Askvoll

Last night when I reached the campsite at Birkeland, Kristof was already there. After Katell, who is also going to Nordkapp joined us at the campsite, we discussed next day’s plans, it was clear that it would rain heavily today evening. So the best bet would be to go to a reasonably bigger town, Førde, and staying dry in a hostel perhaps. But the problem, Førde was also quite far away, specially with this terrain. There were two acceptable paths there from Birkeland (Hyllestad), one inland, and one along the coast. The coastal road is quite longer. Remembering yesterday’s advice, I chose the coastal road. It didn’t disappoint, even managed to convince Katell to join for the longer route.

Given the wait for the ferry was already quite long, I decided to stay at Askvoll, so that I can avoid riding late in the rain. Even before I could finish shopping at the supermarket, it started raining. I hurried to the campsite, only to realise it’s a campsite for boats. There’s barely anything, except a shower and a toilet. And turned out the showers operate on Norwegian Krones. I didn’t have any.

I met a backpacker cooking right in front of the shower / toilet building. She was using the roof’s overhang to save her food from the rain. She graciously gave me 10 krones which I needed to operate the shower. I did make a mental note of the rainy cooking situation for later.

On a more dry note, I have learned to put up my tent in rain without making the inside wet.

Askvoll, Norway