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03. November 2024

Winter's coming

One of the last warm mornings - time to take our dinghy and go...

...for a hike on the island of Silda. There is only one steep notch to reach the plateau.

Flowering mosses.

View over all the mountains, where great ski tours are waiting for us.

...and across the fjord the Bergsfjord.

The next morning we went for a walk around the lake above Bergsfjord.

With the drone we are able to see to the fast retreating glacier.

View down to the lake (used as water supply for the village.

A long way from the sea...

As usually, there is no hiking trail and we had to look several times for a passage through the steep rocks.

Another calm day, perfect to go out...

... and searching for the orcas.

And getting some fresh...

...fish for the evening.

Inbetween we exchanged the...

...gear box with the help...

...of Cornelis. He and Patricia moved here 17 years ago and are running a fishcamp as well a shipyard.

But before, we had to wait a long time for a missing part to arrive. We used the time...

...to cut the trees, which where hit by an avalanche last winter, and made...

... some fire wood for the public sauna.

Another day, we cut all the trees, around Corneli's workshop

...and around their house. Resulting in an 5h long running...

...big fire :-) Usually it's not permitted in wintertime (smog), but one is always allowed to make a fire for coffee...

Some nigths, we were woken up by the "polarlights app" - and it is always worth it.

One day after a full moon...

...combined with the northern lights :-)

Sometimes we did it the "norwegian way" and drove to the spots. In this village, people even use their car for 100m to the store...

Suddenly the weather forecast changed and we had to make the insolation for the windows (against condensation).

Late in the afternoon, the snow arrived...

...and we had to shovel the snow from the deck every two ours. With to much weight on top, boats could flip over.

Time to take out the swiss-fondue :-)

The next morning, everything was white...

...and the temperatures dropped to -5°C.

Live slowed down and it's very quiet.

The next day, Ben had to visit the nearest dentist - in Alta.

First 2h on the ferry...

...and then 2h on snow covered mainroads. They never clear the roads to the blacktop. Everybody has spikes on the wheels, exept us. They overtook our car, even when we drove with 100km/h...

Inauguration of Corneli's "grillhytta". With guys from Hawai, Austria and Switzerland. They are here to dive with the orcas and humpback whales.

A calm bewteen the many storms - perfect to explore...

...the surrounding fjords.

And almost every morning, a short walk to the lake above Bergsfjord for a very short swim (3°C).

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