Arctic circle!!

A few days since we updated due to a lot on and more recently no signal!
We left lysøysund and went south to vallersund to top up with petrol, petrol on the quoy is very rare here and walking with 25 ltr tanks doesn't appeal! So on finding somewhere to fill up we made the most of it and topped up the deck tank with 600ltr too. We were amazed again by the trusting nature of every Norwegian we have met, allowing us to fill up around 800ltrs without us giving them our card first. All ready we set off aiming north, we had a few chosen points along the way which would rely on weather, fuel and how tired we became. The seas were very kind to us and taking the inner leads again we were fortunate to spend most of the journey in glassy still sea. We all had ran out of words to describe the scenery and spent much of the time watching in awe at the mountain ranges and islands. Having started the day at 7 am we were beginning to get tired by 10.30 and appreciating the scenery were debating finding a nice spot to anchor. Realising we only had about 5 points left on our chartplottee before we reached the arctic circle we decided to keep going. The sun was setting but the skies were bright. As we approached a island Daniel question what the navigational marks were and as we all looked trying to work out if it was a  lighthouse or not we turned the corner to realise it was in fact the arctic circle monument, closer then we had imagined. Tiredness turned to excitement and the realisation we had reached our aim was overwhelming. Congratulating each other for making it we stood wide eyed at amazement we were actually there! We left the monoment and headed in to a fjord to find a place to anchor. Incredible views and still seas we couldn't help but know how lucky we all were to be here. Wanting to step ashore beyond the arctic circle we took the dingy and walked round the small bay, after a celebratory drink and a midnight walk we headed to bed looking out the Windows as we dropped off. A truly stunning scene a truly stunning day.
We couldn't have done this without the kind help of so many, Maritime transport, Craigie engineering, Crewsaver, Fieldhouse yacht surveyors, Fireball, Liquid image co, Mitchell's powersystems and Volvo Penta. Along with the sponsorship from them the support of our families and friends and the good folk of Papay has been something we will forever be grateful for.