Bunes Beach - Friday Photo #243

Friday Photo #243 – Bunes View

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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…
Kirkefjord - Friday Photo #242

Friday Photo #242 – Kirkefjord

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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…
Summer Flowers - Friday Photo #241

Friday Photo #241 – Summer Flowers

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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…
Storskiva - Friday Photo #240

Friday Photo #240 – Storskiva Camping

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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…
Bunes beach - Friday Photo #239

Friday Photo #239 – Bunes Beach

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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…
Storskiva Sunset - Friday Photo #238

Friday Photo #238 – Storskiva Sunset

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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…
Mountain pollution - Friday photo #237

Friday Photo #237 – Ryten Poop

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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

Friday Photo #236 – Kirkefjord Light

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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…
Midnight Flowers - Friday Photo #235

Friday Photo #235 – Midnight Flowers

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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…
Gimsøy Summer - Friday Photo #234

Friday Photo #234 – Gimsøy Summer

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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…
Helvetestind - Friday Photo #233

Friday Photo #233 – Helvetestind Fog

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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…
Helvetestind Camping - Friday Photo #232

Friday Photo #232 – Helvetestind Camping

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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…
Bunes Beach - Friday Photo #231

Friday Photo #231 – Bunes Beach

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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…
Myrland Spring - Friday Photo #230

Friday Photo #230 – Myrland Spring

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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…
Ytresand Midnight - Friday Photo #229

Friday Photo #229 – Ytresand Midnight Sun

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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…
Stornappstind Sunset - Friday Photo #228

Friday Photo #228 – Stornappstind Sunset

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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…