The Consulate Jamestown

... so hopefully it won't impact on our ability to land in St Helena. St Helena Thursday 22/01/09 Arrived early morning around 07:30 with every hope of being able to go ashore we've discovered that some of our fellow passengers have tried on 4 successive cruises to land here and have never made it yet. Access is only possible by sea and the mail boat only visits twice a year; however the seas relatively calm ...

... and small yachts, but otherwise is totally dependent on its ageing mail boat, the R.M.S. St Helena for all supplies and for travel to and from the island.

A fuller account and reflections about my journey may be found here:

http://johntyrrell.blogspo t.com/2008_02_01_archive.html