16/06/08- More huffin' No puffin.

A relaxed morning, waking to the gentle lapping of the sea and
breakfast enjoyed outside in the sun again.
Today's destination was the Island of Runde. To get there we first
had to take a trip deep under the sea! To our delight the sea level
was helpfully marked by blue neon lights both at the entrance and exit
of the 6km tunnel. Numerous bridges (more anorak photos for Dave) and
a bit of island hopping later, we drove onto Runde; tourist
destination central judging by the many other campers. There is only
one Pat and we stick out like a sore thumb among the ubiquitous white
campers. We certainly get remembered, especially when one of them,
gets stuck behind us on a hill...hehe.
We'd come to Runde in search of puffegian speaking Puffins to see if
they were different from the puffish speaking ones in Scotland.
Unfortunately, though we huffed and puffed to the Raudenipa Ciffs on
the west side of the island, we saw tens of thousands of other
seabirds but no puffins. We settled in for the long wait til 20:00,
which is supposedly the best viewing time for puffins. The sun was
being uncooperative though so we decided to forgo the dubious
possibility of seeing puffins for a hot shower. At 10 kroner each(£1)
for 4 minutes of hot water, it was the best shower in two weeks!
Another seaside resting spot was found with a view for a sunset. There
was no spectacular sunset though, just a sliver of red between the
clouds and horizon but we did find out that sun set is at 23:30!!