Faroe Islands

Eighteen islands in the North Atlantic between Scotland and Iceland, the Faroes are steep and almost treeless, with turf-roofed villages tucked into the few sheltered bays and more sheep than people on the hills.

The sequence starts in the cloudier north: Sørvágsvatn and Múlafossur on Vágar, the lagoon at Saksun, the view over Tjørnuvík, the old church at Funningur and the single road on Kalsoy. Then it crosses by ferry to Suðuroy in the south, under clearer skies, for Tvøroyri seen from the water, the green bowl of Hvannhagi, the cliffs of Beinisvørð and Akraberg, the sheep above Sumba, and a short helicopter hop out to Skúvoy.