A beautiful start for the day as we glided into Haugesund.
Rig for Dogger Bank wind farm under construction
This morning I went on a guided walk through the town. Our guide was Barry, from Glasgow. Despite having lived in Norway for 43 years, his accent required subtitles.
Previously all materials to build in this island were transported by barge.
The word ‘ting’ refers to a group of elders sitting together to discuss abandonment resolve and issue. Place names beginning with ‘Ting’ or ending in ‘by‘ suggest that they were settled by Vikings.
We when to a local glassblowing factory.
Outside the arts centre:
This evening there was a masked ball, so I did dress up for dinner
There was some audience participation but I let the person next to me from South Australia take the rap.
Father M 