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Ally Macabre
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Somebody posted this story round the mailing list. Thought you'd all enjoy reading it - especially the bit about 48 hour flight delays due to fog...
> Hi all,
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> last week I promised to write a travel/concert report of my
> trip to the Faroe Islands in the Mighty Atlantic so here we go.
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> I left Copenhagen on 2nd August, the day before the concert.
> The 2 hour flight was uneventful even though the approach to
> Vagar Airport on the Faroe Islands is quite horryfying. The
> airport was built by British forces during world was II and
> it was obviously not designed for the big passenger airplanes.
> 2 hour bus/boat trip to Torshavn - the capital of the Faroe
> Islands and the worlds smallest capital.
>
> On 3rd August I had booked a bus and boat trip to the famous
> bird cliff on the west coast of the islands. I soon found out
> that we were only two participants on the bus trip - the other
> person was a girl (Anne) from Scotland ... and yes, she was
> going to the concert too.
>
> The Faroe Islands have some of the most beautiful landscapes I
> have ever seen. Some of the scenery could be on Skye - there
> are standing stones which look like the Old Man of Storr and
> the fog is even worse than on Skye. Later I would find out what
> this means for the air traffic.....
>
> Return to Torshavn and to the concert. I arrived at the concert
> venue (a sports hall) about 45 minutes before the concert. To
> my surprise there were only to fans there - I later found that
> they were from London. 15 minutes before the concert there
> were only about 50 people so I started to worry.... was this
> going to be a complete failure.
>
> The support was a local band called "Tyr". They played a kind
> of Faroese folk music combined with heavy rock. Some of the
> songs actually sounded quite good. Fortunately people now began
> to fill the hall and I guess there were 800-1000 when Runrig
> came on stage.
>
> Runrig played the usual set of the summer tour. Apparently the
> band were impressed by the beautiful landscape on the islands.
> As Rory said: "I left home yesterday morning and when I arrived
> here I felt that I had not left at all". The concert went well
> even though they had a few technical problems towards the end
> of the show. The band seemed to have a good time and they
> promised to come back.
>
> On Sunday 4th August I had planned to explore Torshavn. I went
> up to "the Nordic House" which is the culture center of the town.
> I found out that not much is happening on a Sunday in Torshavn,
> it looked like only the church was open.... so I decided to
> take a walk and enjoy the beautiful landscape which surrounds
> the town.
>
> On Monday I had to travel back to Denmark. 2 hour bus/boat trip
> to the airport. The planes cannot land due to fog so my departure
> is delayed 4 hours. Lunch (payed for by the airline) in a hotel near
> the airport. Chat with the people at my table and I find out that
> the person next to me is in fact the organizer of the Runrig
> concert. He had seen the band in Aberdeen one year ago and made
> an agreement with Marlene about the concert at the Faroes.
> Back to the airport where we find out that the flight is delayed
> 5 hours. Meet Anne (my companion from the boat trip). Birgir (the
> concert organizer) takes us on a guided tour on the island. This
> helps a lot to kill the time. Back to the airport where I find
> out that the flight is cancelled so I have to travel back to
> a hotel in Torshavn.
>
> Wake up on Tuesday and take the bus to the airport. The flight is
> scheduled to 11am but the plane cannot land due to fog, so it
> is delayed 8 hours. At 8pm they try to land again but the fog
> is to thick and the plane is redirected to Norway. 2 hour bus
> trip back to (another) hotel in Torshavn.
>
> Wake up on Wednesday and take the bus to the airport. People are
> starting to get a bit frustrated now. Fortunately, when we arrive
> the plane has just landed, so we leave the islands at 12 o'clock.
> Arrive in Copenhagen at 3pm - 48 hours later than planned. I know
> that the Isle of Skye is called "the Misty Island" but for me this
> phrase has got a completely new meaning now.
>
> That was it. My first ever visit to the misty island and a concert
> and a trip that I will never forget.
>
> Well, the Faroe Islands consist of 18 small islands between
> Scotland and Iceland. Please have a look at your map again and
> see if you can find something ;-)
> About 46000 people live on the Faroes. The islands are a part
> of the Danish kingdom, but they have their own parliament,
> their own currency, own language, own flag etc. A referendum
> about independance from Denmark is likely in the years to come.
> I believe that the discussion about independence is quite
> similar to the Scottish discussion about independence from the
> UK. The struggle for survival of the Faroese language is also
> very similar to the struggle for the Gaelic language in
> Scotland. So I believe that the people on the Western Isles
> have a lot in common with the people on the Faroe Islands.
>
>
> Rgds, Henrik
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Tartan Sheep
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Excellent report - hope you all get back in time for the trip to Iceland 
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Hope we all get there in the 1st place
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