Pretty much this

You got a fast car?
I want a ticket to anywhere
Maybe we make a deal
Maybe together we can get somewhere
Any place is better*

Tracy Chapman, Fast car

* “Almost any place less wetter” would probably suit me fine..

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I had a plan.. and then I ruined it.

I was going to accept the rain and the bleugh weather and sit in the cafe until it dried off, and work on the behind-the-scenes part of the blog, and catch up on posting pictures.

I almost did, too.

I packed everything I needed into the waterproofest bag and headed to the cafe….

…where I met a super interesting old cyclist from Belgium who’d cycled here from Tarifa. In two months. Crazy guy, but super interesting conversation. He’d cycled across Africa and South America and all over the place. He was fed up of the fog and the rain and had packed up early so he could head to Alta on the bus. When he asked if I really wanted to spend another night and the best part of 2 days in my tent and the cafe it sounded like a pretty dire choice. Getting the bus to Hönningsvag or the mainland (or anywhere really) sounded much more appealing.

So I went off to pack my tent. In the rain.I

And I was too slow.

I was fighting a wet tent into a bag as the bus went past.

~5 minutes later I was ready to go.

But the bus was gone.

The only bus.

(There’s only one public/non-tour bus off the Island a day).

Yay.

So I found some socks and went back to the cafe. With all my stuff.

I’m still drying off but I think it’s time to stand at the edge of the car park and hope someone will take me to somewhere south of The North.

I don’t really care where. Except I do have a lot of criteria/requests.. near a bus stop where busses actually stop, near food, near somewhere I can sleep that doesn’t cost 200€/night.

Could be fun…….

And I still haven’t done my blog stuff.

And one of the things the Cycling Guy said, while he was debating (with himself) about getting a boat from Hönningsvag instead of busses to Alta and beyond was:

“No. I decided to go to Alta so I’ll go to Alta. Sometimes it’s good to stick to stick your plan.”

Indeed.

It would seem that sometimes it is 🙂

(Leaving on tomorrow’s bus would have meant either not seeing Hönningsvag or losing another day, because the boat and bus towards Kirkenes leave in the mornings…

But at least my tent being up meant having somewhere free to sleep 🙃🙈)