Day 24 Cecilie and Jan to Gressholmene

Day 24/Monday 5th of August. Cecilie and Jan to Gressholmene. 40 km, 663 km total. And this is the GRAND TOTAL. We end our paddling here.
It was difficult to leave the hospitality and good company of Stein’s friends. But in the end we summoned the wherewithal and got in the kayaks.
We planned for a bit of a lone day to get to a good place to demobilize tomorrow (Tuesday).
A good place would be Gressholmene south of Harstad, an about 40 km paddle. But with two stops planned along the way and three weeks of training we should be OK.
And with the weather we had we were more than OK. At some point we started to think about heat stroke…
When we arrived at Gressholmene it was a very nice beach and a very nice set up including toilets.
In the morning the owner came along and explained that the municipality rented the land for public access. The amenities had been built by the land owners and then sold to the municipality who looked after cost of operations.
One final piece of information: camping was not allowed….
Well, the sin had already been committed and given that we came with kayaks, not a camper van, we were easily forgiven.
A very good spot to end a very good trip.Lue lisää