Spring flowers on Lockdown walks
Spring flowers on Lockdown walks Read More »
As Covid-19 Lockdown kicked in, the Cardiff U3A Photography Group started a weekly theme – posting a single image in our Flickr Group. I, of course couldn’t stop at one image, so here’s the set of images I took on the theme of “Isolation”.
A set of three images, chosen from a Cardiff U3A Photography Group shoot – the last one before Covid-19 lockdown. The theme was “Panoramas”, the location Cardiff Bay. Knowing the location you’re going to gives you the opportunity to do a bit of research on Google Maps to work out exactly the shots you want
Hurtigruten commit to giving you another trip (half-a-trip actually) if you don’t see the Northern Lights on the 12-day voyage. Well, they didn’t need to worry on this trip. We saw them twice. The first time was the evening after we’d visited Trondheim and the lights were probably more spectacular on that occasion. It has
And last but not least – The Northern Lights Read More »
So this was it. The point where we got as close to the Russian border as we could, learnt the stories of the Atlantic Convoys, the liberation of this area by the Soviet army in 1945, and just marvelled in the resilience of the people in this most beautiful part of the world. Of course
Finnmark – as far north as you can go! Read More »
Our first sight of the county of Troms was at dawn as we entered the port of Halstad … … I just love the blues you get at dawn and dusk in these northern latitudes. Then it was on to Finnsnes (another bridge in the background) … … and the chance to take a close-up
Travelling north through the evening and night we saw the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) – but you’ll have to wait for those images – and we entered Nordland from Trøndelag. We travelled past Rørvik and Brønnøysund, Sandnessjøen and Nesna in the dark and sometime before 10:00am (local time) we crossed the Arctic Circle. The photograph
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As we travelled north from Trondheim we enjoyed the winter sun and the wide open seascapes. The Norwegian coast is protected by hundreds of small islands, some of them large enough to have summer cottages on them. These, we were told are only occupied for a few summer months but the lighting and heating (electric)
What a change in the weather greeted us as we stopped in Trondheim. A walk through the town led us to the Old Bridge and the Nidaros Cathedral. Opportunities by the waterside to see some beautiful reflections. The rose window inside the cathedral is spectacular. The cathedral has a reputation for being very dark inside
The departure port for Hurtigruten’s MS Polarlys is Bergen and we enjoyed the lights of the city as we left. The first stop on the journey north is Ålesund. The night before had been a bit up and down as Storm Dennis stirred us up on the open sea passage as we left the fjord
Norway – departure and arrival Read More »