The skies began to clear yesterday and today it was a glorious picture of the startling blue against the crisp white of the covered mountains. The clear day also arrived with a drop in the temperature.
The river across the road from our house that has been raging throughout the pitiful summer and the extended autumn, yet now had stopped dead and starting to freeze over. The cars also noticed that the mecury had fallen 8 degrees below the line that marked zero. The Citroen coughed and splutted before finally warming up and heading on its way along the crunchy, icy roads. Some of the diesel cars are equiped with an internal motor warmer and needed to be plugged in before driving.
At around midday each day, a booming sound is echoed around the valley. The Tokyo to London flight route passes right over Øksfjord and the sight of the magnificent jet and its trail of white is a stunning picture on a day like today.
There is news from Hammerefest that police are not happy with the behaviour of some of the fishermen that were rescued from their sinking boat on Friday afternoon. After cheating death during a dramatic rescue in a storm, the men celebrated their lucky escape at an popular night venue. They celebrated a little too hard and refused to leave the premisis at closing time. One of the survivors hit out at police, while another began operating a nearby bulldozer. The officers had no choice but to use pepper spray.
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