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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

Yesterday I met Kristof. It was nice to meet another cyclist for a change. He rolled into the camp quite some time after I had arrived, and we had a good time planning the next day. He reminded me that today’s ferry is irregularly scheduled, it’s not every

Yesterday’s sunny afternoon was a total bluff. It started raining sometime in the morning and it’s still raining. I didn’t wait too long for the rain to stop today, I just decided to start in the rain, which was not a bad idea, since the alternative was

The rain almost broke my spirit to move today. I checked forecasts, I waited, and when I started moving eventually the rain seemed to have been subsiding. But a burger and coke later, it was worse. My optimism for the weather, and finding a campsite was low. The problem with

So I met Michel yesterday in Bergen. And serendipitously also came across Bob, Miriam and Fredrik, all of whom I met first at Haugesund. Everyone is going their own way, except Michel, who will not only go to Nordkapp, but then ride back to Belgium through Sweden; He started from

I took the wrong ferry. Instead of going to Halhjem, I ended up taking the ferry to Husavik. After leaving Stord, I thought I would take the ferry to Halhjem from Sandvik ferry terminal (not the other Sandvik I camped at). But at the ferry terminal there were signs for

I want to talk a little bit about myself because today was strange, in a good way. Last night and this morning was windy and rainy; already sapped my spirit a little. And given my knee & wrists were hurting last couple of days, and with today’s headwind I

The most frustrating thirty minutes of this trip so far has to be last night’s jammed sleeping bag zipper. It’s especially annoying because that was the only thing preventing me from getting cosy. Eventually with a multitool and an unhealthy amount of cursing I managed to unjam the

Today I waited for my ferry from Stavanger to Nedstrand for more than three hours, and the weather was less than nice. My initial plan was to go another 50km from my ferry stop to Haugesund. When I eventually reached the ferry stop it was raining, Nedstrand seemed like an

I have heard that Stavanger’s sky gets blocked by cruise ships in the harbour, but I always thought of that as a hyperbole. Today I learned, it’s not really an hyperbole. I don’t know how to enjoy big cities. Without the intellectual exercise around its history, geography