Day 19 Sørmela til Bleik

Day 19/Wednesday 31 July. Sørmela to Bleik, 40 km/558 km total.
We had a leisurely breakfast in quiet surroundings before we paddled off. Navigation is easy in principle; just keep land to the right. But these are very shallow waters and it was often breaking white right left and center.
The small skerries that have a breaker on every wave is not a problem, but then there are others that break only every five minutes or so. And you don’t want to be there exactly then.
This made for attentive paddling, and just as well; it makes time go faster than on long flat crossings.
It took some time to find a place for lunch, a tiny islet just south of Nordmela turned out to be a good solution. Sort of place one finds in kayak, but not in a larger boat.
Then onwards between skerries and breakers for another four hours.
We had planned for Otervika, but as we arrived there we decided it was “another Bunes beach” I.e. too much carry and not as nice to pitch the tents as we had hoped. So we paddled on to Bleik Beach, and found a nice spot there.
Altogether 40 km. Makes for a short day to Andenes tomorrow.En savoir plus