We thought it might be possible for a paddle when we got up this morning but no go. The wind was up too much. We did find a cruise ship on the other side of the pier this morning and we’re told we had to move our boat for some sort of security reason. Go figure, the harbor master told us to tie up there. Anyway, we undid the lines and tied up on the other side of the harbor.
After some great pancakes by Siggi, we spent most of the morning taking apart and stowing the folding kayaks and washing dry suits. With that all done, I wandered around town, did a little shopping and then found Chippies. I had a great lunch of, you guessed it, fish and chips. Really good!
After lunch, most of the group were out hiking around and that made a perfect time to walk around to where we initially tied up. The cruise ship had put one of their mooring lines on top of ours around the cleat so we had to leave it this morning until after the cruise ship left. I was able to get the big coil of rope over my shoulder and bring it back to our boat. With that done, it was time to find the local ice cream shop. Yum.
We’ll have dinner around eight and then get underway for Norway. We will try to skirt most of the foul weather that is in the forecast. We’ll see how well that works. Tonight, tomorrow and tomorrow night at sea and then we’ll be in Bergen. This has been a fantastic trip and one to remember but it’s not over yet.
The next day was a blur. We had some pretty big seas and rock and rolling again. Most everyone was hanging out in the bunks. We were lucky to miss the biggest parts of the storm.