Hurtigruten norsk tur: Del ti

A day, our last full day of cruising, completely confined to the boat as we continued southwards, with calls at Trondheim, Kristiansund and Molde. Sunset is noticeably later than it was up north but it's still pretty nippy outside at 5pm(currently -5C). Another day of blue skies and calm seas. Boy, have we been lucky with the weather. In fact, we've been lucky with just about everything connected with this sojourn. Here are a few photographs from the deck as we sailed along

Low lying clouds obscuring the view.

Yet another boat against a mountainous background. On this part of the journey, the mountains were with us most of the time, with gradually decreasing amounts of snow cover as we move further south.

The design of these lighthouses is totally different to the 'sticks of rock' we see so often in the UK. I suppose that's not surprising as their functions are different. In Norway they are navigation markers along reasonably sheltered channels: in the UK they can be warnings of hazardous rocks as well as beacons for navigation in stormy seas.

Every now and again, but not that often, we come across a church in the distance.

A demonstration of fish filleting given by one of the ship's chefs. He makes it look so easily - and he has all of his own fingers. The salmon had been out of the sea for less than 24 hours and, dipped in a citrusy marinade, was delicious.

Kristiansund basking in the evening sunshine. A very attractive looking town. It was a pity that we didn't have enough time to wander around it.

Oil rig? Gas rig? I couldn't make out what it was. The photograph doesn't do justice to its fairy lights.

As the sun sets, there are some really attractive pastel skies. Blink and the tones change. Blink again and there's something different again.

And this is last sunset I'll take from the foredeck of the MV Finnmarken. Boo hoo.