Just another token selfie atop Ritusbergnova.

Vatnid, also known as leitisvatn or Sorvagsvatn, is the largest lake in the Faroes. This is also the location for the Bosdalafossur waterfall. The areas along the lake are the old peat fields. A little, light history reading explains some of the legends about the 'hidden people,. If you look closely, you probably won't see them.

There are two peaks just above the peaks, Ritubergsnova and Midagsfjall. Sine Eva affectionately nicked named me some form of Estonian mountain goat, I had to live out my destiny and hike up both. This panorama is from the grassy top of Ritubergsnova and shows all of the western islands. I'm finally getting a little more perspective of the compactness of the Faroe Islands. This peak is 376 meters. Midagsfjall is 343 meters. All is well with the world!

The hike in was only 4 or 5km, but the view was fantastic, as you can see. It appears that much of the Faroes are contained by cliffs, with lots of nesting sea birds. Vertigo is a given, and any number of interested tourists have found out how steep the cliffs are as they take the Valhalla Plunge.

My eyes blinked open at 5am this morning, so I took advantage of this and took a gander at the portal.fo webcams. Still a little dicey weather everywhere, but it looked like a village named Midvagur was the least overcast. I rushed through breakfast and packed up gear...so quickly in fact I left my satellite transponder on the desk charging. Oh, well...punt! And, wonder if wonders, the city bus actually picked me up and hauled me to the ferry/bus terminal. Save...