Easter '08 - The Return to the North

OK, highlights only, have to skip all the way to easter here. Due to the resounding success of the previous easter , it was back North for a rematch.

Everything got of to a truly crap start, with SAS leaving our stuff in Oslo, so we arrived at Harstad-Evenes airport, to truly tremendous weather, but no ski stuff. Had to waste the day before our stuff arrived Here is a photo of our stuff not arriving.

By the time we got our stuff it was too late for much, so we zoomed across to Narvik in our rent-a-wreck hire car. much cheaper than last year :-)

Blue skies, super cold, and me and Dougal had a hunch it could be good for Northern lights. So we all (me, Dougal, Margaret, Felix and Suet (well done Suet)) ( suet from Malyasia, about 5ft high weighing about 5 stone, and got very cold, it was about -15degC), hiked up the piste to the top ski station at Narvik, with several bottles of red wine, some Macallan 15 year old (cheers Dougal), and lots of snus. hike up took a good 1.5 hours, ski down later about 15mins.

The results was truly epic. This was no Jemimaville northern lighst display. It was really scary, i almost fell over trying to escape them as they zoomed at me from the sky. The photos do it no justice at all, primairily co swe didnt actually take any photos of the best bits, we were too busy *hiting ourselves and giggling like little kids. Also, photos are only 3d of course.

This 1st one from before it got dark, it was actually darker than the photo looks though

Getting darker

and , weee video thing Margaret made using timelapse, BTW, this was right at the end, well after the best bits were finished.

This one of Suet and Felix very cold after the light show.