Stunning scenery and quiet islands

With lack of signal I've missed a day or so, to round up we had some lovely walks around selje, including looking further at the monastery and discovering a cave with thanks to another visitor to the island. It was a shame to depart from Selje, it was truly a stunning small island, full of history.
We furthered our journey down the coast aiming for Utvær. With the possibility of heading for Shetland in the coming days we needed to stock up on a few basics mainly water, and looked up the pilot book for nearby anchorages or marinas with a shop or supplies. Finding one we arrived in Færøy, a island similar in size to papay but with a population of only 15. Unfortunately since the pilot book was written there was no longer any of the services offered. We had a walk around the island and all agreed it was idyllic, quiet and scenic. A beautiful spot to stop for any boat. We took the time to get the boat sorted and headed to a nearby marina, Hardbakke on the larger island of Sula is much busier with a restaurant/bar, post office and shop all in walking distance. The scenery is still stunning though, and we had a lovely meal at the restaurant before having a shower and heading to bed prepared for an earlier start. There is a possible weather window tomorrow so we will head out to sea and see how the seas are before contemplating crossing over...

Selje

While the weather not set to improve until much later in the day Daniel and Daniel set off to explore the island while Amanda tidied the boat. The helpful skipper off the Eirin had been advising us on the best times to attempt the peninsula passage. There seemed to be a possible weather window around 8 pm so we waited in the thought we would attempt it then. Whilst we were in the marina a British yacht turned up, we haven't seen many foreign boats at all, so to see a British one was a surprise!
The winds dropped as the evening began and the Eirin and their friends boat were going to be heading south round the peninsula and offered to help guide us round if we wanted. Local knowledge and expertise is something we could not pass by and were massively appreciative for the help offered. We headed off with them the most difficult stretch is around 13 miles long and consists of some of the worst and most dangerous seas in Europe. They picked up the pace sitting around 20-22knots and we followed on, the swell and waves threw us around a bit but the comfort of their knowledge made the passage far easier then we had imagined it could be. We pulled in to a filling station and began the task of putting almost 800ltr aboard. As we filled the bladder on deck it wasn't missed by locals who came down to look at us. Saying our thanks and goodbyes to the crew off the boats that had helped us round we knew without their help we could well still be at the other side. Leaving the filling station we headed to a the nearby island of Selje where we had been told there was an interesting monastery. When we arrived the monastery was in site and despite being late we couldn't resist but to have a look. The monastery was founded around 1100 and was used until approx 1500 when the effects of a fire, the plague and the king left it with a blow it never did recover from. Still a magnificent building and cave.