While we are awaiting the arrival of the new water pump we are based in and around Harøysund. We took a walk in to Bud the neighbouring small town, a walk we had done a few times back in 2014 and it was fun to bring back some memories!
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| Daniel Elves Replacement?! |
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| Bud |
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| Bud |
Yesterday Håvard had mentioned that he was heading to Bjørnsund with work and we could join him if we were willing to help out. Bjørnsund is an island group just West of Bud, amongst other things Håvard is involved in carriage to the island of goods from Tractors to building material!
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| Loaded and ready to go! |
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| Leaving Bjornsund |
Bjørnsund was forcibly abandoned in the very early 70s and the homes are now summer residences. The population of the small area in the years following WW2 was between 500-600, the local council made the controversial decision to evacuate the islands instead of investing in them and now the homes which have been tastefully restored are mostly owned by people with family links to Bjørnsund. The island which receives a summer boat service is a great spot for school camps where kids can come and learn about the essentials in life, from fishing to boat handling. It certainly would have been something we would have loved to have done at school!!
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| Bjornsund |
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| Bjornsund |
When we arrived with a boat full of cargo to be unloaded we were met at the dock by Biljana, who has Orkney links, a small world! We were kindly given a quick tour of North Bjørnsund and even shared a Highland Park, very Orcadian!!
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| Highland Park, in Norway! |
The islands resources in place for the school camps is amazing and the islands set up is truly surreal, with no cars and only one bicycle on the island there are walking tracks, which feel like small streets amongst the houses. As we walked back to Håvard we nipped in via the school and were exceptionally generously given two freshly baked cheese rolls and coffee, we had only been on the island for about 20 minutes and we already felt at home!
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| Bjornsund |
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| Bread rolls, Don't get fresher than that! |
An idyllic setting, it was quite difficult to leave! Very friendly and giving people. With the boat unloaded though we headed back to Harøysund, convincing Håvard to let us in to the secret of the good fishing grounds on the way in! Having sadly missed dinner reservation, back ashore we grabbed our reel and rod and headed out in our dinghy, having no luck at all Håvard came past on his boat on his way home, pointing us again in the right direction and at last Daniel caught not one but two cod!! Returning close to midnight we weren't put off and went ahead and cooked them, a midnight feast!!
We are now possibly at the end of all internet connections and phone, so it might go long times between updates... We will try our best to do something though
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