Today was wet, and warm. Grey and uninspiring until the weather really got erratic. On the back road to Bugøynes, I had a downpour and a beautiful rainbow.
Posts Tagged ‘Cycling’
Day 52. 78km. Vestre Jakobselv – Nuorgam
Posted: July 29, 2013 in Cycling, Finland, NorwayTags: Cycling, Finland, Norway
A cloudy, slow day, ending at the most northern point in the EU. Hello Finland!
Day 51. 113km. Vardø – Vestre Jakobselv
Posted: July 28, 2013 in Cycling, NorwayTags: Cycling, Norway
I could have been cycling in Australia. Desolate plains – the mid north in South Australia. Then with trees – somewhere in New South Wales.
What was a sunny and warm day became exciting as the black clouds drew in.
Day 50. 12km hike + 50km cycle. Syltevikmyra – Vardø
Posted: July 27, 2013 in Cycling, Hiking, NorwayTags: Cycling, Hiking, Norway
A hike in paradise. My private valley. My private fjord. Sun. Warm. A smile in my heart. The smell of cloudberries on my fingers.
Day 49. 54km. Båtsfjord – Syltevikmyra
Posted: July 27, 2013 in Cycling, NorwayTags: Cycling, Norway
Cycle, boat and cycle – to the end of the earth. And it is beautiful.
Overdose of tundra. Overdose of nothing. Need people. Staying in the only town – Båtsfjord.
Last year when I was in Mehamn, I said I wanted to see this wonderful barren landscape with nice weather. Well, the Gods provided me with perfect weather. Man, it was spectacular.
Today I cycled towards the Sværholt peninsula to Veidnes. A 75km dead end road up a remote northern peninsula. Lovely views across the fjord. Coffee and cake with a friendly lady. Lunch with a breathtaking view over a tundra plateau. Organising a boat in the Veidnes community house. Crabbing in the fjord and camping in the 3rd most northern dairy in the world.
Rain. Cold (not freezing like yesterday). Little wind, and what the was was a tailwind. With better weather forecasted from midnight onwards, I’ve stopped in Lakselv – the largest town for 100s of km, to sleep and have another midnight start.
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