Today we hit the Lofoten islands, the most northerly one on the map (don't ask me what it is called). We disembarked in Risoyhamn and drove anticlockwise down to catch the ferry at Stokmarknes, a short drive but a very tedious one. Our intelligence was faulty and I was put in a crap location for pictures, yet 5 miles down the road, on the main route, was a fabulous swoopy coastal section, looking at the mountains and with a sandy bay with turquoise water.... we were given a lake and corrie. Great. Once the cars were past us it was then impossible to catch them up again, we were baulked by hordes of pedalling obstacles (I HATE CYCLISTS) who refused to let us by, then camper van hords, who were slow and too wide to get by on the highly cambered, bumpy road. Then a couple of trucks.... the ferry was our target at this stage, we couldn't miss it, there was no connection to the rally if we did. Anna drove her tits off, risking a jail sentence and we arrived at the ferry with about 30 seconds to spare, literally. They had already raised the passenger gangway and the cargo one, leaving the car ramp down to the last minute especially for us. It was far too close for comfort, had we stuck to the 80kph limit on the open roads we would have missed the fery by a long chalk. Likewise had we had an issue with the car and the mechanic/sweeper had overtaken some of the classics, leaving them to their fate. The Aston martin didn't make it and had to chase the ship to the bottom of the island and only just caught up there half an hour ago. Not fun and incredibly stressful, Anna is poorly through it, her blood sugars have gone through the roof despite several injections to try and bring them down. For those who understand these things (Albatross etc) her monitor was at 29.4 and she had given herself 12 units (1 unit should bring her down by 3) They are still going up now, all down to the stress and manic driving. However, we got to experience the Trollfjord aboard the ship and saw sea eagles alongside - wrong lens for them.
The location that was suggested. I didn't have time to do the wriggle we found 5 miles down the road.
The Bentleys have both done Peking - Paris Rally and finished the Ausria - Athens one just a few days before setting off for this one. Mike and Josie in the one with the suitcase strapped to the side are 77 and 80, a game couple.
Trollfjord..... very narrow, accentuated by the 1000ft cliffs, just fabulous.
The ship goes in and turns in the bowl of the fjord and comes back out again.
Tomorrow we get off the ship at Nesna and drive to Bronnoysund, via the wooden city of Trondheim, or at least the route notes say turn for trondheim, it might just be a signpost and we turn off the road. Not such a long day tomorrow, only 350kms. We have yet to do the recconaisance for the route, that is my next job tonight, see if I can decipher a good spot using Google earth. BUT, they often change the route on the morning of the day, making all our efforts to research wasted. Such is the nature of the beast K.T.G.
You certainly dodged a bullet when Giles cancelled that weekend course you were booked on. 
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Just cross our fingers coffee stops and fuel will give us a chance.
