If you have a few hours to spare whilst in Port Stanley, it’s worth talking a trip out to the lighthouse. I was told that I needed to pick the key at the museum in Stanley before heading out, which I duly did. It was a surprised to find that the ‘key’ was, in reality, a 20 inch long bent iron rod which would be useful as an offensive weapon should the need arise – you won’t forget you’re carrying it, that’s for sure! The lighthouse has been at Cape Pembroke since 1855, although it was moved in 1906 due to subsidence. It’s primary aim was to warn passing vessels off Billy Rock, a notorious reef about 800 metres out. Originally powered by 18 rapeseed oil lamps which cast a beam an impressive 14 miles, after the refit in 1906, a new paraffin light source was fitted generating a whopping 105,000 candle power casting light out to 16 miles. Alas It was damaged in the conflict and has now been replaced by a modern solar-powered light with nowhere near the character of the original…