2014 - OCEAN PRINCESS - THE LOFOTEN ISLANDS

STILL ABOVE THE ARCTIC CIRCLE, I NOW TAKE A PRINCESS SOUTH THROUGH THE VERY SCENIC LOFOTEN ISLANDS.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE WEATHER DID NOT CO-OPERATE. OFF & ON DRIZZLE. LOTS OF BUS TIME & A BIT OF RAIN WHEN WE GOT OFF DOES NOT MAKE FOR A GREAT DAY, OR GREAT PICTURES EITHER.

HERE WE PASS A FISH FARM...

THIS COUPLE ARE ASLEEP ALREADY .....

SOMEWHERE ALONG HERE WE PASSED A SIGN FOR THE VILLAGE CALLED Å. IT WAS CALLED Aa UP TIL1917, WHEN IT WAS CHANGED TO Å.

MUST HAVE BEEN TOO MUCH OF A MOUTHFUL SO THEY SHORTENED IT.

OUR FIRST STOP IS AT A LITTLE FISHING VILLAGE..

WHERE SOMEONE IS WORKING ON A LATHE IN A WORKSHOP ....

ALMOST A GOOD SHOT OF A RAINBOW HANGING IN A VALLEY..

AND ALMOST ANOTHER GOOD RAINBOW SHOT ....

QUITE A BIT OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION GOING ON & SINCE THERE IS ONLY ONE ROAD IT MEANT A FEW WAITS IN LINE..

ANOTHER STOP AT A LITTLE VILLAGE WHERE A LOCAL CRAFTSMAN MAKE THESE METAL SCULPTURES ...

PERHAPS MARTINE KNOWS WHAT THIS BIRD IS .....

BESIDE THE LITTLE CHURCH AT FLAKSTAD ......

I SPENT A BIT OF TIME CLEANING THE SPRAY OFF MY LENS BUT THIS WAS THE ONLY SHOT OF MYSELF DOING IT..

THIS AREA WOULD BE GREAT TO BE IN WHEN THE SUN SHINES. AND TO RENT A CAR & SPEND WEEKS DRIVING AROUND..

ANY GUESSES WHAT THAT MEANS? BEWARE OF CHILDREN TAKING THEIR ANTS FOR A WALK?