Friday Walk up Enniberg

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Up at 9.00. No guide was available for the walk up Enniberg. The guides were all out catching birds! We split into several groups doing different things. Steve joined a group who would attempt to get to the start of the Enniberg cliffs. It meant walking up the hill behind us to a notch at the top of the hill. We probably did not go the correct way up, because the walk turned into rather a scramble. On the way back we chose a different route which was a lot easier. Paul was concerned the cloud would come down and so he took precautions marking the way as we went on up the hill. At the notch there was a shear drop down to the very clear sea. Waited a minute before taking a photo, and the cloud filled in the gap. Never did manage to get the good photo. Funnily enough, down the gap, on the ledge were two sheep. No idea how they could get there to graze.

Rosemary, Selina, Leonie, Gro, Jo and Johanna went for a walk on the East of the island, walked up cliffs, then along a ridge and then back down into the village. They saw Steve's group on the otherside of the valley eating their lunch. The middle portion of the walk was rather boggy which all groups had to wade through at some stage.

Back to the hotel and some beers, left on the bus for the ferry, and then another bus to Tórshavn. On the way stopped for a view of the tiny island of Koltur. The small island is dominated by the soaring mountain of Kolturshamar that rises steeply to over 477 metres. There is only one farmhouse in Koltur and no regular connection to the island. We were able to see the farmer on his tractor through Richard's (bird-watching) telescope.

In Tórshavn we stayed at a business school. We took a local bus into town to a BBQ place where we found most of the others, who walked there faster than we rode on the bus. The place was an eat-as-much-as-you-like, choose your meat, pass it through the hatch and it is cooked for you. When it is ready, you are called to collect it. Not bad value. Afterwards some went to the folk club, while we went on back home.

View of Viðareiði	View of Viðareiði	Scrambling up the hill
View of Viðareiði	David Galer	View of Viðareiði i
Chasm	Chasm	Chasm
Chasm	Jean Bingham	View
Svínoy	Fugloy and Svínoy	Baby Skua
Borðoy	On the way to - Koltur