Utakleiv Beach- Lofoten islands

Utakleiv beach, Lofoten islands, Norway

Utakleiv beach, Lofoten islands, Norway.  I have never been to Utakleiv in sunny or calm weather.   No matter if the there is not a single cloud to be seen over the whole of the islands, as soon as I go to Utakleiv some weather vortex brings in clouds.

Vestfjord

Vestfjord, Lofoten islands, Norway

Vestfjord a few minutes after midnight.  The mountains in the distance are on the Norwegian mainland, some 50km away.

Memurudalen – Jotunheimen national park

Memurudalen panoramic landscape, Jotunheimen national park, Norway

Photo: Memurudalen panoramic, Jotunheimen national park, Norway

Memurudalen (say that 10 times) is a scenic alpine valley that ends on the northern side of lake Gjende.  The northern end of the valley rises into glaciers and mountains, from where the fast and cold Muru river flows.

Memurudalen and mountains of Jotunheimen national park, Norway

Photo: Surtninssue rises above Memurudalen, Jotunheimen national park, Norway

wild camping Jotunheimen national park, Norway

Photo: Wild camp above Memurudalen, Jotunheimen national park, Norway

Muru river in Memurudalen, Jotunheimen national park, Norway

Photo: Cold glacial melt water of the Muru river flows through Memurudalen, Jotunheimen national park, Norway

Norway | Lofoten Islands and Jotunheimen National Park

Evening twilight light in summer over sea, Stamsund, Lofoten islands, Norway

Photo: Summer twilight over Vestfjord at midnight, Stamsund, Lofoten islands, Norway

Evening light on scenic coastline, Stamsund, Vestvagoy, Lofoten islands, Norway

Photo: 1:30 AM summer twilight, Stamsund, Lofoten islands, Norway

From the end of July to the middle of August I was over in Norway.  First two weeks were on the Lofoten Islands waiting out mostly bad weather for an elusive sun.  The third week I was hiking among the mountains and lakes of Jotunheimen national park, where I was lucky and had lots of sun.  All in all, it was a pretty productive trip.

That’s all for now (figured I needed to post something after 3 weeks of silence…).  I’ll try and keep a more regular flow of images and words in the next weeks.

Lake Gjende Jotunheimen national park, Norway

Photo: Lake Gjende from above Memurubu, Jotunheimen national park, Norway

Reflection on lake Gjende, Gjendesheim, Jotunheimen national park, Norway

Photo: Lake Gjende from Gjendesheim, Jotunheimen national park, Norway

Twmpa – Black Mountains, Wales

Welsh landscape photography - Twmpa, Black mountains, Wales

Twmpa, also known as Lord Hereford’s knob, is a somewhat prominent looking, but fairly low peak in the northern part of the Black mountains, Brecon Beacons national park, Wales

Twmpa and welsh countryside, Brecon Beacons national park, Wales