Safe Return Doubtful

After the weekend on Fedje I was unsure where to head, other than north. My original plans had been to go the the island Sula, and Ytre Sula, at its southern end. I also had a recommendation of the island of Atløyna, but on closer inspection, these islands have quite…

The Island of Fedje is the 170 nautical miles, or 315 kilometres from the north of Yell in the Shetland Islands. Those Bergonians with sailing boats often undertake the crossing in the summer. On Yell last summer I had texts from my cell phone provider telling me I was actually…

A short spell of unseasonably warm weather arrived yesterday. Until then there had been the sort of wind blowing from off the sea that could be expected, bringing the temperature down a few degrees with it. But a warm front came through and with it the wind direction changed, to…

Stord Island is dominated by a short mountain range running north south for about 8 kilometres. I am stopped up at one of the two hikers’ car parks, at 380 metres, with views down over the fjords, Leirvik town, and the mainland, so looking eastwards. Roja and I took on…

We spent the later part of the morning on Ogna beach, the next one along from Sirevåg to the west. It is a rocky headland with small sheltered areas of sandy beach, good for swimming in the little channels formed, as Roja will testify. The strong southeasterly wind had eased…