Skarðsgjógv

Woke up to such a peaceful and calm day. Although mostly cloudy out, the sun did peak through here and there, and barely a breeze. On occasion we could hear the squeal of women who came down to have a brisk morning swim in the ocean.

J made a hearty pot of oatmeal. After spending the better part of the day relaxing and enjoying the sounds and view of the ocean, decided to go and explore. A found a hike near by to an abandoned village, Skard. Quiet a sad story of love and lose that caused the villagers to leave thier home, roughly a century ago...

We arrived at the trailhead around 2pm, and trekked through the sloped fields along the fjord coastline. A had read that it was a 6km total trip, inclusive of the high pass to the village on the other side of Kunoy Island. But, we found that was not the case and hiked the 6km just to get to the village of Skarð 😨 We navagated the multiple runoff crossings, and two and a quarter hours later we finally arrived. The area was both serene and rugged with walls a rock, grass and moss covered slopes, and the muffled noise of sheep grazing.

After enjoying a picnic beer and light snack, we made our way back to the car. We also counted all the water crossings, 140! Stopping briefly at one of the grocery stores, we picked up a frozen seafood mix to go with our pasta dinner.Read more