Its not raining in brergen

Bergen

Now what do we do and when do we head home. Looking carefully at the weather we have a window to leave at 1am sunday for lerwick but we will have to wait and see how the weather forecast looks nearer the time.

Fab weather

And mussels for tea.

Hardangerfjord to ourselves!

To the glacier and back

Big climb to the glacier, 1200 m from sea level was our high point and back down again 20km total and 1600m off ascent. Back on the boat enjoying an aperitif the glacier does not look far away but my legs are telling a different story.

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The is a reason why my legs dont want to move now!

Glacier ahoy

Yup thats a glacier i can see feom the breakfast table in the salon!

Well earned tea and cake

Now moored at sundal, the place we planned to come to walked up to the glacier, which we are getting glimpses of through the most and rain.

Leave the boy on the helm

And he wants a fight with the local ferry. Testosterone, very useful applied in the right direction, just not at ferries!

Ploughing up hardangerfjord

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Off to sundal up hardangerfjord today! Sounds amazing! We have been looking at it on the maps since new year when we spotted it was the shortest route to walk to a glacier in this area. The weather is raining all day today but forecast to brighten up tommorow and the wind to die. Lets hope another day sailing in the rain gives us a sense of reward. Everyone fit and well just a bit tired of moving no stop and rain and the cooler temperatures are a bit of a shocker still, the warm weather was so lovely here.

So quiet

Sailed approve 30Nm today north east up Hardangerfjord. Made good progress with the tide and wind abaft and abeam. We left late to make the most of the tide and wait for the wind to die down at 2pm so we arrived here just before 7pm. Jenny had dinner made as we arrived, putting up rain covers and sails away as we anchored to the smell of curry and nan bread yum yum. We all ate a lot after a long sail in the cold and rain. It rained all afternoon. Had a lovely walk to a view point this morning on the island we left.

Røvær

Sailed to little island just north west 7 Nm of haugersund, ver nice sheltered natural harbour with the narrow entrance and sheltered. Great sail with two reefs in wind on the beam and still ploughing along at 7 kts. Everyone enjoyed the short hope and change of scene from the town.

Haugesund

Its raining but we have enjoyed a rest today as the wind has a howl. The folk museum was entertaining and now cloths washing, cleaning, cooking and eating, it is sunday. All well onboard and engrossed in various projects. Planning to sail to small island just north west of here one hour away called Røvær for the night when the wind and tide are in our favour around 8pm .

Fabulous sail

Almost sailed all the way to Haugesund, its was lovely to see the sails earn there keep. Moored up in down town haugesund. Its boat city with the sea as a main road through the town it feels very welcoming in a boat.

Big fat mackerel

Vrum vrum

Wee jolly in nymph

Put our new tender 'Nymph' to the test today. Motored half an hour up the fjord too a landing stage for walkers to climb up to the look out point called pulpit rock. We tied nymph up on to a flat rock nearby and then climbed the rocky path up through the woods on the trail too pulpit rock. The trail it turned out went first to a tourist centre and back to the fjords famous lookout point. The rocky trial to the centre was rough and slow going steep and complex path of bolders mud and fallen trees, it was beautiful and we loved it. Finding the tourist centre was a bit of a shock, the trail we took there was rarely used but the tourist camp was like a village full of folk in brand new walking kit starting up the path to the view point on what looked like a busy brand new road pathed in fine bright gravel. We had and had an ice cream and returned the way we came on our unused uninhabited quiet and beautiful trial to the dingy. When we had landed at the landing stage we left jenny and freyja to begin the trail there and me and fergus moved the dingy to a flat rock near by and tied it to an iron pin, we had to climb out and find our way over some very steep and rocky ground to meet jen and freyja back on the trail. On returning to the landing i choose to swim and retrieve the dingy instead, it was a much appreciated swim after a hot and sticky walk. On the motor back in the dingy we went close into the high cliffs and went into deep crevasses. I one place we found big mussels growing and we wasted no time in picking some and cooked them for tea!

I think we have a special anchorage