Being so far north brings with it some strange
problems. It is difficult for example to
estimate what time of day it is. The sun doesn’t set unless you are lucky
enough to be South of a large mountain and even then it is still daylight all
night. I now pull the blinds over all the windows and skylights apart from one
at the rear of the van which I leave open a few centimetres – just enough to
see by. I still find myself waking up several hours too early and my internal
body clock has ceased to function!
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| satellites point down here |
I thought I would have a go a getting some television last
night. My mobile phone compass can’t work out which way is north, it give
various different direction seemingly at random. Even my good old magnetic
compass seems totally confused. In the
end I did manage to get locked on to the Astra 1 satellite which must be just
above the horizon. My disk was pointing down as are all of those mounted on
local houses.
You will be unsurprised to hear that Kerriann soon changed
channel away from the news and found a program about the 1960s naturist movement in Germany
which would have been fascinating had either of us spoken the language. It was,
however, extremely amusing to watch black and white footage of nude Germans
cavorting around playing volley ball, doing yoga, and all manner of outdoor
pursuits. This was followed by a programme on German folk music that made The
Wurzels look current.
Out of interest we are now North 69° 36’12” and still
heading north but only for another day as we hope to reach our most northerly
target (the Alta rock carvings) tomorrow.
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