various photos & Tromso

royal wedding day April - view from larry while she was being repaired showing rorbuer (little red house) where C stayed during repairs

same view on June 17th

a good waterfall

another good waterfall

general views

 Klauva - the teatime pinic spot

A passing Viking taken from the anchorage at Hestoy

we floated shortly after posting the previous blog and had an uneventful passage to Tromso. weather overcast with occasional strong breeze mostly on the nose so certainly not t-shirt weather but not nearly as cold as we are used to in Norway (we have not yet lit the heater). We are currently moored to a pontoon with other robust sailing boats and small motor boats on the outskirts of Tromso. There is a very large supermarket within 200 yards open from 7 am and water on the pontoon but there appears to be no means of paying - another cheap night? On the way here the narrows where we expected a strong current proved very tame about 1.5 knots of current but we encountered two ferries and two small cargo boats plus a low flying hercules while we were there - very busy by norwegian standards.

for those who will be joining us we have a good selection of books for all ages including some old favourites, a range of games including animal happy families, 2 buckets & spades,a nesting pile-up toy and 2 teddies but unfortunately no wheeled vehicles! If you are able to carry it please bring a 3 litre box of duty free wine per adult- Gatwick has one kind - Hardys - not all that cheap but the liquor stores here are few and far between - on the other hand local beer can be obtained in most supermarkets.

there has been a lot of blogging today because we have paid for a 24-hour connection and I have been slowly learning how to upload photos. tomorrow we hope to head for the Lyngen Alps and maybe further it would be good to get to 70N! maybe no more blogs for a bit.

love to everyone

S & C