Our ship docked at 11am and we had up to five hours in sub zero temperatures to explore Stavanger.
The day started quite normally and pleasantly with a stroll alongside the harbour.
Then we found a huge chess set that was extremely heavy, and the pieces seemed to be on wheels. I was keen to challenge Daz to a game, but the queen was so heavy that we just couldn't move her.
Then we found the old town with the pretty wooden houses that were all painted white.
So far, so normal, but then we walked a couple of kilometres out of town to a pretty lake where the local parkrun is held.
When we got there the lake was frozen and it seemed like the whole town was out to enjoy it.
As we watched more and more people poured on to the ice, whole hockey teams with all the kit including goals, figure skaters, and lots of kids chasing each other around.
We walked round to the other side of the lake getting more and more jealous of them all, so we decided to slide back across the middle of the lake in our boots.
Fantastic fun.
