For the first week we didn't have any transport so on our time off we had to explore nearby. Luckily there's lots to see nearby. Jamestown has a huge collection of old ruins, older ruins, and piles of rocks that were once ruins. They've all got their own history. This day we headed out to the point by the "harbour" (exposed bay more like) where there are some old canon batteries, fortifications and some 1950's prisons that were built to house three Bahrain prisoners after a failed coup attempt. St Helena has a looooong history of being used as a prison, some claim its still being used as one! These photos are where they had these three guys incarcerated. They were finally released in 1961

 

we also went and looked at some of the endangered wirebird (a dotterel). They're cute .....

unfortunately the same can not be said for some of our workmates!

Though their nearest and dearest probably/possibly disagree