
Friday Photo #243 – Bunes View
Friday Photo, Moskenesøya, Summer
Photo: View over Bunes beach, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. July 21, 2017. 22:08
Another weekend in the west. The original plan had been a somewhat ambitious climb above Vindstad. But as we made the first moves up the route, it…

Friday Photo #242 – Kirkefjord
Friday Photo, Moskenesøya, Summer
Photo: Kirkefjord clouds, Rostad, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. July 16, 2017. 19:39
The rain was pounding my windshield as I headed west towards Reine. We had made plans to borrow a friend’s boat and to do a bit of exploring…

Friday Photo #241 – Summer Flowers
Flakstadøya, Friday Photo, Summer
Photo: Field of summer flowers, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. July 6, 2017. 14:37
From mid June until early July the fields of Lofoten are filled with endless color of an infinite amount of flowers. Even the farm fields, such…

Friday Photo #240 – Storskiva Camping
Friday Photo, Moskenesøya, Summer
Photo: Camping on the summit of Storskiva, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. July 22, 2017. 23:57
After 239 previous Friday photo posts, I can’t always remember what I have written previously, so perhaps this might be a bit of a…

Friday Photo #239 – Bunes Beach
Friday Photo, Moskenesøya, Summer
Photo: Summer light over Bunes beach from Storskiva, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. July 22, 2017. 22:40
In October last year I made my first attempt to camp on the summit of Storskiva. It didn’t go so well and high winds forced…

Friday Photo #238 – Storskiva Sunset
Friday Photo, Moskenesøya, Summer
Photo: Watching the sun sink into the sea from the summit of Storskiva, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. July 22, 2017. 23:06
In October last year I made an attempt to camp on the summit of Storskiva. The weather decided otherwise…

Friday Photo #237 – Ryten Poop
Friday Photo, Moskenesøya, Summer
Photo: Pile of human faces and toilet paper under a rock on the summit of Ryten, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. July 5, 2017. 22:44
This weeks photo is literally shit, in more ways than one. First, it is a photo from my phone,…

Friday Photo #236 – Kirkefjord Light
Friday Photo, Moskenesøya, Summer
Photo: Rays of light over Kirkefjord, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. July 4, 2017. 22:22
Up to this moment, the light on this day had been somewhat flat and average, and I hadn’t even pulled out my camera so far. That was until…

Friday Photo #235 – Midnight Flowers
Friday Photo, Gimsøy, Summer
Photo: Flowers at midnight, Gimsøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. June 12, 2017. 00:02
Another midnight image from Gimsøy. After a long winter and this years cold may, it is so nice to see the fields first turn green and then, in the first…

Friday Photo #234 – Gimsøy Summer
Friday Photo, Gimsøy, Summer
Photo: Hoven reflects in small pond under light of the midnight sun, Gimsøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. June 12, 2017. 00:57
Even thought the midnight sun doest look visually different than a sun low on the horizon at any other time of…

Friday Photo #233 – Helvetestind Fog
Friday Photo, Moskenesøya, Summer
Photo: Summer fog flowing over Vindstad from Helvetestind, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. June 13, 2017. 23:06
I wasn’t planning to post another photo from Helvetestind, but I also hadn’t planned on making my second trip up…

Friday Photo #232 – Helvetestind Camping
Friday Photo, Moskenesøya, Summer
Photo: Summit camp on Helvetestind, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. June 4, 2017. 00:42
Continuing from last weeks photo over Bunes beach, here is my camping spot on the summit of Helvetestind. Truthfully, I thought about just sleeping…

Friday Photo #231 – Bunes Beach
Friday Photo, Moskenesøya, Summer
Photo: Midnight sun over Bunes beach from Helvetestind, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. June 3, 2017. 23:56
On my first visit to Helvetestind some years ago I wasn’t sure if it was possible to camp on the summit, so I left my…

Friday Photo #230 – Myrland Spring
Flakstadøya, Friday Photo, Spring
Photo: Spring snow over Myrland, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 30, 2017. 23:34
A cold north wind has been blowing across Lofoten during the last week. And while the summer sun has arrived on the islands, summer temperatures…

Friday Photo #229 – Ytresand Midnight Sun
Flakstadøya, Friday Photo, Spring
Photo: Moltind and Stortind reflect on Ytresand beach under the spring midnight sun, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 29, 2016. 23:48
In a few more days the midnight sun will arrive on Lofoten. And by midnight sun, I mean that…

Friday Photo #228 – Stornappstind Sunset
Flakstadøya, Friday Photo, Spring
Photo: Last light over Stornappstind from Slettind, Flakstadøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway. May 13, 2017. 22:24
The midnight sun is little more than a week away now, but I have already begun the transition to ‘night’ hiking. Though…


