Nature in the north

Well, summer is over - again! how did THAT happen, I ask? - and I am now again in Tromsø-town.  In fact, since I am such a LOUSY blogger, the autumn has ALSO passed and the snow has come :) ... the nights are drawing in... On November 21st we lose the sun for two whole months.

Here are some images from my summer in Kokelv, in the north.

Here is a link to where Kokelv actually IS: (cut and paste)

http://kart.gulesider.no/query?what=map&mop=aq&geo_area=kokelv&partnerid=google&_s_ref=21SbNWP6S&kw=%5Bkokelv%5D&creative=9413226364&s_kwcid=TC%7C21491%7Ckokelv%7C%7CS%7Ce%7C9413226364&gclid=CJCqnuL3w7MCFWZ2cAodlV8Agw

And a wee video 'Minute for Minute to Kokelv'.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq4AYVZxJ6Q

(see from about minute 3 to miss the big discussion in Norwegian as you drive over from Smorfjord in the first long stretch through the birch forest)

This is a take off from when the National TV channel here showed in 2011 minute-by-minute footage of a Hurtigruten (coastal cruise liner) boat travelling along the coastline of Norway.... It was literally, minute-by-minute filming (with dodgy musical accompaniment)..   The boat stops at several ports (some small, some larger) as it travels northwards the 6 days from Bergen to Kirkenes....  The crowds greeted the boat and its passengers at every port and the crowds seemed to just grow more personal (and the messages on the banners). It was pretty avidly followed, as everyone wanted to catch their rellies on the TV, som far-flung place northwards.  Classic TV, and classic marketing for the cruise liners!! (I think the sales were boosted incredibly by this)

http://nrk.no/hurtigruten/?lang=en (cut and paste to view this)

(a small place, persecuted by the wind constantly but beautiful shifts of weather! - constantly...)

And here is what you might expect, in terms of nature and wonder up there...

Enjoy