Nothing much to see in Leirvik so we left early to continue into Sogne fjord.

Motoring at first but after a few hours we could sail. Dead running in very gusty conditions.

We motored the last hours before we arrived at Flåm. Touristy place. Most expensive harbour fee so far in Norway, 350 NOK, water and electricity included.

The next morning we took the train “Flåmsbanen” up the mountain to Myrdal where we unfolded our bicycles and started the steep downhill trip back to Flåm.

Sailed distance 71,9 nautical miles.

We left Espetvika at eight a´clock and had good sailing into the Sogne fjord.

Just after 4 pm we tied up at the quay in Leirvik.

Sailed distance 38,4 nautical miles.

We left Målöy half past nine in the morning.

Some sailing and some motoring. In the afternoon thick fog started to roll in so we started to look for a suitable place to stop for the night.

At Espetvika we found a quay where we could tie up. We went for a short walk.

Sailed distance 37,9 nautical miles.

Time to go around Statt again, very light winds. The sea state was really ok this time and we motored all the way to Målöy.

We went for a walk, some nice street art.

Sailed distance 35,4 nautical miles.

We decided it was time to turn south, northerly winds the coming days made the decision easy.

Nice sailing at first and then motoring, we took a detour to Runde to see the bird cliffs from sea level.

Fosnavåg is a small town, it had a good supermarket and we could even get our empty butane bottle filled, just a short bicycle ride from the harbour.

Sailed distance 50,5 nautical miles.

Early next morning we left Ålesund, set sail and sailed north. Head winds but good sailing. It took us eight hours to tack our way to Ona, a nice little island with only 15 residents. Very few yachts around, some shipping but almost no yachts.

We spent two days at Ona and saw all of the island and even the connecting island Husöya.

Sailed distance 39,8 nautical miles.

We were not sure if we were going to continue north or turn south, it was too late in season to reach Lofoten. We decided to continue north and we returned to Ålesund. Motoring most of the way.

Sailed distance 27,8 nautical miles.

Our friends on sy Ontaria had recommended Urke in the Hjörund fjord. So in the afternoon on the 22^nd of July we set sail again and had some nice sailing down to the Hjörund fjord.

There was a lot of wind in the fjord so we motored the last couple of miles to Urke. We arrived at 6.30 pm. No problem to find a mooring. There is quite a lot of swell from passing boats. The next day we decided to try to climb the Urkeegga, we packed our rucksacks and set off towards the mountain.

Very steep but rewarding. We managed to climb all three peaks, the highest 1021 metres above sea level.

Eight hours and 20,7 kilometres later we got back to Mist.

Sailed distance 27,8 nautical miles.

After two days at Runde it was time for Ålesund, we needed some supplies.

There was no wind so we motored, it took almost 3 hours. We were lucky to find a got spot to tie up, the harbour was very busy.

Ålesund is a nice little city, we spent two days walking around and did some shopping. We also climbed the 418 steps to Fjellstua.

Sailed distance 15,2 nautical miles.

Time to get round the feared peninsula Statt, the Cape Horn of Norway. We had studied the weather forecast carefully and left Silda just after five in the morning.

At first there was no wind and we had to motor but after an hour or so we could hoist the sails and switch off the engine. The sea was very confused with waves coming from all directions.

We made good progress and the wind increased and the last bit to Runde we sailed with the jib only. There were no other boats at the pontoon when we tied up at 11.30. Sy Matilda arrived soon after and we spent the afternoon and evening together.

The next morning we packed a rucksack and set off birdwatching. Runde is very well known among bird watchers. We saw puffins, kittiwakes, great skua, northern gannet and razorbills. We even saw a white-tailed eagle.

After bird watching we walked down to the Runde lighthouse and back up again. When we got back to the boat we had walked more than 16 kilometres, most of it climbing up and down.

Sailed distance 35,78 nautical miles.