It felt like a holiday today, a beautiful warm, blue sky morning with the occasional gentlest of breezes ruffling the otherwise mirror calm water. We didn't have to do any big crossings of fjords of bays so could potter along near to the shore, admiring the many permutations of steep rockfaces. We adjusted our course only to avoid several eider duck nurseries, the cute little chicks scurrying along behind mum, everyone clearly terrified of us. Here most animals are hunted.

We saw 3 motor boats today, as we paddled past the entrance to a fjord housing a small Inuit community of Kangiqsujuaq, the first people we've seen since Quaqtaq 4 days ago. None of them came over to say hi.

Despite the wonderful conditions, we covered our "bare minimum" distance today of 35km, just 7 hours on the water. It felt a bit like a rest day after 2 long, hard days and we fancied stopping at a decent hour and having an earlier night. The forecast is pretty good for the next few days so we should keep making good progress.

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