Visit to Sandoy
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 Photo Album: Skarvanes |
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This week I made a trip to Sandoy to visit some relatives. To get there, I drove across the island of Eysturoy, across the bridge to Streymoy, then across Streymoy to the southwest coast, where I caught the ferry in Gamlarætt, which took me to the town of Skopun on the island of Sandoy. Then I drove through the wide valley across the island to the town of Sandur, and followed the west coastline further south, almost to the end of the road just before the deserted town of Skarvanes. I had been to Anna Katrin’s house once before, eleven years ago during my first visit to the Faroe Islands.
The weather was beautiful while I was there, and the next day Anna Katrin and I did some sightseeing around the island while her husband and daughter repaired fences in preparation for shearing their 95 sheep.
July 6th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
These are wonderful shots and really captured the trip. What happened to Skarvanes that it’s now deserted?