The following day the weather turned a bit more typical with notable morning fog as we boarded a large ferry for our 2 hour trip to Suduory.
Lighthouse at the southern most point of the FI
We had a hike, a lookout and a scenic drive we didn't do because of the dense fog in those areas. Fortunately the weather started clearing up after lunch for our Hvannhagi hike. I called it the most Faroese hike for the following reasons: You have to take a ferry to get there. The directions are vague: "Start at the hospital and head towards the mountain." - various paths meander through grazing land and fences so hopefully you pick the right path. We didn't the first time and had to backtrack a bit. The only sign with a map for the hike is 1km from the nearest possible place for cars to park (which was a 1 lane road for 2 way traffic past some houses and had a parking lot that could hold 3 cars if everyone parked close together). Half the trail are single foot wide sheep's paths. Rain and fog moved back in at Hvannhagi causing us to leave early. While we were on the mountain we saw absolutely no one hiking on the trail behind us. Yet people kept appearing (in bright jackets so we know we didn't miss them) at the top causing us to wonder "Where the hell did they come from?"
And the views were absolutely friggen gorgeous.
After climbing up the mountain you get to a lookout (unfortunately I didn't get a good picture of that. I figured I would get it on the way back. Big mistake). Everyone else turned around here and didn't consider taking the path down towards the ocean.
If you ever go here you absolutely 100% should open the sheep gate and take the path down towards the ocean. It is steep at first and the ground is a little uncertain when wet (so....most of the time) but it evens out after a couple of minutes.
Path after leaving the lookout
The reward was well worth it. By far my favorite hike of the trip (My wife prefers the Saksun hike). Granted part of that was due to the fun getting to our destination, having seen maybe 10 total people during our 2.5 hour hike and zero people since we left the lookout but the views were pretty damn good too
It was incredibly quiet too - just us and the soft sound of the waves gently rolling in against the rocks. I could have spent a long time there but, sadly, fog and rain were rolling in. It was actually rolling in around the valley towards the trail. So the valley seemed fine but we started getting concerned for what that meant for getting back up the mountain. And we didn't exactly want to try and wait it out, miss the ferry and have to spend the night on the island since we would have to figure out lodging if we got stuck (and I am too old to want to sleep in a compact car). So we headed out at a rather aggressive pace.
You can see the rain rolling in over the mountain towards the trail (the thin dark line in the grass)
We beat most of the rain to the top of the hike. The Mountain kept it at bay so we had a leisurely pace the rest of the way to recover a bit.
After getting to the car we made a brief stop at a scenic lookout before returning to the ferry terminal for our trip back