Scenes from Gøta
 Photo Album: Gøta |
Here are some pictures from Gøta that I took during the past week and a half. We have had many days of very fine weather, and I often take a walk through the fields, up the hill, and around the town of Syðrugøta, where I am staying. I have not been very regular in updating my web site, but I don’t have a reliable internet connection.
During the past week or so, most of the sheep have been moved to their summer home up in the higher mountain fields, but there are a few still in the fields near Gøta. I have seen the pair of oystercatchers several times on my walk, and I think they must have a nest nearby. They didn’t seem to like it when I stopped along the road and watched them.
This time of year it is never really dark in the Faroe Islands. A few nights ago I walked home at about 12:30 a.m., which is about the time when the sun has set as much is it ever will, and starts coming back up. There are several tall mountains to the north of Gøta, so we can’t actually see the sunset or sunrise. This time of year, the sun sets and rises in the north. When I was growing up, I learned that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, but that isn’t the case here.
June 5th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Jenny, what a treat to check in and find these beautiful pictures of the spring. How long will the yellow flowers last on the hillsides? I also appreciated the pictures of the oystercatchers and wondered whether there was a wide variety of birds in the Faroes, or whether it was limited to a few species. I gather the tjaldur is something of a national bird.