Tuesday, 11 February 2025 When we watched yesterday afternoon’s briefing for the coming 24 hours much was made about our crossing of Vestfjord which is considered open sea (borders the Norwegian Sea). We were warned that we would be crossing between 5.00am and 11.00am and that the forecast swell and wind direction was likely to […]
Monday, 10 February 2025 This morning after breakfast we sailed under the Nærøysundbrua (Nærøysund Bridge) which carries route 770 from Marøya to Inner-Vikna before docking at Rørvik (pronounced sort of like Rer-vik, maybe Row-er-vik?) Although it’s hard to describe what that ø sounds like. We put our coats and hats on and went up to
Sunday, 9 February 2025 We were in the Flora main restaurant at 7.30am this morning so that we could eat breakfast before heading out on our first shore excursion departing at 8.30am. Today we didn’t have to queue for breakfast we just had to hunt around a bit for a table that was set but
Saturday, 8 February 2025 Slept for eight hours but in blocks of three hours, three hours and two hours. I went back to sleep fairly quickly after I woke around 11.00pm. I struggled a bit to fall back to sleep when I woke just after 3.00am. When Bernie wasn’t snoring there was music and the
Friday, 7 February 2025 Boarding commenced yesterday but concluded after midnight for our flight at 0025 this morning. The plane was actually fully loaded ahead of schedule and we pushed away from the airport terminal about six minutes early. Our flight was uneventful. With both of us currently reading an EPIC fantasy series we read
Thursday, 6 February 2025 With a civilised mid-afternoon flight at 4.40pm this afternoon we didn’t have to rush this morning to get to the airport. We were out of bed about our usual retired persons time and had a leisurely breakfast then took a walk before the day warmed up too much. It’s always nice