Approaching Trollfjord in the sunshine
Our first trip in the Lofoten Islands is an 8 night trip from Saturday to the following Sunday – so you only need 5 days off work to come, this idea always seems popular and once again we were full. Some of our guests had travelled a long way to get here, Karina from Canada and Austin from Algeria. Emma joined us from Ireland and John, Kina and Richard from England.
We sailed 248 miles in our 7 days, and as well as visiting many of our favourite anchorages from previous years, and yet again added a new one this time at Gulvika on Store Molle. The weather was a bit mixed with not much wind at the beginning of the week and then plenty of wind at the end of the week so we managed to mix a bit of motoring with some fantastic sailing. The sunniest day was right in the middle of the week and fortunately on the day we chose to motor to Trollfjord. Trollfjord appears in many Norwegian guide books as one of the top 10 things to see in Norway, and is a perfect place for us to anchor for lunch.
Although it will soon be midsummer, sailing in the Lofoten Islands in June is lovely and quiet and peaceful. We enjoyed secluded anchorages most nights and hardly saw another yacht all week. Looking forward to next week now and the first of our longer trips. 2 x 10 night holidays followed by 2 x 11 night holidays. We are nearly sold out but if you happen to be a single gentleman there is still time to book on the one space remaining from 3 – 13th July or the one space from 17th – 28th July.