Sunday June 1st

Overnight we travelled from the east side of Sudoroy (the southernmost island in the Faroes) to the west side of Streymoy in the north. There was a little bit of rocking and rolling overnight but once we got into the lea of the islands things settled down again. Our destination was the bird cliffs near the town of Vestmanna

where we piled into the zodiacs and spent 90 minutes getting up close and personal with huge sea cliffs and caves.  

Evidently the Faroe Islands formed as part of the mid Atlantic ridge.  From what I was told the sea mountains which are now these islands must have formed on one side of the ridge (rather than have the ridge down the middle as is the case in Iceland). As the sea floor spread away from the ridge the islands have moved and so are no longer on the ridge.  When I get home, I must check out how St Kilda formed as they appear to have a similar structure.  

The cliffs are quite high and very steep but amazingly sheep still graze them.

The sea stack in this photo had sheep on it and a flying fox arrangement to get across from the bigger island.  I am not sure that the sheep would enjoy the ride.

We departed the Faroes at lunchtime and are now on our way to Fair Isle where we will arrive in the morning.  

There is faIrly thick sea mist and the swell has come up a bit so I think we can say goodbye to our comfortable ride for a while.