North from Trondheim it's a long way to go or words and music from North to Alaska

North bound from Trondheim,

Underway early and sailed and motor sailed out the Trondheim  fjord. Anchored at Vagsoeya and cooked cod for dinner, all very peaceful. Besssaker was our destination the next day (great name) and when we arrived they had a mountain of rubbish and were busy clearing up. We had missed another music festival they even took away the temporary mini bank machines so we went on as it was a lovely warm sunny day. Confusing to find the anchorage as we got muddled by the many islands and the guide’s description. We anchored and went swimming. Noel with his go pro…kool photos of the keel (we will need new zinc next season). That evening we ate the whale steak and potato salad,(mild, similar to lean beef). Whale is 1/3 the cost of beef yet we feel it is not a sustainable fishery so not keen on encouraging the business.

Rorvik was the next days destination and after some minor electrical issues that needed a total ship shut down to re boot we were back navigating again. Next place with reasonable internet we will down load a 2^nd set of the electronic charts into my Apple tablet as we are dependent on the inverter to run the computer and Noels tablet. It was a little stressful to be in the middle of the skerrie with no wind and all shut down.  In Rorvik we could do laundry at last.  The 1^st place since Dianne and I had last done some things by hand.  The day ended on a high note as Flip and Ank on Anne Gre were rafted alongside.

Maintance day with internet downloading the charts into the 2^nd tablet and leaks  traced. Flip placed his order for a new ham radio. Had an early dinner and late stroll as there was a festival planned for the next day and a fun park or as Flip called it a Luna Park which I think is very descriptive. The street lights were on in town when we went to bed the days are getting noticeably shorter.

Tricky departure backing out of slip past rafted motor boat astern. Fueled land filled the propane bottle and we were off. Sailed and motored saw some Fish Eagles tacked up against the wind and got 23 miles with only 3 hours on the engine.  Arrived at Leka: home of the largest Viking grave and some unique geology from tectonic plate action that had the far side of the island with yellow rock like a cowboy and western movie set.  Flip and Ank offered us their bikes but by then we were tired so opted to go in the AM on what turned out to be very bochety  loaner bicycles… and a dull over cast day. 

Underway by 11:30 to go to Torgaten and see the hole in the rock. We tied up about 3 with Anne Gre alongside and Noel and I headed off on the trek to the hole. Flip and Ank followed by bicycle,  ½ hr. up after ¾ to get to the trail. Had a picnic at the top. Took photos for the other walkers and then on the way down talked a pair of lovely Norwegian ladies into a coffee on the boat if they could drive us back. I was tired by then and this worked out great! They were pals from studying psychology and one was working locally as a child psychologists, the other was going back to university having spent the year working in a book store.  Neither had been on a boat before. Flip and Ank  joined us  and we had a great evening. 

The next day we stopped in at the town of Boynnesund for fresh bread and milk from the Co Op and learned about member and non member price difference.  Destination was an anchorage on the island of Torgatten. What a great place we swam and had sun shower and then put the dingy in the water to visit to AnnaGre for coffee and destination discussions.

Sunday we had a quick visit to Sanderssjoen. The place was away on vacation and all closed up it was hard to purchase an ice cream so we headed on. Fished with no luck and moored in Tjoetta for the night. The scenery is lovely, Norway is having the best summer in years and its hard to keep all the place names right even with the help of the log book.