09.07.2011 – 09.07.2011  27 °C

Had an early wakeup call by Conductor (5am) to see some port near the North Cape (that was only a 30min stop). Needless to say the feedback from Weary was less than flattering and both her and Bookie stayed in bed. Woke up a few hours later to discover Conductor back in bed asleep! Fraud!

After brekky we pulled into Hammerfest and spent the morning wandering around the town. The town itself is built on the side of a mountain (although all towns on the west coast are pretty much all on mountains) and surrounded by a beautiful fjord. We went for a walk up to the top of the town to see an old church (the only building left standing after the second world war) and to check out the view from the top of the town. Today in Hammerfest is probably the hottest day they will get all year at 27 deg so we were pretty warm considering we had jeans, long sleeved t-shirts and jumpers on! So when we got back to town we stopped in the market square and had a beer and ice-cream.

Returned back to the boat and went for a swim in the jacuzzi (which didn’t do much to improve how hot I was feeling). It was nice to get changed afterwards into shorts and a t-shirt and thongs! It’s been awhile since I’ve donned any clothing that reveals more skin than my hands and face!

Spent the afternoon relaxing around the boat and spent the evening playing cards. Conductor hopped off the boat at 11pm to go to the Tromso Cathedral to hear the midnight concert. By all accounts was a great night out.

Time for bed. Off through Loffeten and the Trollfjord tomorrow!