Summertime

And the living is easy....
Weather has been beautiful the last couple of days and the scenery stunning.
Took a walk out to Domstein (now owned by Norway Pelagic) which is on a little island in what I guess is one of the oldest parts of Kalvaag. They process fish from the big boats, herring or mackerel I presume, salt it and pack it into barrels, pickle it (like the herring you get in jars in Ikea for example), freeze it whole and pack into boxes, or process it into vacuum packs for the likes of Findus.
There's also Larsen Brothers who take all types of fish from the local boats and process/sell it. I must call into their shop and see what they have to offer.

On Friday I took a bike ride out to Nesje at the northern tip of the island. Must be about 5 or 6 miles away so I had a bit of a sore derriere yesterday. The road becomes a rough track about a mile in so it was a bit bumpy, full of sheep and their big lambs (and resulting poo) but the scenery was magnificent. Absolutely stunning. The photos don't do it justice because they can't show the scale. Mountains on one side of the track and the sea on the other. Saw geese, shags, herons, the ever present gulls and - even a snake of the poisonous variety which must have been touched by a car which had just passed me - one of only two that I saw the whole time I was out. It wasn't very happy and I wanted to get a stick (long!!) to flick it into the grass but, because trees don't naturally grow up here much, by the time I had cycled on and found one and returned, it had expired :(

Yesterday a pallet of ceramics arrived at the shop so I unpacked that for P, priced it and broke down the packaging. Then I spent time in the garden in the wonderful sunshine making felt beads and being very lazy. We had belly pork and salad for tea with a few glasses of vino and watched a recording of NRK's coverage of the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics. After 3hrs and 6 mins it stopped!!!!! So we didn't get to see the end. Couldn't believe it! It finished just as the Arctic Monkeys were starting their second song! So we'll have to see if we can get it from somewhere else. Don't think the BBC iPlayer works abroad but I'll give it a try.

Today's Sunday and the weather's lovely. 18 degs and sunny with a little wind from the south west. J is back tonight from his trip on Haugefisk to a music festival somewhere so I'll be able to tell all you about that in my next post.
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