Day 30, Storslett to Bognelv (94 kms)

A long day's cycling – 10 hours in the saddle, bar a few minutes for lunch and 20 minutes having a coffee in a garage while my phone charged a bit – the duration made necessary by my very slow progress over a couple of biggish hills. At the top of the largest, a long climb from sea level to 401 metres over the Kvaenangsfjellet pass to avoid two closed-to-cyclists tunnels, snow by the roadside, the first I've come across, confirming our Arctic location, though temperatures today soared to 26 degrees with 29 threatened tomorrow.

Fantastic views, spoke to no-one really, and not much to write about – though this road sign gave me pause for thought:

I am told the top one's a moose (elg), the other's a reindeer. A friend who told me this, because I would have had no idea obviously, says, “I like the way they are so specific with their road signs.”

He add that I'll know a moose if I see one because it will be “ridiculously huge”.

Finished the day once again wild camping by beautiful Langfjorden, an arm of the main Altafjorden. All being well I should be in Alta tomorrow, where I hope to be able to pause to look at the prehistoric rock carvings World Heritage Site. After that – three or four days to Nordkapp? Fingers crossed.

Wildcamped by Langfjorden