121 km, 6:53 cycling time, 17,7 km/h, total ascent 1427 m, net ascent 0 m
The day started off rainy again, but no heavy rain. Boots or shoes? Shoes are more comfortable to bike in because of the click pedals, but you get wet if it rains a lot. I chose the shoes - and got wet. A few km after Sekkemo there is a long climb to almost 300 m, with the province border to Finnmark slightly below the top. The last province of my trip! Then down to Burfjord with a good coffee at the petrol station to get warm again after the long descent.
A few shorter climbs, so down to Langfjordbotn, and so a long stretch along the Langfjord. Some rain, but a strong tail wind, so this part went really fast. Nice views across the fjord, even in this weather. The problem is I get more and more hungry, and there is absolutely no place to stop and get out of the rain and wind, not even a bus stop, leave alone a bus shed. In the end I lose my energy and just have to sit in the rain and wind at Storsandnes (which is very small).
The road on the southward stretch from Isnestoft to Alta is greatly improved with several tunnels; some are open for bikes, some not. But it is a tough stretch with a lot up and down, and head wind some places. Instead of the last tunnel, bicycles have to make a 10 km round way, with 200 m extra ascent. At the end of a long day - but admitted, it was a very nice part, among others along the village Kåfjord with mining history and a Titpitz museum.
Rented a hut at Camp Alta, 4 km outside Alta.
The day started off rainy again, but no heavy rain. Boots or shoes? Shoes are more comfortable to bike in because of the click pedals, but you get wet if it rains a lot. I chose the shoes - and got wet. A few km after Sekkemo there is a long climb to almost 300 m, with the province border to Finnmark slightly below the top. The last province of my trip! Then down to Burfjord with a good coffee at the petrol station to get warm again after the long descent.
A few shorter climbs, so down to Langfjordbotn, and so a long stretch along the Langfjord. Some rain, but a strong tail wind, so this part went really fast. Nice views across the fjord, even in this weather. The problem is I get more and more hungry, and there is absolutely no place to stop and get out of the rain and wind, not even a bus stop, leave alone a bus shed. In the end I lose my energy and just have to sit in the rain and wind at Storsandnes (which is very small).
The road on the southward stretch from Isnestoft to Alta is greatly improved with several tunnels; some are open for bikes, some not. But it is a tough stretch with a lot up and down, and head wind some places. Instead of the last tunnel, bicycles have to make a 10 km round way, with 200 m extra ascent. At the end of a long day - but admitted, it was a very nice part, among others along the village Kåfjord with mining history and a Titpitz museum.
Rented a hut at Camp Alta, 4 km outside Alta.
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| A spell of fine weather at Sekkemo yesterday night |
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| This is as close to the midnight sun I got so far (at 22:00) |
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| Another rainy day, another "col" (Baldereidet at 269) |
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| The final province (which soon isn't a province anynore if the government gets its will). Again a foggy lense. |
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| A cold and windy luch spot (it was worse than it looks) |
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| The Kåfjord bridge and tunnel |
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| This pisses me off. Not that I cannot use the tunnel, but that the sign is here and not 1 km earlier, where the alternative route starts. Typical for the way of thinking of Vegvesenet - who cares about cyclists, we are here for the cars! |
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| Another view of the Kåfjord bridge (from the start of the alternative route) |
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| The "rallar" family. It is a statue for all the people who worked in the copper mines in Kåfjord in the 19th century. Nice statue by Per Ung. |
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| There has been talk (in Norway of course) of gender neutral trafic signs. What about vehicle-neutral? |
Hoe ver nog? Of denk je daar maar niet meer aan? En krijgen we het Noorderlicht nog te zien, of zit je te noordelijk?
ReplyDeleteNog 4 dagen. Een lange tocht morgen, daarna korte. Noorderlicht is 's winters. Kijk meer uit naar de middernachtzon. Twijfel of ik die zal zien.
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