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Happy New Year 2012!
A wonderful new year was celebrated with the Family Riva from Madrid, Fabien and Karen Clerc from Switzerland/Singapore, Family Fennessy from Oxford, Paul and Renate from Australia/Poland and finally family Skibeli from Stavanger. The weekend included, dog sledding, mountain walking, open fires and Elisabeth's secret Troll Gluwein! The northern lights even out shone the fire works! Happy New Year all and thank you all for a wonderful time, see you next year!
View over the Lyngen Fjord 31st December.
Memories are made of these moments
A fire outside at midnight to ring in the new year
Elisabeth's Christmas decor
The New Year's setting
Families from all corners of the world celebrate together
Starter prepared
Mother nature had prepared her own fire work display
Lift off towards Sweden
Autumn light late afternoon reflecting over a still fjord. Nice photography conditions with the low sun creating great light on both the mountains and fjords. Winter seems just around the corner now as the evenings are bringing close to freezing temperatures.
Northern Lights return to Lyngen, visit for January is ideal for winter conditions.
Summer adventures on a daily basis with the last remaining days of the midnight sun. The light is extremely colourful now around midnight. We welcome our Spanish Sanchez family from Madrid, who decided on a Lyngen Fjord sea safari to catch fish and see the ice walls by the fjord and also today the Mollisfossen waterfall on the Reisa canyon river. Great adventures!
Midnight Sun 11.30pm over Spåkenes
Arriving Havnnes to visit the Dry Fishing port
Hmmm something smells fishy around here
Fjord safari to the icewalls of Lyngen
I booked a summer holiday...
We've caught dinner, 5kg cod
Reisa River tour to Mollisfossen
Now deep inside the canyon landscape of the national park
Lots of water today after heavy rain last night, creates an impressive flow over the 270m cliff down to the Reisa River
July 16: The Midnight Sun has 10 days remaining before it sets again below the horizon and now the richness of colours around 12am set a perfect landscape for Peter and Lucy taking the photography course during their stay. After breakfast we all headed out for a sea safari around the Lyngen Fjord, taking in the tour of the dry fish harbour of Havnnes, then a lunch at the bird sanctuary, touching the ice walls still right down to sea level on the Lyngen Peninsula and ending the day with a 8kg Cod fish, caught by Veronika but reeled in by Harry!
Peter and Lucy fully focused on camera settings!! Great students!!
The Midnight sun at 12am over the northern Lyngen Fjord
Dry Fish hanging at Havnnes
The Spirit of Lyngen boat on anchor over lunch
A wonderful soft sandy beach in sunshine made for a welcome lunch break
Harry, Leo and Charlie heading back to the Spirit on the small tender dingy
Harry not so sure if holding the cod fish is quiet so fun as reeling it in...
July 13: We welcome the arrival of the Thomas family from the UK. Today's activity was river crossings, setting up a lavvo tent, cooking lunch over an open fire, climbing to the top of Hammarsletta viewpoint... not bad for a family of 6 including a hardy 5 year old named Leo! Photos from Peter (the dad) who's also on a photo course to learn a few camera tricks!
Top of Hammasletta, left to right and below: Lucy, Harry, Peter, Annette, Leo and Charlie
The river crossing, Charlie is determined not to get any wet socks!
Lucy and Charlie below the water shoot
Steve and Laura brought the kitchen to the mountain, it's BBQ time!
Leo finding a tree that felt like a horse
July 12: We provided a welcome deserved stay for our 4 German cyclists who started in Oslo and will reach the North Cape later this week. All in all they will cycle 2141km, all 4 walked into the lodge like John Wayne after 19 days of peddling. The jacuzzi was well used, dinner was all eaten and Heronimus, Georg, Willi and Max didn't want to check out! Good luck further guys!
July: The warmest period in July on record provided 30 degrees in the Lyngen Alps which helped provide an almost tropical feel for our UK, French and Norwegian visiting group from London this weekend. Knut, Monica, John, Helene, Anthony, Harriet and Bianca stayed 2 days and spent Saturday on a long sea safari, fishing and site seeing on the Lyngen Fjord. Knut caught the largest fish of the day a 11kg Sei (coley) see below. The highlight of the weekend I think was Graham's (my) BBQ, I think everyone will agree on that, the flames were quite impressive!!!
Left to right: John, Anthony, Bianca, Monica, Helene, Knut and Harriet on route up towards the view point over the Lyngen Fjord at Hammersletta above the lodge.
Knut and John on the descent
A visit to Havnnes to see the dry fishing techniques
Monica presenting a unique style of scarf and the irresistible new fragrance from "Cod"
A still day on the fjord not a breath of wind in site
Knut showing that he's not lost his Norwegian skills in catching fish, here a 11kg Sei (coley)
Bianca taking the helm of the Spirit of Lyngen
On the Sunday morning a nice walk to Dalbergen above the lodge
Helene, Anthony, Bianca and Knut writing names in the mid summit book!
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