There was a gale forecast, so we tucked in to the bomb-proof dock in Laervik, and on the North side of the fjord, near the West end.

It is typical of many Norwegian coastal villages, squeezed in between hills and water.  We did a bit of hiking and boat work for a day, then headed North

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That settled our destination for the night.

Next day we climbed to the top of the island on quite a good trail, and took this shot of Milvina in the anchorage.

Like many of the smaller islands, many of the houses are owned by mainlanders, who use them as summer places.

Many of the owners were born on the islands.  There seems to have been a rapid move to larger centres since the oil boom arrived in Norway about 25 years ago.

We saw quite a few houses with the traditional turf roofs. 

Apart from the beautiful fjord scenery along  the way, the main attraction was the Brickdahl glacier, inland from the head of one of the arms of Nordfjord.

We first saw the glacier from across the lake. t

The waterfall seen in the distance is readily accessible from  the zig-zag trail. Watson is in the beige/white shirt, one corner below us.  

We hiked a kilometre or so from the road, up the trail to the toe.

Wiz is seen here halfway from the road to the glacier, and Watson on the toe, but staying under the shelter of the rock