{"id":28797,"date":"2022-07-14T01:14:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T15:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=28797"},"modified":"2023-01-26T09:49:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T22:49:26","slug":"faroes-rap-faroe-islands-%f0%9f%87%ab%f0%9f%87%b4-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=28797","title":{"rendered":"Faroes Rap, Faroe Islands \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf4 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 10-12th July 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 100 kms from Bor\u00f0oy to V\u00e1gar then 60 kms back to Streymoy <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: V\u00e1gar<\/strong><\/strong> and Torshavn back on Streymoy  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Camping Giljanes, DKK200, N62.04730, W07.16330<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: 48 days @ \u20ac93 per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After 5 days of exploring the Faroes the weather brings everything to a stop. Having made our way back by ferry to Klaksvik on Bor\u00f0oy we turn south for the undersea tunnel to Eysturoy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We thought of heading north to Vi\u00f0oy but the tunnels north through the mountains are only 3.1m high about the same height as the Hymer, so rather than taking a risk which is my normal option, we turn south.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a relatively easy run but very expensive as there are three undersea tunnels on our route. The tunnel from Eysturoy to Steymoy being the longest at 11.5 kms, it features the worlds only undersea round-about. The picture below is thanks to Google, the lighting wasn\u2019t working in some sections and the tunnels theme music which is supposed to be working on our FM radio wasn\u2019t<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By the time we\u2019ve crossed the last tunnel i\u2019ts late in the afternoon and the weather on V\u00e1gar is wet and windy. So we retreat to the only campsite on V\u00e1gar near Giljanes. Part of a youth hostel it was very ordinary to be truthful. The night passes noisily with young people coming and going and heavy rain at times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately we wake to a heavy mist and strong winds. Despite giving it a couple of hours to clear, it doesn\u2019t and we drive off to explore V\u00e1gar anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We had plans to do a couple of longer walks here on V\u00e1gar today, but after finding M\u00fallafossur Falls and not seeing too much it seems unlikely. It\u2019s almost midday when we decide to return to Torshavn rather than spend another night in Giljanes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Returning to Torshavn the mist has lifted a little but the wind is much stronger. Back in the campsite here once again we walk off into T\u00f3rshavn to do some exploring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a small hill overlooking the port entrance we find the Ryggi Fortress built in the 1630\u2019s to protect the town from Turkish Pirates of all things. It was added to over the centuries, it was last manned by the British during WWII hence the British deck gun pictured below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The rain returns and we retreat back to the campsite once again. The wind continues to build in strength and the Hymer rocks and sways all night. Come 3am the noise and movement make sleeping impossible, this continues on till mid morning when the wind gusts finally abate. I think I could safely say it was the worst night of wind we have experienced in our 9 years of motorhoming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By early evening we brave the drizzle and walk into Torshavn for the last time, take a last couple of pictures and get a take away for dinner. We have some English neighbours tonight so we ask Sue and Steve in for a drink or two, chatting about each others travels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whilst the wind is still blowing it\u2019s a breeze compared to last night so we get a good nights sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our final morning in Torshavn is mostly housekeeping, some shopping and filling with diesel. We take the Hymer down to the port and join the queue, having some lunch and relaxing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve really enjoyed our visit to the Faroes despite the weather over the last 36 hours. The wind has now all but gone and we get some glimpses of the sun\u2026next stop Iceland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael + Pam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Date: 10-12th July 2022 Travelled: 100 kms from Bor\u00f0oy to V\u00e1gar then 60 kms back to Streymoy  Visited: V\u00e1gar and Torshavn back on Streymoy   Stayed: Camping Giljanes, DKK200, N62.04730, W07.16330\u00a0 Budget: 48 days @ \u20ac93 per day After 5 days of exploring the Faroes the weather brings everything to a stop. Having made our way […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":28814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,140],"tags":[143],"class_list":{"0":"post-28797","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denmark","8":"category-faroe-islands","9":"tag-the-faroes","10":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28797"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30797,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28797\/revisions\/30797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}