Text message from Sean received 17.05 Thursday 2 July: We were in vager island heading fr eysturoy is spactular cliffs 900m
I think the lads will have a bit more craic in the island of Eysturoy the second largest island in the Faroe Islands with a population of 10,000: http://www.framtak.com/eysturoy/ I believe they are still contactable on mobiles.
Sean called me earlier Thursday afternoon (while I was walking at Tully Mountain). He sounded in good form. All is going well despite some difficulty going into a Killary Harbour-like port on the most western Faroe Island (Vager Island?). Visibility was less than 100m due to a calm fog. All was going OK until suddenly the ebbing tide started to cause the boat to spin (apparently the Faroes tides can be very strong). Then to complicate matters further, a strong wind started to come down off the steep mountain side. Nevertheless, the boat was anchored safely and the sailors went ashore. Apparently there wasn't much "craic" on the Island; only a couple of shops and no pub. Sean said that it was bizarre to see young children out catching pollock at midnight and very bright. Sean said they were waiting for the fog to clear before heading for Iceland.
I think there are some photos of Vager Island on http://blue7700.blogspot.com/2008/08/blog-post.html
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