Day 134 – All is well. More update tomorrow – 13 July
Update day 134. 13th of July. Makkaur to Kongsfjord. 28.6 km, 6.9 km/hr average speed. All is well. More update tomorrow.
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Day 133 – We even got dinner on the house, fish cakes, made fresh this morning in Båtsfjord. Luxury! – 12 July
Day 133. 12th of July. Waiting on weather in Makkaur. After two nights with short sleep, we slept in today. We were in the middle of our breakfast when a…
Day 132 – We believe we are on the same spot where Jim Danielsson landed after his dramatic passing of Makkaur fyr back in 1989 – 11 July
Day 132. 11th of July. From Blodskytodden to a couple of kilometers after Makkaur lighthouse. 51 km, 6.5 km/hr average speed. Just after we came onshore Stein received the sad…
Day 131 – Stein is a man of action, so he went back up the road and hitched a ride with Camilla – 10 July
Day 131. 10th of July. Komagværodden to just beyond Blodskytodden. 46 km, 7.0 km/hr average speed. We got off to a 0320 start to take maximum advantage of falling tide.…
Day 130 – Today was the day for crossing Varangerfjord – 9 July
Update day 130. 9th of July. Kjelmøya to Komagværodden. 44 km, 6.4 km/hr average speed. Today was the day for crossing Varangerfjord. A crossing that demands careful planning, since one…
Day 129 – Wind, swell and current was such that we decided to take a detour south of Kjelmsøy to get into calmer waters – 8 July
Day 129. July 8th. Grense Jakobselv to Kjelmsøy. 39 km, 7.1 average speed. One last breakfast in Jarfjord, then Ulf, Margerethe, Elise, her friend Emilie and Margerethe’s mother accompanied us…
Day 128 – Good to be back in Norway this fortunate, wealthy and peaceful corner of Europe – 7 July
Day 128. 7th of July. No paddling. Stein came back on a morning flight, bringing a new Garmin GPS replacing one that died. We have shopped three days supplies, loaded…
Day 127 – Erling was the only one to get a VIP tour of Pasvik – 6 July
Day 127. 6th of July. No paddling. While Stein is in Oslo, Erling is enjoying the hospitality of Margerethe and Ulf. Our “blog editor” Karianne also joined us for a…
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