There Be Whales!

Good Evening from Iceland,  and I thought I would pop by to tell you about the most amazing day I've had, sorry no card or photos.
Well I began the day by arriving at my 60th birthday, and I have to say I didn't feel any different to yesterday.  Alistair had a lovely card for me and my gift is this holiday so I had nothing to unwrap.

We went on a whale watching tour or I should say sail. Was it cold or was it cold?  No it wasn't actually,  it was absolutely more than perishing,  at one point I couldn't feel my fingers,  and I had gloves on
There is never a guarantee that you will see these wonderful creatures,  but eventually a Minky whale was spotted,  there was an almighty surge to the starboard side to just see it diving, this happened a couple of times,  but I didn't see all that much of of it.

However,  then we caught sight of a pod of white beaked dolphins. They were fabulous,  jumping about and putting on quite a show for us.
It seemed that we weren't going to see any more whales and by this time the rain had started and although I had on thermals and waterproofs, I was beyond cold. We decided to go below decks and thr boat was now turning back to harbour anyway.  Next thing we hear the guide shouting"Humpback at 12 o'clock, well there was such a rush to grt back up to see it,, but it had dived, but a few minutes later up it came and it was just the most fantasticsight to behold. This wwonderful creature surfaced 7 times and each time was more fantastic than before,  just to see that iconic fluke splashing down into the water was something else.
What a birthday present!

The day is almost over and it's been wonderful,  we had a lovely meal and a walk back to the apartment
And guess what friends?  I've found a great craft shop, I'll be certainly visiting there.
Before I go just want to thank everyone who left such lovely comments on my last card.
Hugs Kate x