After a tremendously exciting final and the happy surprise of winning TWO awards Widcombe Wrobotiers relaxed Sunday evening by going on a Moose Safari. The weather was rather wet but nothing was going to dampen the teams high spirits!

On the trip we learned about the tidal flow from a fjord into the sea which causes an amazing Maelstrom of whirl pools as the tide goes out. This was the 'white water' Up 'n' Atom experience earlier in the week in their boat ride. They reported that you could see a height difference between the water in the fjord and the sea level of over 1 metre. The fjord is very big and very deep - over 500m deep - it fills up with water as the tide comes in, but as the tide goes out the entrance to the fjord is so narrow that the water cannot escape quickly so it rushes through the gap but not as quickly as the sea level drops creating the difference in height and the spectacular rough water.

After walking over the bridge above the entrance to the fjord we continued in our search for moose and we were very quickly rewarded. As the evening progressed we saw more and more of these funny looking animals. The moose is the largest European land mammal. It has very thin legs, a large horse, camel like body with a horse, llama, camel type of head!?!?

Half way through the evening we stopped to allow the team to learn how to make a fire and roast marsh mellows. It had rained for most of the day so this was not going to be an easy task. Most of Norway is mountains and hills which meant the team had to find a site for their fire and fire wood in a hill side forest. Our Norwegian guides told the team the types of wood and bark that we needed to find and we set about the task with enthusiasm. We even found a reindeer antler!

Having found silver birch bark and a suitable selection of wood the team worked together and soon had a fire going - which was very welcome as it kept trying to rain.

Having each enjoyed a roasted marsh mellow, the fire was properly put out and we continued our search for more moose. On route we even caught a look at a sea eagle before it flew down behind a hill. The first sea eagle any of us had seen.

After seeing several more moose we returned to our hotel. It was really late by then, nearly 23:30, but because the sun doesn't set during the summer months in the Arctic Circle Norway has daylight for 24 hours a day - no dark nights until the winter when the sun barely rises enough to give much daylight. So despite being late it was still day light when we got to the hotel.

It was a fabulous trip out and we learned many things.

Thank you for inviting me Wrobotiers!