Day 20 22/07/2018
Rest day in Ålesund. After having a long and late paddle day the day before Tobia and I decided it was time for a rest day. Enjoy the luxuries of the city. A few coffees and filling up on food.
We camped at a small park on the coast near the Aquarium. Where there are hikers going by. One lady traveling and camping out of her car for hiking had seen our tents and joined us for the night. Thought if we stayed any longer we could open a camp ground.
Day 21 23/07/2018
Windy start to the morning. It was blowing straight into the bay. Feeling a bit stiff after a rest day this meant a slow morning. We were only paddling 4 km into Ålesund to pick up a map but if felt like 10. After a short stop the wind dropped down and we proceeded north.
The paddle wasn't the most exciting. Just transport days. Big open fjords with not so much to see. Although we did see the Hurtigruten pass and had a great camp spot in Eljasvika.
Day 22 24/07/2018
Another day of transport from Eljasvika to Kvalvika. Luckily we got on the water before the rain started and it rained! We did cross over to Midøya and went through Midsund to make the day more exciting.
The wind started picking up towards the end of the day. We love headwinds. And we also manage to miss a bridge and did some extra kilometers around an island but at least we got some conditions on the outside.
Day 23 25/07/2018
More of an interesting day from Kvalvika to Storviktaren. We paddle on the north side of Otrøya. We had the wind behind us in the morning which meant a few hours of fun surfing and crossing over to Aukra we had some interesting islands to explore.
It had been raining when we packed in the morning but luckily by lunch the sun had come out which we had been lacking for a few days so it was nice with sunbathing and kit drying.
We camped on a quiet beach just 7 km south of Bud. Perfect for an evening swim.
Day 24 26/07/2018
We first had a short paddle to Bud. Paddling through small sounds filled with wooden boat houses right on the water.
We landed in Bud and spent some hours looking around. The area has a museum which we visited. Very cultural afternoon. The coastline is covered in Batteries from World war 2. Here they had restored it and made it a museum.
In the afternoon the wind had picked up to force 5 north easterly. Yes the direction we were going. We managed to find all the shortcuts and hide between the island leaving tobias and I with enough energy to have a little head to head at the end.
Beautiful bit of coastline.
We landed on a lovely beach Breivika and had a great view of the sunset.
Day 25 27/07/2018
One of the sunniest hottest days, almost thirty degrees… In Norway. Tobias and I spent the morning walking out to Nordnes where you could see the lighthouse. We then slowly got packing in the sun to get on the water.
Just as we were getting on the water there must have been an incident at the beach. Two ambulance and a helicopter. Which landed very impressively.
We had a beautiful paddle towards the Atlantic Ocean road. Many islands to paddle between. We got to the road in the see and it was pretty cool! I wanted to drive it when I lived hear but just one of those things that never happened. Very happy to have paddled under it.
We got to a island Håholmen for lunch. Looks like an interesting place. The island was a hotel with bar and restaurant and huts to stay. But not for us so we paddled on.
Luckily we met some paddlers shortly after getting on the water who gave us tips to a public bay Orøya, that we would find a place to camp. When we got there it seemed we landed on the wrong side. With rocks and long heather. We set up camp to find there was easier landing on the other side where there were others with the same idea as us. Oh well I was in my sleeping bag by now.
Day 26 28/07/2018
We planned to take the Hurtigruten from Kristiansund on Sunday evening so today was just to get to a camp spot close to the city. Again another boiling hot day where everything goes slowly. But we had plenty of time.
We paddled through Sveggesundet and stopped at a cafe for ice cream and coffee.. Well we are on holiday. Then continued in the sunshine.
After an hours paddling I was really desperate for a pee. 10+.. Almost had to jump in the sea. But we found a small beach to land on. And just as I get on land a man starts walking towards me making conversation. Luckily Tobias took over the conversation while I could run for the bushes. In the end he invited us for hot dogs and bbq with his family sitting not so far away, so we did indeed join them.
We then continued to a sandy beach just 5km paddle from Kristiansund. There wasn't much of a beach but we got our tents above the waterline. But the winds started picking up and the waves crashing in. Tobias more nervous than me had woken up in the night when it was really blowing to say my tent was just half a meter away from the water. Life on the edge. But it would have at least washed all the sand out of my tent that then wind had blown in.
Day 27 29/07/2018
There had been a good deal of wind and rain in the night and some to come in the day. Luckily the weather predictions had been good. So we had a 30 minute window of no rain to get our kit in the kayaks and westerly winds at 11 to push us over to Kristiansund.
And yes it all went to plan. We surfed over the fjord and into Kristiansund just for the rain to start and the wind to drop.
Luckily the sun came out in the afternoon so we could spend time drying and moving our kit and kayaks to the terminal.
Tobias had to eventually go back to work so he got on the Hurtigruten south to Bergen and the I north to Brønnøysund.
Thanks for joining Tobias!
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