Rorbu – What happens in Skreda

What a wonderful summer day!

22^th July

Good weather, about 18 degrees.

It was really warm in the sun so we decided to have the breakfast outside of the cabin.

After a while the tame seagull Kaj came by. It was possible to handfeed it again.

Worked hard with painting the second layer of the rorbu we are building. Now it starts to look like it should, red.

In the evening we went to fish at Hagnäset and Nappstraumen.
We didn’t get so much fish (a small cod for tomorrow’s lunch, and some even smaller saithes as bait for halibut), but saw a seal sticking up it’s head from the water and an eagle flying up towards a mountain top. Unfortunately I was not fast enough so I didn’t get the chance of taking a photo of them. But we got some really nice photos of the sunset (yes, the midnight sun is not shown anymore this year. Midnight sun is shown from about mid may to mid july.)

Halibut and saithe night fishing at Haraldsskallen

14^th July (transfered from document)

Good weather mixed with dull, about 17 degrees.

Continued working on the rorbu frontage.

In the evening Johan went out with some guys from the Nordic Sea Angling camp for early night halibut fishing at Haraldsskallen at about 9 pm.
Will hear tomorrow how it went; if successful I will add a picture or two. 🙂

Update:
There was no life at all at Haraldsskallen (not even a bite by saithe), so 6-7 other places were tried as well for halibut.
Only one of the fisherman got a bite once, so the fishing ended quite early at 1 am.

Rorbu frontage starts to look better

13^th July (transfered from document)

Good weather, about 17 degrees.

Got help from a young guy at the rorbu so now the work goes faster. 🙂
Continued to work on the covered terrace and started working on the rorbu frontage (fasad) towards the water.

Observe the ebb; when it is tide there is water under the rorbu.

Covered terrace is getting bigger!

11^th July (transfered from document)

Good weather, about 18 degrees.

Started working on the covered terrace at the rorbu.

Halt with inner walls in rorbu

10^th July (transfered from document)

Came to an halt with the inner walls at the upper floor in the rorbu after the inner walls for the toilet was also done.
Now we have to wait for the pipelayer’s drawings to know where the pipes should be and the electrician to know where the electricity should come from.

Time to work some on the outside of the rorbu.

Strange sound heard in the sky

9^th July (transfered from document)

Dull weather, about 14 degrees.

All of a sudden, a strange sound was heard in the sky. It sounded like a helicopter, and that was exactly what it was. Went out and saw it land in Skreda just a bit away from the rorbu we are building.

After talking with the fishing camp we got to know they had some Russian guests this week. Before we have only heard about some guests coming with helicopter. Now we have seen it.

Funny thing is that the helicopter stayed in Skreda. It was not rented, but owned by one of the guests. We can only wonder how it got to Norway. If it was flown the whole way to be used in Lofoten (not so likely considering the costs, but who knows?) or if someone had to get it here in advance (how to get a helicopter that long distance without flying it?) before the most important guest arrived.

Observe that all the land close to the sea around the helicopter is for sale.

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Started making inner walls at the upper floor in the rorbu.

Isolation and ceiling panel in rorbu – check!

29^th June – 8^th July (transfered from document)

Good weather mixed with dull weather, about 10-14 degrees.

Have worked a lot with the rorbu we are building. Now we have gotten all isolation and panel in the ceiling in place!

Beautiful flowers at Skreda meadow — Orange flowers

Pyramid in the midnight sun — Midnight sun

Nordic Sea Angling Boat in Nappstraumen — Nordic Sea Angling Boat