Journey: Alta – North Cape – Honningsvag
What an amazing day, given we weren’t planning on going to Norway and certainly weren’t planning on heading too far north…we have reached the northern most point of the European continent – Nordkapp! Or at least we are pretty sure we have, it was such thick fog we couldn’t see anything 😂
When we arrived a young man was having his photo taken with the globe. He has walked from Italy to North Cape some 5000km! We have invited him to stay with us this evening, so our van is extra cosy, and we have heard lots about his amazing trip.
In the morning before our mammoth drive, we went to Alta’s rock art museum which was fascinating. The art ranged from 7000-2000 years old and the booklet described the possible meanings. It was interesting to see the change in style and emphasis of what they depicted. I made a couple of necklaces from moose bone and reindeer antler, and we had lunch at the architecturally striking Northern Lights Church.
Post lunch we tried and failed to find a trail called Lille Raipas, but I did pick up a hitchhiker who had been on a long hike with his family and needed a lift back to his car 30km away. He showed us the start of the trail he had done in Stabbursdalen National Park so we waded across the river and took the pups for a short walk. It was shorter than planned as we stubbled upon a wasp nest when crossing a bridge and the dogs went nuts…fortunately nobody was stung and we all ran away…like the intrepid adventures we are 😂
The drive up to Nordkapp was breathtaking. The landscape and scenery is just stunning and the further north we went the worse the weather got, but still it had a bleak raw beauty. In his 20s Mark had inter railed across Europe and had meant to reach North Cape but caught glandular fever, so regardless of the drizzle and heavy fog, some 40 years later he has made it. Plus they had a cinema film which showed what it looked like on a clear day…so we sort of know.
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