We arrived in Tromsø around 7pm on Friday night - picked up the car and drove the five minutes to our first night's stop. Up bright on early on Saturday morning - a quick stop at the supermarket - then off in the direction of North. Our route took us on a couple of ferries - which we were lucky to have timed to perfection. And by the time we got to the area that the cabin is located it was pitch black (around 3.30pm). After half an hour of bickering we finally found the right spot. Marked by absolutely nothing. Pure chance that we came across it. The cabin (house) is pretty nice. Plenty of room and, as we discovered this morning, a fantastic view across the fjord to the glacier. Last night we saw some flickers of green - but as the prediction was low (around 0.33kp) we didn't stay up past midnight. So for me, bed at midnight, and four wake-ups in the night to check if the prediction was wrong. Our provisional plans for today were to catch the 8.20am ferry to Sørøya and spend the daylight hours taking in the scenery there. Failed at the first post as we overslept and woke at 9am. So instead we set off to try and reach Øksfjordjøkelen glacier. There are a few possible routes - a couple involving a ferry trip. So we chose the route from a little town called Saltnes - within easy driving distance. It's a 2.8km stumble from the car park through mud, slippy rocks and streams. And we got pretty close. Foiled this time by a rather large and fast flowing stream that cut across the route. We could have done a Bear Grylls and taken our boots off, rolled trousers up and waded across. But it looked a little hairy and bloody cold. So we turned back. To be honest it's probably a good job we did as by the time we turned back (12.30) the sun was already going down. In summary - a short but lovely day. And we managed to spot a tiny owl sitting on a telegraph pole. And tomorrow we might just try that ferry trip - weather dependent (it's one and a half hours each way - and as Stu is sea sick on a narrow boat, we need a still day). Oh...and I have just discovered that I've left the cable for the Canon 5D at home. So any photos I upload while we're here will be iPhone X and the small Canon bridge camera. Did you all just breathe a sigh of relief - now that you know you won't be bombarded with photos of green? On that note - today's iPhone photos...
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