Day 7 Moskenes to Ånstad

Day 7/ Friday 19th July. Moskenes to Ånstad. 8 km. Start late arrive early (1930)
We got even more entusiástico for the room we got to rent from Jan Jacobsen when we looked out the window and the rain was pouring down.
No worries, we had a short 8 km paddle to Ånstad in front of us. And anyway, first stop of the day was with Karianne’s friends Lone and Arne. Lone is from here and they have built a spectacular second home over looking Lofoten and Vestfjorden.
We could just walk over. Lone made waffles and the two of them explained us about both current and ancient affairs in the area.
Somehow the discussion turned to geology and it turned out Erling had studied with Arne’s brother Tore - some few decades ago.
Erling got a tip about a very persistent white pegmatite (?) vein. Maybe something to explore.
Finally we got underway and paddled four km to Å. Another world heritage site. And very well visited on this sunny day.
Sigurd and Ann-Cathrin was just around the corner so we decided to wait. That decision was supported by an observation of a bakery sign. BUT Å turned out to be another all sold out world heritage site…, well not completely: they still had a couple of ice-cream.
And no bakery meant time to study the pegmatite vein. (For difficult to comprehend reasons Karianne and Stein skipped that part)
Sigurd and Ann-Cathrin arrived and after some back and forth to find a place to leave the car for four to five days, we were ready to paddle off for Ånstad. Another four km leg.
Since time was ample Karianne and Erling decided to fish.
Lots of very small “små sei” filled up Erling’s hooks. Just to throw out and give them a second chance.
For three of them that turned out to be a slim chance as a sea eagle swooped down and picked them up. The closest pick up was just 20 m from Erling’s kayak.
One creature’s nuisance another creature’s dinner.
After a while they catched enough sizable fish for dinner, and joined the other three at Ånstad. Once the largest fishing community for miles, now completely abandoned since 1946. Only the elaborate dry stone constructions built to improve the harbour and a few house foundations are left.
Campsite were a bit on the sloping and stony side, but served the purpose. Tomorrow we aim for Værøy. Weather permitting. The one concern we have is the sea fog which has been flowing over from the outside of Lofoten all day. But on this side visibility is good. Fingers crossed.Baca lagi