Last day of the Arctic coast section of our ride today. Had a choice today – long 75k ride or shorter ride coupled with a ferry. Took the latter option, feeling slightly guilty at first, but so glad that we did. We started with the shorter,fairly flat 30k ride south to Stokmarknes where we boarded the Hurtigruten steamer for the 3 hour journey through the fjords to Svolver. A huge cruise ship carrying both tourist commuters and cruise passengers over 9 decks. Vey steady compared to the small car ferries we have been using.

Truly magnificent scenery -we rugged up and sat out on the top deck with peaks towering over us on either side.

Final dinner with our riding tour buddies tonight with us all heading off in different directions tomorrow.