Go to the back of beyond, then turn right

[davidgillon]

 I was chatting with the passenger assistance guy at Darlington this morning, who it turned out was an ex-squaddie, and he mentioned he'd done a tour in the Falklands c2008, which is out of the way by most people's standards.

Then he added that while there he'd had a few days aboard the Royal Navy's Falkland Island Guardship while it headed off on patrol. When he said they gone to "South..." I expected it to be followed by "Georgia", which is another 900 miles into the nautical back of beyond. but no, it was "Sandwich Islands", which is yet another 1,100 miles into the Southern Ocean after you get to South Georgia.

Now that's somewhere not many people can say they've been!

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[sovay]

When he said they gone to "South..." I expected it to be followed by "Georgia", which is another 900 miles into the nautical back of beyond. but no, it was "Sandwich Islands", which is yet another 1,100 miles into the Southern Ocean after you get to South Georgia.

I know where those are! Mostly because of whaling! Wow.