The skies cleared for long enough that we could go for a walk last night. It was nice to see the less industrial side of the island. Norway's shops and restaurants are filled with fish and dotted up the coast are several fish related storage and factories. On the whole the number of anchorage and marinas far out weighs the number of factories and so choosing a less industrial marina has been easy. Having rushed in to Vigra we hadn't had the luxury of choosing port. As it happens it wasn't too busy with the national holiday only finishing up around this weekend. also on a side note we noticed seagulls nesting on the vents from the fish storage plant.... We're now on the sea again we will be facing the infamous Stad peninsula in the coming days, it has such a harsh climate and seas that plans are now well underway in to building a ship tunnel, as for huge periods a year the peninsula is not crossable by ship, large or small. We will need near perfect conditions before we will attempt to pass it down to south Norway. We are aiming for the shortest crossing to Britain, looking around the utsira, Bergen, and Utvær areas. Watch this space...
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