Young and old

An really interesting session for the Heritage Project this afternoon. We took some of the young people to meet up with two of the, shall we say, more elderly gentlemen of the community for a talk about their work as whalers in South Georgia in years gone by.

We'd bribed the kids to come along with the promise of a hot chocolate with cream and marshmallows and I was a bit worried that was all they'd be interested in, but actually they were really keen and had loads of questions at the end.

I found it very interesting as well. In the photograph you can see an original map with their route from the UK planned out, a calendar of paintings from the time and some small statues carved from whale teeth...oh, and the hot chocolates of course ;)