Falklands blog for Monday April 8 2013
Rusting and abandoned, the detritus of buildings, equipment and machinery litters Stanley. Cannibalised land rovers lie semi abandoned in gardens. Perhaps they lie there as a treasure trove for future generations – “that will come in useful one day”.
But here and there, plots of land are being gentrified. Space is now becoming a premium in town and prices of houses are rising. More people live in Stanley than ever before; is this a flight from camp?
Yet, many from camp also have a house in Stanley. Larger plots of land are being built on, vegetable patches are being lost to new kit houses. Soon, the rusting carcasses of rovers that have given up the ghost will quietly disappear and patios and conservatories will bloom in their place.
Those few fallen and rusting hulks may yet hang around to achieve the status of historic ruins. The ESRO monitoring station from 1973 century stands isolated at Moody Brook. The top half has succumbed to the pull of Mother Earth, but the rest should rear from the landscape for many years to come
