Rocktober Fest

The end of winter was in sight - so with the Borek Twin Otters due to arrive the following week and after 4 days of base scrub-out (tidying the base for summer) it was a perfect time to have a party, the last one with just the 22 of us. Infact we intended to celebrate all weekend as it was also Birgit's birthday (for which she had planned an Oktoberfest feast) and time for the now traditional Winter Film Festival.

Saturday night saw a party in the sledge store, with some people dresssing in typical FID clothing for the occasion (FID - Falkland Island Dependencies Survey was the original name British Antarctic Survey, thus people working for FIDS called themselves Fids). The band played under the new name "Ass of BAS" and with 9 of us on stage at one point there were nearly more band members than people in the audience.
Tris with Matt (or should that be Matilda?) who has obviously been here too long

The Oktoberfest and Film Festival evening was planned for the Sunday night, both food and films were outstanding. The films included a horror film from the Bonner Lab, various photos to music, films of extreme skiing & boarding, winter trips, an underwater film from Tris filmed with the ROV he BUILT over winter and Rothera version of 'Stomp' (the group that make music from random household items) - all very impressive. Films were watced between courses of a Bovarian meal prepared by Cyril and Birgit.