During the holidays Louise Astley and her husband, Richard, head off with friends to their newly built cabin in the remote western fringes of Norway. Days of ski-touring down mountains to fjords are followed by beers around the hanging fire pit, a cosy dinner by the stove and a sauna in the family’s four-bedroom cabin.
“It’s the perfect place just to disconnect from our busy jobs, rebalance mentally and enjoy more freedom,” says Louise, 43, from Haslemere in Surrey. “For Norwegians having a cabin is about being social rather than reclusive, so it is big enough for guests.”
While ski-touring, Richard, 44, discovered the Sunnmore Alps and the couple decided to have a local company, Tinde Hytter, build them the property there on a 0.75
