Ålesund

 Another day, another hike. This time from the lovely town of Ålesund.

Our plan was to walk from the town to the mini mountain in the distance, hike to the top and then reverse it all back to the ship.

We made good time through the streets and then set off up the path.

Very quickly we realised that the path and a stream crossed each other's path quite frequently. This would normally just involve damp boots, but as the stream was completely frozen it became quite dangerous.

Most of the route was fine though, and the scenery was superb.

We got fairly close to the top and the ice appeared again, so we decided that we had done enough and turned back.

The walk back down was easier than we expected, but the last ice section sloped downhill and seemed too scary so I went down into a crawl and slid elegantly downwards. Unfortunately there is no photo.

In the town I found an interesting signpost that showed that we were 3,073 away from the north pole, but 16,931 from the south pole.

Back on the ship I found out that the ship had taken a group on a hike to the top of the trail. However, they supplied them all with walking poles and extra sharp walking spikes.