These last few days I’ve had the distinct pleasure of entertaining the Padmore’s up the cabin in northern Norway!
It’s been planned for a while and I’ve really been looking forward to it. Here is some documentation of the fun and games...
Shrimp party the first evening in 20C arctic sunshine.
The next day
@Madame Buttonfly and Ingrid did lunch while Giles myself and the eldest small Neph went on a four hour guided fishing expedition.
Our vessel:
Nice day for it:
An expectant
@Giles on the way out to sea:
After four hours of fishing in some of the most fecund fishing waters in the whole world we had an amazing.... single fish. One moonfish at about 3kg to be precise.
Not the 10kg coalfish, 15kg cod or 50kg halibut we’d been hoping for. The real bummer was the the guest of honour didn’t get a single bite .... still it was great out on the water and a good day was had.
We made the most of it though and took care of the nature’s bounty. Back at the cabin Giles did the honours:
Afterwards I prepared the filets:
And something to go with them:
While the ladies and Giles waited expectantly in the evening sun...
After dinner it all got a bit redneck...
And that was day one...
