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Heading to the Midnight Sun (Day 36)

Heading to the Midnight Sun. A Velomobile Trip with Brigitte and Fritz.

Germany > Denmark > Norway > North Cape (Nordkapp) > Finland > Germany

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Day 36 | Svensby - Sekkemo | 141 KM | 1303 HM

 

At first the weather was still nice when I got up at 06:00. Then it became cloudy. Heavy equipment at the quarry. There is no lack of such things here.

 

Around noon the sun came out. At least in places.

 

Lunch break at the Coop in Lyngseidet on the Lyngenfjord. In the middle of an exhibition. The coffee was free again.

 

On the other side we met this strange bicycle. The good man had a problem, which you could already see in his face. During a service in Finland of his hydraulic brake, the bicycle dealer had probably forgotten to put in a screw. This probably led to the front wheel not sitting properly and to play developing over time. That was his theory. Unfortunately, it's the side with the SON hub dynamo. I took a look at it once and was also of the opinion that it couldn't be opened and repaired with our means. He had already ordered a replacement wheel to Tromsø. Now it was just a matter of the bearing running a bit better again today.

 

A bit more Lyngenfjord. At the very end, the mountains showed themselves a little.

 

It stayed very fresh today.

 

What are those big fences for? Against snowdrifts? To keep reindeer off the road in special places? But why are there gaps in them?

 

Then came a somewhat sweaty hill as a tunnel bypass. Then down to Sjørkjosen.

 

Behind Storlett we soon met Juras from the Netherlands on his racing bike. He is in his thirties, rides at least 200 km a day and is quite fast. But minimal luggage on the bike. He outdid all previous bikepackers. We talked for a good 30 minutes. On the next climb up a fell at 400 metres, he left us behind.

 

As we descended, Biggi a good 500 metres ahead of me, I saw a motorcyclist at the next vantage point looking after Biggi and running across the place with his mobile phone to take her picture. But she was so fast that the green became small very quickly. That looked pretty good, how she rolled down a long curve very fast. Just at that moment I passed the car park and he was totally excited to be able to photograph me. Down in Sørstraumen we met the Dutchman again at the mini supermarket.

 

Still through a long construction site. Then at the fjord it became really nice.

 

Today, the two climbs are nicely visible as jags in the profile. At the campsite there was a Hamburger with his bike. I had a good chat with him today about all sorts of things. It was a lot of fun, because he was really into it.

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⬆️ Start at 09:00 h / Beginn um 09:00 Uhr / Début à 09:00 h

⬆️ Quarry / Steinbruch / Carrière

⬆️ Noon in the Coop / Mittags im Coop / Midi à la Coop

⬆️ Trike with damage / Trike mit Schaden / Trike endommagé

⬆️ View on the Lyngen Alps / Blick auf die Lyngen-Alpen / Vue sur les Alpes de Lyngen

⬆️ Fence for reindeer / Zaun für Rentiere / Clôture pour rennes

⬆️ On the top with panoramic view / Auf dem Gipfel mit Panoramablick / Au sommet avec vue panoramique

⬆️ Nice at the Fjord / Schön am Fjord / Joli au Fjord

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2022 VELOMOBILE ROAD TRIP: 35 DAYS WITH BRIGITTE AND FRITZ (EN/DE/FR)

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