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Olden - Sail Away

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Soon after the ship was secured for sea the pub alongside the jetty began to play Rod Stewart's "Sailing". 

This tune grew in popularity in UK after it was used by TV as the theme tune to a documentary series about the aircraft carrier "Ark Royal".

At the moment there is not enough bandwidth or even a phone signal to upload my video to FB or YouTube.

An hour later we are making our way westwards along the Innvikfjorden heading to the Nordfjord and the sea. 

We are sitting on our balcony as we slide between the high sides of the fjord. Both sides heavily wooded with open patches with small groups of houses.

Tonight we have decided to have a later dinner. 

The entertainment on Monday was very good and we just made it. The group were called "Beautiful World" and were a tribute to Take That.

Last night we just made it to the Malabar to watch the reggae group "Accent" perform covers from Bob Marley and others.

If anyone with a working internet can Google and tell me who did "Mysterious Girl" I'd be obliged.

The restaurants seem to be easier to get into with less waiting if you go later. We'll see tonight 

The next stop is Ålesund. 

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