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Laurence Mitchell
Writer and photographer based in Norwich, UK-
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Category Archives: Islands
Thingvellir
The winter solstice marks the dark frontier of the annual cycle: that time of year when days are at their shortest; the period of feasting before the corner of the year is turned and daylight and warmth return to awaken barren … Continue reading
Posted in History, Islands, Travel
Tagged Iceland, plate tectonics, sense of place, Thingvellir, Vikings, winter solstice
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Lofoten – from Å to Bø
North Norway’s Lofoten Islands are famous for their beauty. Not for nothing have these islands been sometimes described as the most beautiful in the world. Even on the dullest of days, the landscape here is breathtaking. Vertiginous ridges of ancient granite and gneiss … Continue reading
North of Narvik
Havøysund, Finnmark This post celebrates Europe’s most northerly reaches. I have just returned from a Scandinavian trip where I travelled between Stockholm, Sweden and Kirkenes close to the Russian and Finnish borders in Norway’s far north. Most of the travel, which was … Continue reading
