Geoff Brock & Bruce Gamble
         
     
   
 
 
 
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Day 13: Tórshavn, Stremoy, Faroe Islands

A morning visit to the National Museum
then an afternoon at sea.

Wednesday 21st June 2023
 
This is the route we should have taken overnight, but, as explained by our expedition leader at lunchtime yesterday, doing a sightseeing tour of Suðuroy today would have been impossible because of the fog. We were therefore quite happy that we remained in Tórshavn overnight and got the opportunity to visit the National Museum today.
 
The fog was dense in Tórshavn too, but that didn't matter to us.
 
 
it was a fairly short drive from the port to the Faroe Islands National Museum.
 
 
 
 
 
Pew end-pieces from Saint Olav's Church, which we visited yesterday in Kirkjubøur.
 
 
 
After visiting the indoor exhibits, we walked down to the open air part of museum.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
We were back on the ship at 11:30 a.m. and sailed immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Late that afternoon, we spotted several gannets.
 
The weather improved steadily as we got further from the Faroe Islands.
 
 
The fairly long distance from Tórshavn to St Kilda explains why we needed to sail at lunch time. Had we departed from a more southerly port in Suðuroy, as originally scheduled, we could probably have sailed a few hours later. The aim was to arrive at St Kilda early tomorrow morning.
 
 
 
©Geoff Brock and Bruce Gamble