Exploring Fjords & beyond

As we head for Norway's south coast, the spectacular west coast fjords are behind us, writes Amy Kemp, as she is halfway through her five-month adventure

- Amy Kemp

Sadly, we're halfway through our adventure already. As I write, we're sailing from Haugesund to Stavanger. In a few days we'll be as far as Kristiansand and on to Norway's south coast; the west coast fjords are now behind us. On the upside, we hope we might see more of the sun!

Norway so far, as you might expect, has been spectacular. I feel like we're travelling through a postcard. It is civilised, clean and feels so safe – the boys jump off the boat and go exploring in every new port and I've grown accustomed to not worrying about it. A refreshing difference to life at home, where I would indeed worry. The two of them have established a thriving soft-shackle business – Barnaby is the manufacturer, and Blaise is a surprisingly confident sales strategist. Not satisfied with our offer to pay them for boat jobs, they have found a far more interesting and lucrative source of pocket money – Blaise has even started dabbling in investing his profits via an app on James' phone. I'm satisfied that there is some pretty good learning going on here. There are even spreadsheets detailing costs and margins; and the two of them have a written contract that was hotly negotiated regarding their roles and responsibilities.

SCANDINAVIAN SCALE