Day #4 Alta / Burfjord
Maps, Charts and Key figures
Too soon for the season.
What a day !
I started my day a bit late... at 11 o’clock. I must find a way to pack my stuff quicker. After only 5.5km and I stopped in a grocery shop to refill "my fridge"! And finally, I really started at 12h...
My goal was to reach Bufjord and in particular a campsite that was recommended to me the day before.
I couldn’t stop thinking that I wouldn’t be able to reach it. It was like an obsession... After a while, a bit annoyed, I decided to accept the fact that if I can't, I can't, so let's see how far i can go and deal with it.
It was a hard route with a lot of uphills and downhills.
At the begining, my motivation wasn't so strong. 2 hours later, I arrived at Talvik, took a lunch and left again immediately.
A few kilometers further, I had to go on a closed route to get around a forbidden tunnel to bicycles. A few moment later, the route was completely covered of snow... I stopped a second, laughed a bit, because I love that feeling. "You know that it's stupid and you gonna do it anyway".
Why is that stupid? Just because it's forbidden to fall with a loaded bike. The risk is to break a rack or a pannier, and then you are fucked until you find a way to fix it.
So let’s give a try, it wasn’t easy at the beginning, I missed to fall several times, but finally I found the good cadence and It worked pretty well.
Now that it was done, I must ride faster because I realized I wasn't so far from the campsite I was targeting... after around an hour, I reached at the campsite but... yes there is a but... the owner said to me it’s closed, the season hasn’t begun yet... I was completely exhausted, he allowed me to stay a moment to recover. He also adviced me a spot where I could pitched my tent. Where I am now... behind a gas station and in front of a fjord.
That’s it for today, time to eat, enjoy the place and sleep.