These ones are nice and ripe!
0:05:21 > 0:05:23The secret to picking them is
0:05:23 > 0:05:26actually sort of almost... almost milking them.
0:05:26 > 0:05:31Finding a branch and then, just very, very gently,
0:05:31 > 0:05:33just rubbing them off, almost.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51In Stanley, the commercial fishing season is underway
0:05:51 > 0:05:53and the harbour is busy.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00From his home on the water's edge, retired businessman Dick Sawle is
0:06:00 > 0:06:03about to set off for a morning's potter in his dinghy.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Yeah, I just go and do a spot of fishing in it,
0:06:08 > 0:06:12go round, look at the wildlife, visit some of the islands,
0:06:12 > 0:06:15sometimes, er, go out and watch the whales.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17And, er, just sit amongst a pod of whales.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20It's very, very pleasant, really. Just a bit of fun.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Despite being surrounded by water,
0:06:24 > 0:06:29Falkland Islanders have always been more farmers than fishermen.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33But in 1986, the Government decided to capitalise
0:06:33 > 0:06:36on this great natural resource and regulated it,
0:06:36 > 0:06:39introducing conservation licensing,
0:06:39 > 0:06:43extending to 200 miles around the islands.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Now, specially designed boats, called jiggers,
0:06:46 > 0:06:48come from as far away as Taiwan
0:06:48 > 0:06:53in search of the valuable South Atlantic squid, known as white gold.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Got to be careful of that jigger, which is coming round the back.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58I'll just slow down.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01Er, it's a very intense operation.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04They have these arms that come down off the side of the vessel
0:07:04 > 0:07:06and they literally jig, like that.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10And they have retractor lights - plastic fluorescent sort of tubes -
0:07:10 > 0:07:12the squid are attracted to the tube
0:07:12 > 0:07:14and, of course, they grab hold of the tube, then they get hooked.
0:07:14 > 0:07:19The squid will come up the side of the vessel and so they leak ink out,
0:07:19 > 0:07:22and so, one of these that's been fishing, you can always tell,
0:07:22 > 0:07:25because the sides of the vessel are always black with squid ink.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Yeah, he's just hauling up his anchor.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32They come in and they probably have a fisheries inspection
0:07:32 > 0:07:35to make sure they're all in order form the regulation point of view.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37They then go off to the fisheries department
0:07:37 > 0:07:39to collect their licence, their fishing licence.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42It's the selling of these licences to all these ships
0:07:42 > 0:07:45that brings in the money to the Falklands, yeah.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48It represents about 60% of our gross domestic product
0:07:48 > 0:07:51and it's basically what built the whole of Stanley.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54The school, the hospital, a lot of the houses,
0:07:54 > 0:07:58it supplies a lot of the revenue we need for the jobs.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Er, we have a budget of around £55 million a year
0:08:01 > 0:08:03and most of that will be
0:08:03 > 0:08:07revenue that's earned from selling of fishing licences.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Also out and about on the water today is
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Stanley's vet Steve Pointing.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Steve is one of three vets on the islands.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25He's also employed by the Falklands government to do
0:08:25 > 0:08:29regular hygiene inspections on boats applying for a fishing licence.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35The Beagle has come all the way from Galicia in northern Spain.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39She's a trawler equipped to catch all kinds of fish and seafood.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Er, cafe solo. Si. Con leche.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Con leche. Solo.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50HE REPEATS SEVERAL ORDERS IN SPANISH
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Oh, sorry.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56We're going to have a table cloth! LAUGHTER
0:08:56 > 0:08:58CHATTER IN SPANISH
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Oh, right you are, right!
0:09:00 > 0:09:05Galician fishermen are very, um...
0:09:05 > 0:09:07They've got lots of superstitions.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10- What's a witch in Spanish? - Bruja.- Bruja!
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Bruja, that's right.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16On some of the vessels, they've lots of, um, garlic,
0:09:16 > 0:09:21because garlic's supposed to keep the, um, keep the evil spirits away.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23- But you still arrive here. - LAUGHTER
0:09:27 > 0:09:30First stop, he's heading for the freezers,
0:09:30 > 0:09:34where the freshly-caught fish and squid are placed for six hours
0:09:34 > 0:09:36until they're deep frozen.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Right, that's OK, lovely. I just want to have a look.
0:09:39 > 0:09:40I just want to have a look.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44I like to just see how clean things are here.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47So, this time of the year, they tend to be smaller.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49They get bigger as the season goes on.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Yeah, normally, in the first month, they are smaller.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54- Yeah.- OK?- OK, fine.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Gracias! OK.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04So we're checking the, um, the temperatures in the holds
0:10:04 > 0:10:08that are being used for keeping the frozen fish.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11And the European Union says
0:10:11 > 0:10:14the temperatures have to be below -18 degrees centigrade,
0:10:14 > 0:10:17so I'm just checking on this computerised record
0:10:17 > 0:10:18to make sure that is the case.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22And we always inspect the calendar when we're on board as well!
0:10:22 > 0:10:24- Oh? - LAUGHTER
0:10:26 > 0:10:31When full, the ship's hold contains 2,000 tonnes of fish and squid
0:10:31 > 0:10:34all destined for the European market.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38- So, we want one sample to take with us.- OK.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44Over half of the squid sold there is caught in these waters.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50Steve takes a sample bag back to be tested in his lab.
0:10:50 > 0:10:51If it passes muster,
0:10:51 > 0:10:55the Beagle will soon be heading out to sea again to continue fishing.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Back at the surgery in Stanley,
0:11:00 > 0:11:04Steve's first job is to check up on a very special patient.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Come here. What have we called him? Cedric?
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Cedric, the juvenile gentoo penguin,
0:11:17 > 0:11:20was brought in about a week ago by a member of the public
0:11:20 > 0:11:24who found him stranded on a beach near Stanley.
0:11:24 > 0:11:29This penguin was attacked, I would imagine, by a sea lion.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31He's not a very old one, I think,
0:11:31 > 0:11:35so he's probably fending for himself for the first time in his life,
0:11:35 > 0:11:38so he's left his mother and has been swimming in the ocean
0:11:38 > 0:11:42and, presumably, possibly got too close to a sea lion.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45And, very nearly, that was the end of you, wasn't it?
0:11:45 > 0:11:50It had a big, it looked like a tooth mark on its abdomen,
0:11:50 > 0:11:52so we've cleaned it up and we've stitched it up
0:11:52 > 0:11:54and put everything back in place
0:11:54 > 0:11:58and, so far, it doesn't look too bad!
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Will you stay there?
0:12:00 > 0:12:01Stay there.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04Right, I'm going to go down a bit, all right?
0:12:04 > 0:12:06It's easier coming from above.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Do you know what's coming?
0:12:12 > 0:12:16While he's here, Cedric will be fed on a diet of raw fish and squid.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Is that nice? Is that nice?
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Is that nice?
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Yeah?
0:12:24 > 0:12:29I think, in the wild, they'll eat as much as they can, when they can,
0:12:29 > 0:12:32and then, they may go for several days without eating at all.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35You've got to hunt for yourself then, haven't you?
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Cedric's best chance of survival is
0:12:37 > 0:12:40to be released quickly back into the wild
0:12:40 > 0:12:43before he becomes too reliant on human help,
0:12:43 > 0:12:47but until that wound heals, he's not going anywhere.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55One of the key events in the Falkland Islands calendar is
0:12:55 > 0:13:00the annual Half Marathon that runs for 13½ miles along the coast
0:13:00 > 0:13:04and out around the historic lighthouse on Cape Pembroke,
0:13:04 > 0:13:07the most easterly point on the whole Falkland Islands.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12'Soon-to-be-departing Governor Nigel Haywood is
0:13:12 > 0:13:13'a keen distance runner
0:13:13 > 0:13:16'and this will be the fourth time he's taken part.'
0:13:16 > 0:13:21- What are the challenges of Falklands running?- Um, the wind, mainly,
0:13:21 > 0:13:23because, certainly as I go up Reservoir Hill up there,
0:13:23 > 0:13:26I'll be running uphill and into the wind
0:13:26 > 0:13:29and the prevailing wind tends to be straight in your teeth
0:13:29 > 0:13:32as you're going uphill and, lots of times, you're running along
0:13:32 > 0:13:35and you're like something out of a Marcel Marceau movie.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39You're doing this and yet actually you're not moving forward at all.
0:13:44 > 0:13:4826-year-old local journalist Teslyn Barkman
0:13:48 > 0:13:50is one of only a handful of female members
0:13:50 > 0:13:53of the volunteer Falkland Islands Defence Force.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Shoulder arms!
0:13:58 > 0:14:02This year is her third half marathon and she's hoping to do well.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Because of the terrain and the weather,
0:14:05 > 0:14:08you kind of develop into a bit of a stronger runner.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12I've always known I can do better
0:14:12 > 0:14:15and have been trying in previous years to get better at running
0:14:15 > 0:14:17and I think I'm kind of getting there now.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21There's a friendly rivalry between the Governor and Teslyn,
0:14:21 > 0:14:24but this is the last time they're going to be battling it out,
0:14:24 > 0:14:25because, shortly after the event,
0:14:25 > 0:14:28he'll be handing back his ceremonial sword
0:14:28 > 0:14:31and heading home to Devon, where retirement beckons.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34He's a very fit bloke, and he's infamous for his short shorts,
0:14:34 > 0:14:38which kind of really I think took people by surprise.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40He's a really great governor, actually,
0:14:40 > 0:14:42and I wish he'd stay longer.
0:14:42 > 0:14:43A lot of that comes from the running.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Back in Bluff Cove, the precious diddle-dee berries
0:14:48 > 0:14:52have arrived back home and the jam-making process,
0:14:52 > 0:14:56under Hattie's expert supervision, is about to begin.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02This is similar to looking through the donations box in the Cathedral,
0:15:02 > 0:15:04where the first thing you do is
0:15:04 > 0:15:06you pull out all the coins that aren't pounds.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Yes, we use a potato masher.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15- How long would they take to cook? - Not long at all.- No?- As you'll see.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19If you cook them for a longer time, wonderful pinky red berries.
0:15:21 > 0:15:22Mmm.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27Diddle-dee jam is a regular on the menu at the Sea Cabbage Cafe,
0:15:27 > 0:15:30which Hattie runs for tourists during the summer season.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33You've done this before.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36She also sells it in pots as the perfect Falklands souvenir.
0:15:39 > 0:15:44Each jam pot is thoroughly cleaned and sterilised before use,
0:15:44 > 0:15:47but a quick wipe around with some vodka makes doubly sure.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53I'm well impressed. I think I missed my vocation.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55I took a wrong course somewhere and I should have...
0:15:55 > 0:15:59I feel strangely called now to diddle-dee making...
0:15:59 > 0:16:00diddle-dee jam making. SHE LAUGHS
0:16:00 > 0:16:04After all their efforts, it's time to tuck in.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08- Here we go!- Oh!- Oh, Hattie! - The fruits of our labour.- Wow!
0:16:08 > 0:16:11That's the best cream tea south of Torquay.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Bless you. Lovely!
0:16:13 > 0:16:15There we go.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18- Cheers, Hattie!- Cheers. - What could be better?
0:16:18 > 0:16:19- Mmm.- Yeah.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23- Mmm!- Mmm.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Very good!
0:16:25 > 0:16:28HATTIE LAUGHS
0:16:28 > 0:16:29But it is just a lovely combination, isn't it?
0:16:29 > 0:16:32- The berries and the cream.- Mmm.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35- Is that your last one, then, now, Richard?- No.- Probably not.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37LAUGHTER
0:16:43 > 0:16:48In Stanley, it's the day of the Cape Pembroke Half Marathon
0:16:48 > 0:16:52and, even by Falklands standards, conditions are pretty tough.
0:16:52 > 0:16:53It's cold out there!
0:16:53 > 0:16:56I don't want to go out there. Everyone's going out warming up.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00I'm like, "You've got 13 miles to run in freezing cold and wind!
0:17:00 > 0:17:03"Stay warm as long as possible!"
0:17:03 > 0:17:04GUSTY WIND BLOWS
0:17:04 > 0:17:09Here we are, freezing to death on the Stanley Bypass. Yes!
0:17:09 > 0:17:12What's, um, what's the attraction of running in the Falklands?
0:17:12 > 0:17:16Um, difficult to think of one at the moment. The challenge!
0:17:22 > 0:17:26Despite the cold, 26 runners get off to a good start
0:17:26 > 0:17:28and the Governor settles into his stride
0:17:28 > 0:17:31in the middle of the field just behind Teslyn.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35Apart from the farewell parade,
0:17:35 > 0:17:39it's almost literally the last thing I do, so I'll run this,
0:17:39 > 0:17:44we'll have a prizegiving in Government House this afternoon
0:17:44 > 0:17:48and then, that's it - final day tomorrow and the parade and off.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58But it's nice to be able to do a run
0:17:58 > 0:18:00and it's also given me something to focus on,
0:18:00 > 0:18:02away from all the packing and everything,
0:18:02 > 0:18:05the thought that I was going to have a run just before I go
0:18:05 > 0:18:08was something to look forward to.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14First one to the lighthouse is Tim Drew.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16PEOPLE SHOUT ENCOURAGEMENT
0:18:18 > 0:18:22Tim is the maths teacher at the Falkland Islands Community School.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26- Well done, mate. - Hi there!- Keep it up!
0:18:28 > 0:18:29'It's quite a challenging course.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32'It goes off-road after about three or four miles
0:18:32 > 0:18:36'and you're really running through marram grass or sand dunes
0:18:36 > 0:18:40'just trying to follow little orange markers along the way.'
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Back in the centre of Stanley,
0:18:47 > 0:18:49loyal supporters are gathering at the finish line
0:18:49 > 0:18:54as Tim comes romping home after 1 hour, 16 minutes...
0:18:54 > 0:18:56- CHEERING - ..almost breaking the course record.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Third and fourth places are taken by two servicemen
0:19:08 > 0:19:10from the Mount Pleasant military base.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12They only arrived on the island a few days ago.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14So, have they been training for long?
0:19:14 > 0:19:17- No.- No, not at all. - It was decided last night.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- In the bar.- Yeah, we found out about it last night in the bar.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23- Minefield signs and penguins. - THEY LAUGH
0:19:23 > 0:19:24So a bit different to back home.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27CHILD SHOUTS
0:19:28 > 0:19:32The biggest upset is that Teslyn has pipped the Governor to the post.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35But he seems to take it in his stride.
0:19:35 > 0:19:36CHEERING
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Ah, well done, Teslyn!
0:19:40 > 0:19:42EXCITED CHATTER
0:19:42 > 0:19:45You were there in the distance and I just couldn't get you.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49- Thank you. Is that your leaving present?- Great run, yeah.- Cheers.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52And I beat my best time, so that was fair and square.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55- That was my best time. - That was a good effort.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57I'm OK at the moment, thanks.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59She was right in front of me all the way around.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03I just couldn't catch her at all and I felt the gap was narrowing
0:20:03 > 0:20:08and then she suddenly put on bursts of speed, so it was a good effort.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10I'm glad I finished, actually. It was quite a tough course,
0:20:10 > 0:20:13with lots of sand in the face, which wasn't so good.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17After a quick wash and brush-up,
0:20:17 > 0:20:21it's all back to Nigel's for a well-deserved drink.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25And the organisers have got a special leaving gift
0:20:25 > 0:20:28for their outgoing governor.
0:20:28 > 0:20:29- Very touched. - HE LAUGHS
0:20:29 > 0:20:32APPLAUSE
0:20:37 > 0:20:40- That's very kind. Thanks very much. - We're going to miss you.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Not as much as I'm going to miss you all, but thank you.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50For the past two weeks, Cedric the penguin has been
0:20:50 > 0:20:55recovering from his injury in vet Steve's specially-adapted shed.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57But he's no longer alone.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01Oven Ready, another slightly older gentoo penguin,
0:21:01 > 0:21:04was found washed up on a beach and covered in oil.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08He's been cleaned up and is keeping Cedric company
0:21:08 > 0:21:11while his feathers become waterproof again.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14But today, the two pals will have to be parted,
0:21:14 > 0:21:18because it's time for Cedric to be returned back into the wild.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24- Cedric!- Oh, hello, he's escaped. - Oh, look, he's ready.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Sarah Crofts from Falklands Conservation
0:21:27 > 0:21:29has joined Steve to help with the release.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Right, come on, then Cedric, out.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Don't peck me.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35In you go.
0:21:35 > 0:21:40- No, no, no.- I'll put a towel in, just so he doesn't slide around.- OK.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42So that's it. The most challenging bit's done.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44HE LAUGHS
0:21:44 > 0:21:48- That's him ready. He's all by himself now, he's going to be.- Yes.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51- Aw!- He says, "I want to join my friend.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53- I know! - "I want to join my friend!"
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Cedric hasn't seen the sea for the past two weeks,
0:21:59 > 0:22:03while he's been recovering from his attack by a sea lion.
0:22:03 > 0:22:08We're just heading out just out of Stanley, so it's just a quiet beach.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12Um, there's...there are some penguin colonies up this way,
0:22:12 > 0:22:14so there should be penguins around,
0:22:14 > 0:22:19but generally, we release them where there's no people or dog walkers.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Right, come on, then, Cedric. Ooh, ah...
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Out you come.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35The penguin breeding season is now over and this is the time of year
0:22:35 > 0:22:39when they leave their nests behind and head out to sea to feed.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45The hope is that Cedric will forget about his human helpers
0:22:45 > 0:22:47and his wild instincts will kick in.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Right, little one. Let's see.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52You're back to the sea again.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Come on, turn your back. Out you come.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58- He says, "No, I don't want to go out there again!"- He'll come out.
0:22:58 > 0:22:59There you go.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Oh?
0:23:02 > 0:23:03SHE LAUGHS
0:23:07 > 0:23:10- He's thinking about it. - He's thinking about it, he is.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15- He said, "Last time I was in here, I got bitten by something."- Yeah!
0:23:17 > 0:23:18Go on, then.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21He's having a think.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24- "Where am I?" - "Which way shall I go?"- Yeah.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29- Oh!- Ah!- There you go.
0:23:29 > 0:23:30That's quite promising.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34- Oh, no... - THEY LAUGH
0:23:34 > 0:23:36- It's too cold.- He doesn't know...
0:23:36 > 0:23:38- I think he wants to go.- Hmm.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40- Ooh.- There you go.- Yeah!
0:23:40 > 0:23:42- Here we go.- There you go.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44There we go.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Aw, fantastic. Oh, look!
0:23:47 > 0:23:49He's been waiting to do that. HE LAUGHS
0:23:50 > 0:23:54- He's probably going to have a good clean and a preen...- Yeah.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57..because he's been not in the water for a few weeks
0:23:57 > 0:24:00and then, when he's done, he'll take himself off.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03I wasn't sure that he was going to go so quickly as that,
0:24:03 > 0:24:05but obviously, the sea has lured him.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Oh, he's gone over his first wave!
0:24:09 > 0:24:12So it's nice to see them back. And he'll probably go back
0:24:12 > 0:24:16to the colony he came from or wherever he came from.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18- Bye, Cedric!- Yeah!
0:24:18 > 0:24:19Fantastic.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24- Until the next one comes in. - Well, until Oven Ready's ready.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Until Oven Ready is sea ready.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29- Sea ready, yeah. - THEY LAUGH
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Down by the harbour, a crowd has gathered
0:24:38 > 0:24:40for the Governor's farewell parade.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Parade!
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Shoulder arms!
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Inward dress!
0:24:58 > 0:25:01Yeah, um, I think it's a very, very short ceremony.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07There's a 17-gun salute, which is what governors traditionally get
0:25:07 > 0:25:11on arrival and departure, and then I hand over my sword
0:25:11 > 0:25:14to the Speaker of the Assembly
0:25:14 > 0:25:16to be passed on to the next Governor when he comes down.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22For the Governor's wife Louise, it's the end of an era.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24When they leave the Falkland Islands,
0:25:24 > 0:25:28Nigel will be retiring from the diplomatic service.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32'I don't actually think it will hit Nigel until...'
0:25:32 > 0:25:36I don't know. Two years into our home posting,
0:25:36 > 0:25:39and then, we're not packing up to go somewhere.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Parade! Royal salute!
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Present arms!
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Well, we both will be very, very sorry to leave the islands.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53We've always felt very, very welcome.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Time now for the big attraction.
0:26:00 > 0:26:0317 explosive charges will be detonated
0:26:03 > 0:26:07on the far side of the harbour, in full view of the expectant crowd.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Because of technical difficulties,
0:26:17 > 0:26:21the 17-detonation salute has had to be cancelled.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23AUDIENCE: Aw!
0:26:23 > 0:26:25- LAUGHTER - Everybody - "Aw!"
0:26:27 > 0:26:28Thanks for trying!
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Luckily, the rest of the ceremony does go off as planned.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Parade, present arms!
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Parade, shoulder arms!
0:27:01 > 0:27:03- We're going to miss you.- Thank you.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Among the many friendly faces in the crowd
0:27:09 > 0:27:11are Reverend Richard and Jen.
0:27:13 > 0:27:18I'm very sad. I was privileged to welcome Nigel at the beginning
0:27:18 > 0:27:22and to say prayers at his, er, at his inauguration
0:27:22 > 0:27:23and I'm sad to see him go now.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27He's been a very good Governor, I think.
0:27:28 > 0:27:33I think he's been exceptional in relating to people across the board.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35What do you mean I look like Mr Bean?
0:27:35 > 0:27:37- LAUGHTER - Who said I looked like Mr Bean?
0:27:38 > 0:27:42RICHARD: He's loved just joining in and laughing with people.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44He's enjoyed getting out and about,
0:27:44 > 0:27:47running and doing all kinds of things, yeah, he's been great.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50Sounds like we're going to have some explosions after all,
0:27:50 > 0:27:53- so that's very exciting. - CHEERING
0:27:53 > 0:27:54Thank you!
0:27:55 > 0:27:59CHARGES EXPLODE, SCREAMING AND CHEERING
0:28:07 > 0:28:10APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:28:15 > 0:28:18On that note, Nigel heads off to the airport.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22He'll be leaving on the evening flight
0:28:22 > 0:28:24with the sights and sounds of the Falkland Islands
0:28:24 > 0:28:26still ringing in his ears.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31Oh, we do it...we do it our way here in the Falkland Islands.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34We have our 17 bangs when we want to have them, you know!