Hurtigruten; Tuesday, 21 July, 2015

Following the disturbed sleep of the previous night, and aided by being gently rocked to sleep by the ship I'd slept through the docking and loading at Kristiansund and by the time I woke up the ship was docking into Trondheim at just gone 8.

As we'd already done the tours from Trondheim when we came in 2013 we instead had a late breakfast and just wandered around the ship for the time it was in port.

Sailing away from Trondheim up the Trondheimsfjorden there were some stunning views, which were enjoyed over lunch before heading up onto deck for the final few moments of the fjord to see the amazing red lighthouse.

The number of people up on deck waiting to take in photos of the lighthouse made it obvious that to get the best spots for the natural highlights you need to get there early, so just over an hour later, and at the tail end of a downpour, we were positioned at the very front of the ship ready for its journey through the stunning Stokksundt where the path through the sound is not much wider than the ship, and the 90 degree turn part way through makes for an even more incredible journey.

From the Stokksundt we continued north, with dinner taking place whilst we crossed some open water, making for a slightly bouncy experience, before we reached the port of Rørvik.

At Rørvik we met the Southbound Hurtigruten, which tonight was the Lofoten. As the stop here is quite long there was an opportunity to head on board and have a look around the ship, just to remind ourselves of quite how small it was.

Back on the Richard With we headed for the bar for quick nightcap before turning in for the night.