
Friday Photo #431 – Orcas In Snow
Flakstadøya, Friday Photo, Winter
Photo: Orcas in the snow on the coast outside Nusfjord, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. April 5, 2021. 17:20
For the last week I’ve been hearing various reports that the killer whales have returned to the Lofoten coast for their…

Friday Photo #430 – Between Seasons
Friday Photo, Spring, Vestvågøya
Photo: Clearing rain showers over Medskolmen at sunset, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 31, 2021. 19:31
After last weeks big storms the weather has remained wet and blustery most days, with passing rain showers sweeping across…

Friday Photo #429 – After The Storm
Friday Photo, Vestvågøya, Winter
Photo: Lost in the storm, broken row boat on the Unstad coast, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 25, 2021. 12:14
After a mostly calm winter, two back-to-back storms swept over Lofoten on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the 2nd…

Friday Photo #428 – Kvalvika Sunset
Friday Photo, Moskenesøya, Winter
Photo: Setting sun behind Kjerrina from Kvalvika beach, Lofotodden national park, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 14, 2021. 17:37
Tomorrow, March 20th, is the vernal equinox and the sun will pass north of the equator for…

Friday Photo #427 – Winter Fog
Friday Photo, Vestvågøya, Winter
Photo: Soft winter twilight over Himmeltindan, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 8, 2021. 17:23
After a windy weekend, Monday arrived with near absolute stillness. Slow, almost ghost like snow showers were gently floating across…

Friday Photo #426 – Winter Is Back
Friday Photo, Vestvågøya, Winter
Photo: Snow covered birch copse on Haugheia, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. March 5, 2021. 13:35
Winter is back! After a rainy finish to February the temperatures have finally dropped again and the typical March snow flurries…

New Mountain Hikes Added to Website
HIking, Updates
I've added 4 new mountain hiking guides to the website today. They have all previously been available in the eBook: West Lofoten Hikes, but now they are also here on the website.
The new mountain guides are for:
Merraflestind, Moskenesøy…

Friday Photo #425 – February Rain
Flakstadøya, Friday Photo, Winter
Photo: Flowing river below Stornappstind after a week of rain and mild temperatures, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 26, 2021.16:47
The long period of Cold and settled weather since the beginning of the year ended this…

Friday Photo #424 – Skagsanden Aurora
Flakstadøya, Friday Photo, Winter
Photo: February northern lights - aurora borealis fill the sky over Skagsanden beach, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 15, 2021. 22:12
After a weekend of clouds over Lofoten and a high aurora activity that wasn’t visible,…

Friday Photo #423 – Winter
Friday Photo, Winter
Photo: Winter clouds hang low over mountains of Vestvågøy from Nappstraumen, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 11, 2021. 14:30
After an unusually calm and snow-less start to 2021 the weather seems to have finally shifted…

Friday Photo #422 – Beach Day
Flakstadøya, Friday Photo, Winter
Photo: Waves flowing over frozen sand at Myrland beach, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. February 1, 2021. 14:15
I was driving home Monday afternoon as some cool looking snow clouds were passing by just out to sea to the north and…

Friday Photo #421 – Himmeltindan
Friday Photo, Vestvågøya, Winter
Photo: Last light over the peaks of Himmeltindan and Ristind, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 29, 2021. 14:35
I don’t post panos very often because I think they’re too small on the computer screen, but for this image…

Friday Photo #420 – Thin Ice
Flakstadøya, Friday Photo, Winter
Photo: Cracks in the thin ice on lake Storvatnet, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 19, 2021. 14:13
Just after getting back to my van on Tuesday afternoon from a hike up around Nesheia, what had been a previously mostly grey…

Friday Photo #419 – Northern Lights
Flakstadøya, Friday Photo, Winter
Photo: Northern lights fill the sky over Skagsanden beach, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 11, 2021. 19:06
It was not even dark yet on Monday afternoon when I thought I noticed faint hints of northern lights dancing in…

Friday Photo #418 – Second Sun
Friday Photo, Vestvågøya, Winter
Photo: January sunrise/sunset over Nappstraumen, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 8, 2021. 12:39
The sun has returned to Lofoten! For the last two days, the sun has been visible again across the whole of Lofoten. Yesterday,…

Friday Photo #417 – A New Year
Friday Photo, Vestvågøya, Winter
Photo: New Year twilight at the eye of Uttakleiv, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. January 1, 2021. 12:43
The new year has arrived with the soft pastels of winter twilight. Cold and clear, perfect weather for the first day of 2021…


