Entries by Cody

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Friday Photo #697 – Midnight Skua

Photo: Arctic skua flies low over moorland, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. June 18, 2022. 00:22 This week’s photo is one from the archives as I’m fully concentrated in ebook editing mode to get my hiking guides updated for the upcoming summer season. West Lofoten Hikes has already been updated, and the Kungsldeden guides are up […]

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Friday Photo #696 – Between Seasons

Photo: Evening spring rainbow over farm, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 7, 2026. 21:25 It is that time of year where each day the weather rolls the dice and decides if it will still be winter or maybe spring and summer will be on the horizon. After a warm ‘false spring’ in mid April, the […]

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Friday Photo #695 – Sunset Season

Photo: Setting May sun over Nappstraumen from Myrland beach, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 15, 2021. 02:50 Lofoten’s aurora season is now over until the autumn. As the islands wait for the arrival of the midnight sun in a few more weeks, Lofoten enters into what I like to call ‘sunset season,’ With the sun […]

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Friday Photo #693 – Spring Ptarmigan

Photo: Winter plumage willow ptarmigan flies though mountain landscape, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. April 6, 2026. 18:23 In the longer and warmer days of April the local wildlife is beginning to increase its activity ahead of the summer mating and nesting season. Over the last weeks I can hear a noticeable increase in noise as […]

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Friday Photo #692 – Nappstraumen

Photo: Fishing boat heading through Nappstraumen with Himmeltindan rising in the distance, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. April 5, 2026. 20:05 It is that time of year where Lofoten tries to decide if it is still winter or spring can finally begin. This year it seems spring is currently on the winning side as the storms […]

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Friday Photo #691 – Skagsanden Aurora

Photo: Northern Lights – Aurora Borealis rise into sky over Skagsanden beach, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 23, 2026. 21:26 The days of April are quickly growing longer as Lofoten enters the period of not-really-winter but not-quite-spring. How long this weather lasts is anyones guess and this year it seems to have already started at […]

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Friday Photo #690 – Fish and Rain

Photo: Drying stockfish under a rainy March sky, Reine, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 19, 2026. 16:47 It had been an almost perfect winter, until it wasn’t. As soon as March arrived, the cold and calm days of January and February were instantly replaced with wind and rain. It was almost like a light switch […]

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Friday Photo #689 – Unstad Flow

Photo: Waves flow over rocks at Unstad beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 28, 2026. 11:25 After all these years, Unstad still remains one of my favourite beaches on Lofoten and is one of the few beaches that I’ll still go to on my own as well, not just with photo workshops. On this day […]

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Friday Photo #688 – Sea Eagle

Photo: White-Tailed Sea Eagle silhouetted against winter sky, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 6, 2026. 12:45 It took me several days this week to delete around 500gb of data or roughly 10,000 photos to clear up some hard disc space. Of those 10k photos deleted, probably 90% of them were flying puffins and other birds from […]