We set out today with two missions – first, to drive as far east as we could across the islands that are connected by tunnels or bridges; and second, to buy a fridge magnet.  Studying our old-school fold out printed map, we worked out a route that would take us from Vagar in the west, […]

Our tiny apartment has no windows, other than a skylight – more on that later.  We have learned to judge the weather by how wet the skylight is, and how much light it is letting in (the heavier the mist, the darker it is).  This morning the clouds didn’t seem to be sitting quite so […]

It was a gloomy, misty morning, after a big clap of thunder and a heavy downpour.  Unsure that we’d see anything at all, nevertheless we set off to explore the two neighbouring islands, Stremoy and Eysturoy.  The link between our island of Vagar, and the neighbouring island of Stremoy, is a rather impressive subsea tunnel. […]