Paul Hayward's first trip to the Antarctic was brought to an early end when one of the passengers fell seriously ill, not one to give up, Paul made a second trip.
It seems that travel problems follow Paul when he goes South. This time the trip started late because of problems on another boat which was a trip for divers. The divers ended up sharing Paul's boat. The quantity of gear the divers needed was impressive. They weren't popular with Paul as he was hoping for a room on his own, but with all the extra people there was no chance of that!
Having spent serious money on a trip to the Antarctic peninsula Paul makes the most of it by getting up very early and being on deck with his camera ready to go. Boats don't keep still and the environment around us changes constantly so being up early with camera at the ready is essential for getting great shots. Paul showed us a selection of great images. He managed to show us how awesome a place Antarctica is and why it is people put up with rough seas in boats which don't have stabilisers in order to experience it.
Some good advice was given, on a couple of occasions Paul waved his camera manual in the air and told us in no uncertain terms that if we wanted to "get the shot" we needed to know that book from cover to cover and to practice with our cameras until using them is second nature.
There is rumour of another presentation from Paul on Borneo, watch out for next year's programme.