Yesterday as the alarm rang at 4am after hours of sleep which could be counted on the fingers of one hand we lugged ourselves out of bed to get ready for the several hours drive to Evenes airport, where we would drop Daniel's Mum and Sister off.
With our goodbyes said we drove the remaining distance in to Harstad town centre to drop off the car in time for catching the speed ferry back to Andorja. We were in to Harstad in plenty of time for the ferry which only left at 3pm, so we made use of the time to buy some paint for the wheelhouse, something we will have to wait for a sunny day to do.
Fortunately throughout the whole of Daniel's families visit the weather was beautiful, unfortunately for us the weather seems to have turned perhaps more seasonal, it is Autumn after all. So far we have been aboard in Spring, Summer and now Autumn too, each one of these brings their own highlights. The early snow falls could be any time now, we can also expect a windier season, forcing us to spend more time in port.
As we speeded across the fjord on the speed ferry toward Andorja we discussed our aims to head further north before winter, it was obvious to us that if we hoped to get north at this time of year we would have to take any weather window we were offered, using calms for moving instead of relaxing in one area, a shame but a sacrifice that has to be made.
With this in mind we stepped it out on the walk from the ferry port at one end of the island to Laupstad, as soon as we reached the boat starting the engines and preparing to move.
There was only about two hours of light left and as we pulled away the mist and rain set in so we decided to spend the night in Engenes (next to the speed ferry port) on the same island. At only around 5 miles it might not seem worth it, but every mile counts and it was on route, it was a good short move to get us back in to the swing of things too.
Tied up to the visitors pontoon in Engenes we sorted the boat out for an early night. One of the most exciting parts of this was getting the bed ready, this because Daniels mum had kindly brought with her our new mattress covers. What's so exciting about mattress covers I hear you ask, well we had looked online for the cheapest possible duvet covers to use as covers, it just so happens the cheapest we could find were these super cool (!) One Direction ones!! So Quickstep is looking a little like a teenage girls bedroom, but hey, it was worth the save...maybe! Certainly no tours aboard, what can I say, Daniel's a huge 1D fan!!
With 1 Direction in bed we joined them for a few hours before an early start at 6am to make the most of the weather, the promised force 1 doesn't seem to have come but we set out anyway in to a rougher sea than we are used to with several options of stops if we need it. As I type we are heading between Dyroya and mainland Norway, with plans at the moment to spend tonight somewhere on Senja. Updates and photos to follow tonight when we stop.
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