• Kirkenes to Bergen by boat
    Beautiful scatter of islands coming in to Bergen
    Who wouldn't like their own house on their own island?Not my favourite thing but highly ScandinavianOur last plane, parked up at KirkenesOooh, I'd love to see a Siberian Jay.Winter and no transport to the hotel. Felt a bit like "Race across the World"!

    Aberdeen to Kirkenes

    May 2 in Norway ⋅ 🌧 3 °C

    Three flights with Wideroe via Bergen and Tromso. It’s still winter up here at the top of Norway. Much snow still present with sparse birch forest. Everything (food, alcohol and taxi) as expensive as expected but so different from home that it’s really exciting to be here.
    There will be 24 hrs of daylight with the sun only just below the horizon between about 21:00hrs and 02:00hr.
    Currently abed and watching a programme about the making of the series, “Vera”, based on the books written by Ann Cleeves, wife of much-missed birder, the late Tim Cleeves.    Read more