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Under arctic light

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"You're mad going there in November" That is what I was told by a few people when I mentioned that I was headed to The Lofoten Islands, Norway in the middle of November. It gets too much rain, its too windy, the light is bad... the list goes on. We had none of the above, We had epic light, amazing clear skies and even better aurora displays!!! We arrived at our accommodation in Hamnoy, Lofoten late at night after a long day of travelling and we just hit the hay right away. I must admit I found it hard to sleep due to a mix of over tiredness and excitement at what the next week had in store for us. Skip to the next morning when we woke... I raced outside to check out the views from the cabin and to say I was blown away would be an understatement.  (Below is a shot which was taken literally a 2 minute walk from our cabin at sunrise) Hamnøy Village The accommodation we stayed in on our tour was down here in this fishing village of Hamnoy in one of these