8. 6. 2023 - 58 km / 396 hm Forvik - Bratland

We start the day with a fine breakfast at Hanne's roastery and thus once again get to enjoy a high-quality espresso DoppioDoppio.

The bike tour begins with a short ferry ride from Forvik to Tjøtta. Today we are accompanied by Jean-Michel, a Frenchman who is in a different league on his bike. He has already been on the road for 86 days and started his tour in Tarifa (Spain) at the southernmost point of Europe. At about halfway he announces to us that he has just completed the 7000th kilometer, "Chapeau" Jean-Michel!

The rain shower today also takes place and lasts as long as it takes to put on the rain gear. Afterwards the sun and a lot of blue sky pleases us.

In Sandnessjøen we split up with Jean-Michel. We take the shortcut with the "Hurtigbåt" via Nesna to Stokkvågen. Another hour of cycling and after some searching and back and forth we lodge in an AirBnB house in a great location. AirBnB in this case stands for Bed & Bath. There's no breakfast and we'll be hungry tomorrow when we get on our bikes.

For once, the day says goodbye with a first class sunset and at a time (23:51) which we are not used to.