Fjords or Fiordland – silverfox175

which ever way we spell the name they hold a fascination of beauty.

Our first view of the fiords not long after sunrise – taken from our balcony.

We had passed through the Foveaux Strait, which separates Stewart Is. from the South Island of New Zealand. The southern seaport of the South Is. is a town called Bluff, which, when I was at sea I visited in the 1960’s. It is known for the wind. The ship in which I sailed was unable to unload cargo because the wind was so strong that it was considered too dangerous to work the derricks. It was four days before the wind eased enough for us to unload. This was before containerisation.

If you left Bluff, it did not matter which way you went, east or west, you were making your way back to London.