Iceland Cruise July 5th 2017 - Faroes Page

We drove some distance past various villages & the airport (courtesy of the RAF) to Gásadalur, until recently cut off by a headland, over which everyone had to walk, until a one-way tunnel was built in 2006. Here, we wandered through the village, built on Scottish principles, of houses, mostly turf-roofed, to a sort of shop run by an artist who gave us coffee & had locally made clothes. Her grandfather brought the post over the headland & his father before him. This place means Goose Valley. Then, we started back, stopping at places we passed on the way West.

The next village was Bøur, which has a by-pass. We walked down from the North end into the village, observing more turf roofs but we were assured that, although turf roofs used to be the only option for poor people, now they are expensive & only used by rich people making a modest impression, which fools no one. The churches are Lutheran & observation is far greater than in mainland Denmark. Someone had left the key in the door of this one, so we had a look in inside.