Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Queens Baton Relay visits St Helena 

💓💓we have no doubt our team will come away with some some amazing memories - it's going to be an awesome games and we will be watching as much as we can from St Helena 👍 good luck & best wishes

Thanks Brian. Many people here still remember the Union Castle ships fondly, a few worked on board as well. Great to hear how the baton is going, we do look for it every so often online to see how it's doing. It was wonderful having it here on St Helena for those few days. We will be tuning in when the Games start. Very best wishes from St Helena 💓😃

Cheers Daniel, nice of you to say ❤

@@whatthesaintsdidnext and I live in Canada, Toronto specifically where it's now around -15C. I need a warm Island. Hehehe

@@danielmoroff6179 oh gosh, that's some serious cold 👀will try not to complain about our 12C during our winter next time! BTW, loved Toronto - we visited in 2015, in the summer, was fantastic.

@@whatthesaintsdidnext You'd luv it here. 40-60 cm of snow fell in one day!!! Toronto has a unique way to clear its snow, it's called SPRING!!! Hehehehe I wish I could afford to visit your Island. Oh well......

Just to follow up because I was hacked a while ago so I have 2 accounts, one with a middle initial and one without! We'll survive the snow, I think! One day I will visit your beautiful Island. All I want to say is that I'm in Canada...NOT America's little brother. LUV!!!!

Hey there @Poplicola08 we still have a few phone booths in operation, however, mobile phone usage is on the increase. Will probably still be a good few years though before all the phone booths are phased out. Hope you get to make you visit soon. Cheers 👍

Cheers Stacker, glad you enjoyed it 😊

Thanks Matt 👍 yes, unfortunately the travel costs are quite a challenge for many, including us here on the island 😒 Hope you do get to visit someday - fingers crossed for you 🤞 Cheers

Always a good thing for us to hear 😊

Congratulations Sharon and Darrin on the high tech to go along with your expertise. That is the highest resolution and best color and light balence I've seen you guys do yet. It must be 1080 or 4K because I can see it on my S20 phone like I've never seen any of those before, even through RU-vid. Please let everyone know when the fiber link is fully activated and available to everyone there in paradise, and we will celebrate. Merry Christmas from the States and looking forward to a great New Year. Bill Fulgham, K5EYS ---- post note, Our family has ancient ancestral links to the Foljambs in the UK. Our ship Captain ancestor changed the surname when he arrived in the new world in the middle 1600s.

Thanks Bill 👍 yes, we've been upgrading our film making capabilities this past 12 months and very happy with it all now. 😊 A few interesting projects in the pipeline for the new year. Fiber optic cable sounds like it won't be available to us until 2023. 😢 Always great to hear from you, Merry Christmas to you and yours from us both here on St Helena, and very best wishes for a healthy and happy new year.

Very nice. My father is a Saint and my mother is English. My father has been in the UK since 1963. He would love to see the island again, at some point.

That's a long time, John. Hope your dad gets a chance to see his home again after all these years. At least now-a-days RU-vid is much better at sharing more up to date little stories like these. Cheers

Hey Lorrenzo, our early ancestry is made up of slaves from West Africa, Madagascar, Bengal and Asia, and Chinese indentured workers, as well as descendents of English settlers. When we've visited Cape Town ourselves we also always notice how similar we look. The island has a strong link with Cape Town today as most of our goods are imported from there.

Can't say we have.