Picture: Janice relaxing in one of many Greenlandic picnic areas ashore, abandoned for the winter

Well how apt �... my last title was �'Winter Is Coming�' and just as the first real snow appears, we have found out that we are not able to stay in Greenland for the winter by the Danish Immigration Service. Yesterday after getting their email we visited the ship yard and have arranged for Destiny to be lifted out on 31 October. This will hopefully give us one day to finish winterising her before we fly back to the UK on 2 November. We plan to return to Greenland end of March, which gives us 90 days visa allowance provided we do not visit the following Scandic countries ie. Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden or Finland within 180 days prior to returning to Greenland.

So we have to leave our home (Destiny) behind and return to the UK for the winter. If anyone has friends that need a couple to house-sit for them during December, January and February please let us know or pass on our details to them. Likewise if anyone knows of a car we could hire cheaply for a few months, it would be greatly appreciated. Obviously, our plans are developing day by day.