Ski and Paddle Norway 2009

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I did not get to bed until nearly 0300 last night and I slept right through until 1000. I was well rested in the very comfortable bed. After a wonderful breakfast which Mrs Naess prepared with coffee I was mentally ready to go at 1100.

However the wind was slowly beginning to increase it was a force four already now and more and more white horses were appearing on the sea all the time. Initially this would not be a problem as I was following the coast for some 20 km but after that I would have to cross Ullsfjord for a good 10 km to get further. In addition the weather forecast said that the wind would increase up to a force six later in the afternoon.

I had yesterday’s blog to write up and decided to do some writing to see what happened. As I wrote I could see out of the window that although the sky was completely clear and the sun was strong the wind was slowly increasing. Halfway through writing it looked like it was a force five and the sea was covered in larger white horses. It would have been rough even to head down the coast the 20 km to Lenangsoyra, where I could cross Ullsfjord.

I continued writing and caught up with all the paperwork, until 1500 by which time the forecast force six had arrived. I had missed my chance this morning but I was too tired this morning to be able to get up at 0600.

Mrs Naess prepared a wonderful dinner for the 4 of us and then they went off to a relations party. One of their sons, Cato, was repairing a boat and I went through to see the workshops. They were huge and immaculate. The workshops were in the converted barn where Mr Naess had kept sheep, cows and many pigs in earlier years.

In the evening it looked the continued to blow the sea white as the wind shifted direction from the north east to the north, but was not diminishing. The forecast was for it to diminish in the night to a force four again tomorrow so hopefully I can make a start then on the final 60 odd km to Tromso.

It had been a relatively dull day but the rest did me good and allowed me time to catch up.

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