Lighthouse and Ferry

Half way up the lighthouse.

The view from the top.

After we put in 12 hours at sea yesterday, so you might think that volunteers would merit a lie in? Nope!

Today we had groups out on the ferry, the lighthouse and the Whale-safari boat, but only managed to turn up a few porpoises. It was simply too windy to find the whales.

The lighthouse is a perfect platform to watch whales from, at least on calm days when you can see 22 Km to the horizon. But it is even better to watch bird migration. Even though we saw no whales I was content to see clouds of puffins, scoters, eiders, fulmars and kttiwakes.

On the ferry.

The ferry trip is always worth going on becasue the Fjord  is so spectacular. There is a resident pair of white-tailesd eagles there and a picturesque little town hugs the foot of vertical black cliffs, with a jagged horizon all round. Alpine snow fields reflect the glare of the sun even on dull days, giving the landscape an eeirie, empty feel despite it's majesty. On clear days we could look north beyond the neighbourhood to Måsvaer on the extreme Nortn West corner of Norway.

To make up for today's lack of whales, here is a video of Glenn the Sperm whale diving in the Fjord off Andenes on Friday 5th July 2013. GLENN