Ultimate is sort of cross between American football and netball. It’s played on sand or grass with a Frisbee. Jack plays this with the grown ups. He can throw the disc as far as the big people (and just as…
2. JET LAG AND OTHER PROBLEMS!
We arrived on the Monday. On Tuesday morning I was “brutally” woken at 10.30 am by Glenda (with a cup of tea, to be fair)! After that I’ve been getting up (most days) with the dawn. Around here this happens…
1. FIRST, WE HAVE TO GET TO OZ!
Our first flight for decades – or so it seems. Having returned from Norway (by boat) with Covid, we left the exclusive 1% club. That small band of viral escapees! It gave us problems with pre-planned dental appointments and Covid…
NORWEGIAN FJORDS 10. STAVANGER AND HOME!
[pmb_print_buttons] Stavanger is known affectionately as “Oljebyen” – the oil capital. The petroleum museum (with dinosaur on the roof – as you do!) is located almost adjacent to our moored ship. The morning tour boards the coach on the quayside,…
NORWEGIAN FJORDS 9. STAVANGER DAY 1
[pmb_print_buttons] Stavanger is the biggest city we’ve seen in a while. In fact there are only 3 cities bigger in Norway – Oslo, Bergen and Trondheim. About 122,000 people live in Stavanger – almost as many as live in Torbay!…
NORWEGIAN FJORDS 8. FLÅM
[pmb_print_buttons] Some of these fjords are pretty long! Sognefjord is no exception. Flåm is located a convenient 180 km (112 miles) from open water. This fjord is actually Norway’s longest at 203 km, ahead of Hardanger Fjord (179 km). There…
NORWEGIAN FJORDS 7. MOLDE AND MOLDE
[pmb_print_buttons] Sorry about the delay. There is a reason, but we’ll get to that in due course. Our transit from Geiranger Fjord to Moldefjord was “interesting”! Force 9 or 10 winds in the North Atlantic had stirred up a bit…
NORWEGIAN FJORDS 6 (GEIRANGER)
[pmb_print_buttons] It’s Thursday 15 September (or at least, it was!). By the time we wake we are miles up the Geiranger Fjord at Hellesylt. Here we marooned a number of enthusiastic hikers ashore. They were going to walk the final…
NORWEGIAN FJORDS 5. (ÅLESUND)
[pmb_print_buttons] As I said, early morning tea was delivered by Kumar. Another day, another port! It’s Ålesund today! A pretty little town with a small harbour with old sailing fishing boats (just like in Brixham) in front of our ship…
NORWEGIAN FJORDS 4 (BERGEN)
[pmb_print_buttons] We woke to find ourselves in Bergen, the second largest city in Norway. Our walking tour took us to Bryggen. This neighbourhood features colourful wooden houses on the old wharf, once a centre of the Hanseatic League’s trading empire. …