Two weeks up here now and the sun hasn’t set, and won’t for about another six weeks - which is all a bit strange. Even stranger is that once again, the weather has been great for us.

The Lofoten guidebooks have yet to arrive and everyone is waiting with bated breath - last thing we heard, they had left Oslo, so at least things are moving along - “maybe tomorrow” has become the cry!

We have climbed (new routes and old) fished, and hiked, and Colin has been plodding around up amongst the snow and ice that still blanket the core of the islands.

Ticking a couple of the “Top 50″ that I hadn’t previously done was interesting, Cuckoo Crack and Pizza Thief, both get N6 in the new guide, the former is nearer HVS 5a and the latter E3 6a - so much for comparative grades! Mind you they both deserve their “Top 50″ rating!

Everywhere is very quiet, we have hardly seen another climber, which is great - just how we like it! On the one poor day Colin helped Thorbjørn out with some DIY on his new house and I rested - so everybody was happy!

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