Refocused

Saturday 6th October 

I am sorry for my wobble, it is behind me now. I failed.. I 

can't change it, but I can learn from it. And I can remind 

myself why I'm here with my husband and the other Guardians...

..not that that is hard as the reminders are everywhere I look. 

For anyone reading this who thinks sea pens are ok as it's 

tidal sea water rather than chemical tanks .... if the 

footage Sea Shepherd posted of the pens being smashed by 

the typhoon didn't convince you otherwise.... please look at

the picture below taken at Dolphin Base yesterday morning. 

The weather hadn't been bad, there had been a swell, but

the ocean hasn't been particularly rough... But it had 

still smashed this plank through the jetty to the pens at 

Dolphin Base. It was quickly mended before tourists arrived. But not before 

Sea Shepherd!

As I write this from the harbour in Taiji it is 6am and we are

pretty sure the boats won't go out as they are decorated with

flags for the festival this weekend. The weather is on the hunters 
side today so phew!! 

But we will hang round and watch for the next few hours just to 

be sure... 

Ooooops ! The police have just been for a little "chat" with John 

as last night a few Guardians went for a drive after dinner 

and as we drove away from Taiji John accidentally crossed a stop 

line as he approached a red light. He did not go through the 

red light. This really angered the 
police, who are always behind us, and one jumped out of the 

patrol car, ran up, banged on our car door and shouted at 

John. Really shouted. But they didn't pull him over. Today 

the police were much calmer when they spoke to John about 

it and John has apologised for his minor traffic violation. 

I wonder if the police will apologise for over reacting 

and shouting at him last night? 

The town is preparing for the festivities and the sound 

of flutes drew our attention ....  
 

6:56 ... the guys have fixed a waterproof camera to a monopole 

and are trying to video the fish along the edge of the harbour 

wall... there are shoals of small bright blue fish, I will have

to find out what they're called
Fish at harbour 

I hate it when boats return to the harbour. There doesn't seem 

to be a speed restriction and they motor past the sea pens 

where the captured dolphins are held. I've just watched 2  and 

the wash against the sea wall where I'm standing was pretty 

high... no wonder the the dolphins go berserk when it happens

it must be torture to their sonars. 

Looks like those same dolphins are about to be fed .. trainers 

have just taken a skiff out to them.  Our constant presence must

be annoying to the trainers as they sang in rehearsed chorus,

"Every single day". I smiled to myself and thought "Yes, 

every single day while you do what you do". They profess to 

love dolphins, but we know if it wasn't for the Cove Guardian

footage their sea pens at Dolphin Base would still be full 

of plastic and wood from the typhoon. The "love" they have 

doesn't seem to go as far as a duty of care.

If they loved them they would release them ... Simple.

9:30....We have just been relieved by another group of 

Cove Guardians so we will go and get some 

food shopping done then grab a coffee before returning.

Again I'm sorry for my wobble yesterday. Thank you for all the

messages of support. And I can promise you that it is totally 

behind me and I'm ready for my second week here with 

Sea Shepherd. 

For the Oceans!!