Day 12 Tuesday, March 10th The Seven Sisters and Bronnoysund



MS Nordlys

The day began a bit overcast

Another snowy mountain

with low cloud but later on the skies cleared to a large extent and we eventually had a decent sunset.  Our day started with passing another Hurtigruten ship, the Nordlys, with the usual acknowledgements.  We breakfasted and had a walk round the deck.  It is getting 

Dramatic landscape!

warmer as we travel south 

fishing boats going to sea

but there is still plenty of snow not far above the sea level giving stunning mountain views.  The sea is now very calm as we are inside the outer island chain. During the morning we called at two small ports, Nesna and Sandnessjoen, but we did not disembark. 




Seven Sisters just about showing

Towards the end of the morning we came alongside a range of mountains called the Seven Sisters.  A presentation on their history and myths was presented on deck.  Unfortunately the low cloud meant that we could not see the peaks - rather sad.  The Norse mythological story was acted out hilariously on the deck led by some of the crew.  We enjoyed it, took a few cloudy photos and then retired for lunch.


In the afternoon we docked in the small town of 

Brannoysund lake

Brannoysund Church

Brannoysund for over 2 hours and we decided to have a look round.  We walked to the church which was locked but was a good looking building.  It had a war memorial and a memorial to lost fishermen, fishing is obviously more dangerous than war for this community.  We walked 

whalebone arch in harbour

alongside a small lake which had 

Brannoysund harbour

some fantastic homes built along the shore.  The sun was beginning to set and we decided to reboard and get a cup of tea.  Just before dinner we came to the island with a hole through the rock, Torget, with a good view from the boat.  This evening we had the Captain's dinner when 

Torget island

all the officers were present, the staff on the boat have been excellent at helping and serving us.  We had a pleasant meal, had a coffee in 

some of the crew

the observation lounge before reading a bit and then retiring.