first day

So, after sitting on the ferry for an hour we finally left Torshavn. It was dark outside by then so we couldn't see anything. When we arrived we were picked up by four Sea Shepherd people and brought to the house we would stay in. We had something to eat and then prepared our air mattresses and sleeping bags etc.
We got up at six and had breakfast. Everyone had already left and we had to wait for our team leader to return. We then drove to the other house and went through the legal stuff and our job description. We also took turns walking to three lookout posts. The scenery is amazing! And so much fog!!!

We returned and went over the formalities, for example if we were willing to be arrested in case a Grind happened. Hmm...
Then another volunteer, mom and I drove down to the lookout point and stayed there for almost three hours keeping track of the boats coming and going. We returned to the house because our team leader needed us to drive the cars around (some had to go get their license plates reinstalled, one new rental had to be picked up etc.) On our way to the ferry we got a report that off the isle of Litla Dimun some speed boats and little black dots in the water were seen. So after lots of phone calls and texts, everybody was in alert mode and the potential killing beach (Hvalba) nearest the island was manned with additional teams. We picked up the car and then drove to Hvalba, up a foggy windy road and through a foggy narrow tunnel. And guess what, it was a two way road with little diverging spaces every now and then in case of oncoming traffic. On the hill down to Hvalba we stopped at a lookout point and met the other team. At first it was sunny and you could see Litla Dimun clearly, no boats. But the report said the boats were on the east side of the island and we were on the west side. Then all of a sudden the fog came in and the island disappeared, just like that. So mom and I were sent into Hvalba "incognito" with the new car that nobody knew. And because we were new nobody knew us. So we parked next to the only store in town overlooking the beach snd small harbor. We noted all suspicious activity. What was strange that a group of kids immediately recognized us as sea shepherd people even though we didn't wear any visible crew gear. That made our cover acting like tourists a little hard. Especially since taking pictures didn't use up much time - there aren't many different background settings. So we waited and watched until one fishing ship returned and started unloading something. We were called to take a look because the other team thought it might have been seals. So mom went to take a closer look and it turned out that they were transporting live sheep. So much ado about nothing. We were told to observe a while longer and were then annoyed by a group of little boys. Finally we drove back home through the scary tunnel and had dinner with the others.