A late morning, waiting for the weather to improve. Once the rain had stopped and there was a window in the weather I took a walk along the paths in the wooded centre of the island, behind the University.
\nIt was there that I came across a number of young reindeer held in an inclosure. After a while of standing with my side towards the reindeer, as I\u2019d seen horse whisperers do, they came over to see what I was up to. Eventually the two youngest, no more than a year old as they didn\u2019t have any branches on their antlers, came right up to the fence and started sniffing my hand. So, I was communing with cloven beasts.. how devilish! \ud83d\ude09
\nAfter about a quarter of an hour I wandered on along the paths, turning back once the battery in my IXUS gave out and the weather started turning gloomy and threatening again.
\nI got back to base just in time as the rain started again soon afterwards. I went inside, and put the IXUS battery on recharge before deciding to see if I could see anything of the final resting place of the battleship Turpitz on the island of H\u00e5koy. As it happens, there\u2019s nothing there now except a memorial and (invisible from the road) a large crater left by a \u201cTall Boy\u201d bomb. Still, it was a ride out.
\nI got back to base again at about half past six, got some food, uploaded the pictures from earlier in the day, chatted to my Dad on Skype for a bit before joining the house mates in the kitchen for the evening, finally going to bed at around half past ten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A late morning, waiting for the weather to improve. Once the rain had stopped and there was a window in the weather I took a walk along the paths in the wooded centre of the island, behind the University. It … Continue reading