We were winded off again today. We used the morning to prepare for our intended departure tomorrow by doing some making, marking maps, charging batteries, and ask local folks to share their knowledge of the coastline ahead.

Chores done, we headed to the Punt Premises to catch up with an old friend, PJ, and make some new ones. The Punt/Shorefast Premises act as a cultural and historical holding place where visitors can learn about punts, fishing, traditional ways of living, boat building and the like.

We sat yarning and eating cod tongues and cheeks as well as jiggs dinner hash! We met some folks from Fogo Island Arts and even got to make seaweed cyanotype prints. The afternoon flew by and it was soon time to visit Fraser and Lee at their studio, Fogo Island Salt Fire Pottery.

We were invited by Barbara Walbourne Mitchell, the chair of the Brimstone Culture and Historical Society to do some storytelling about expedition at the Old School House in Fogo. When we arrived, Gary Mitchell on vocals and guitar and Gerald Freake on the accordion played a rousing version of I’d the B’y.

We were so touched! Similar to last evening I told them about the RCGS Expedition grant, preparing for, and starting our expedition. It was fabulous to share the wonders we had seen along our expedition path All Around the Circle.

It looks like we will be on the move again tomorrow hoping to reach Fogo town by kayak rather than by car as we did today. I’m up early so I’ll sign off for now!

We are conducting this expedition as RCGS Expedition Grantees and we thank the society for their support!