Coming ashore at Trøllanes

Landing at Trøllanes is only possible in fairly calm weather. The landing place is completely exposed to the North Atlantic, with no shelter at all, and it’s just a place where deep water comes right up to the foot of the cliff below the village. Barsskor – the boat that does (or did) the regular run – doesn’t come right up close, you have to transfer into a dinghy.

The locals just jump out of the dinghy onto the cliff and swarm up it. Strangers get roped up. It’s quite a place to come ashore.

In 1983, the only other way in and out of Trøllanes (short of hiring a helicopter) was along a rather hair-raising path (see pictures) across cliff faces to the next village, Mikladalur, where the landing place is much better. There’s a road tunnel now.

Faroes, 1983

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©Clive K Semmens 1983