Bomb Alley - San Carlos

We finally went to San Carlos to see the landing beaches from the conflict.  It is an incredibly long and tiring drive.  It is gravel all the way, and the roads are notorious for accidents!

Anyway, we got there in glorious sunshine, with the weather calm and peaceful, difficult to believe that so many people lost their lives there....

There is a small museum.  The first part is all old Falklands life, whilst the second room is dedicated to the conflict.

There is a cemetery for the soldiers whose bodies remain forever in the soil they died for, I have put the photos of some of them below.

The memorial is laid out in the shape of one of the sheep corrals which can be found scattered all over the islands.

 

And we found the photo above was taken.....

The jetty was used for loading wool bails into ships, and also for landing the troops in 1982.  I'm not sure I would want to walk on it now....

We headed home, enjoying a shepherding demo using quads and bikes.  It does also show a typical Falkland road.

We also stopped at the Chinook crash site at Mount Kent.  This dates back to 1982 again, and was an Argentinian Chinook.

A pleasant day, but very long, it is a 5 hour round trip, even though it is only a 140 mile round trip!