A full value day today that started on an island near Tromso, Norway and finished back at The Cottage in North Wales, via a mountain summit and some sensational powder skiing! Anticipating a long day, we didn’t rush to get up and enjoyed a final ‘Eide Handel’ coffee at the fjordside cabin before saying our Read more

Consecutive mountain days are starting to take their toll – We both woke up feeling utterly exhausted even having had a good sleep. Once again, outside it was snowing and the views had vanished so we had a slow start, to aid our deep fatigue, while things cleared up. An hour or so later and Read more

For a ‘change of skyline’, we drove around the fjord this morning to climb a peak called Gråtinden. It was a beautiful thirty minute drive, during which we saw only a handful of other vehicles. The scenery around here is just incredible. Everywhere you look there another even better vista. And to be able to Read more

The forecast ‘good weather’ took until after breakfast to arrive. This was the view when I woke up this morning… And this is the same view this afternoon! Heavy snow equals fresh powder to ski though! We uncovered the car and got going as the final snowflakes were still falling as it was clear that Read more

Woke up to more snow (about 5cm on the car outside and more higher up) and no views. Snow showers have been coming and going all day along with the views. There was no rush to get out and about, so we spent the morning inside while Clare did some ‘office work’ and sorted some Read more

I got up a couple of the times during night to see if I could see the northern lights, but was surprised to find that it never quite got fully dark enough to even see any stars! By morning a full snow storm was in progress, but the roads were still passable, with our studded Read more