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Norway: Rosendal, Bondhusvatnet Lake,
Hattebergfossen and a lovely rainbow
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After leaving Shetland at lunchtime
on Wednesday, we sailed in an almost straight line East,
across the North Sea towards the coast of Norway. This was
one part of the voyage which we thought might be rough,
but luck was on our side and the crossing was calm. We awoke
on Thursday morning to find ourselves sailing in our first
Norwegian fjord (Hardanger Fjord), towards the small town
of Rosendal. |
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This is the place where the coaches
dropped us off and we commenced our walk towards Lake Bondhus and
the view of Bondhusbreen glacier. |
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Lake Bondhus and the Bondhusbreen
glacier. |
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When we got back to the coaches,
we decided to walk to the nearby village instead of waiting for
the coach to take us there. |
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Driving back to the ship, we were allowed
a short photo stop at the Furebergfossen. The road bridge
which separated the base of the falls from the fjord into
which it was crashing, seemed a little inadequate for its
purpose! |
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Salmon farming in the fjord near
the Furebergfossen. |
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Our morning tour ended as we came
back into Rosendal. |
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We headed back to the ship on zodiacs
for our lunch. |
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We decided to do our afternoon walk
independently, mainly so that we could walk fast and get a bit of
exercise. |
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After climbing up to the top of
the town, we spotted these waterfalls in the distance and decided
to see if we could walk to them. |
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A cute little Shetland pony and
a Norwegian Fjord pony. |
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The walk to the waterfall was further
than we thought, but it was a beautiful walk. |
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Hattebergfossen |
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It was soon time to begin our return
walk to the town centre and back to the ship. |
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After returning to the ship, we
were treated to this wonderful rainbow! |
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At 5:30pm we sailed away from Rosendal.
Four hours later we were still sailing through the fjords en-route
to Bergen. |
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At around 10.00pm we sailed through
a narrow shipping lane and under a road bridge (at the point
of the embedded image), which would have been impossible
for a large ship to do. |
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By now, it was almost midnight and
we were looking forward to our day in Bergen tomorrow. |
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