Wednesday 25th February It’s raining quite heavily in Flam as we catch the Flam valley railway back to Myrdal. But as gain height in the valley this changes to heavy snow fall ruining our view some what! At Myrdal we change to the Oslo train and once again the view is mostly obscured by snow. At Finse (altitude 1222metres) we pass the highest point and can see the blue ice of Hardangerjokul glacier glittering in the southwest (well…
Thursday 19th February Quiet day today so for variety Daz shaves off the goatee and then sulks for ages because bizarrely I find his hairless face hysterically funny! ( Note to self: Don’t laugh at B/F’s face! – at least not out loud). The last time he was clean shaven was December 5th, so I’m just so used to the goatee. At 10am we cross the Arctic Circle and have a ship’s ceremony that involves a spoonful of fish oil….
Monday 16th February Today we get on our cruise liner MS Nordlys. By the time we board I’ve managed to spend my entire terminal grant plus some. So that only managed to burn a hole for 2 days before I spent it! On board – lovely! 222 passengers – some do the entire cruise south to north and back whilst others do the northern leg and disembark at Kirkenes and others the southern leg embarking from Kirkenes like us and…