Thursday 9th August 2018
The next leg of our meander down the Lofoten Isles brought us to Moskenes Camping. Although a little on the expensive side, 340NOK per night, it is perfectly located next to the ferry port for our departure back to the mainland on Saturdays 10:30am ferry.
Towing Kilometres – Today: 103 Cumulative: 21,148
We booked to stay two nights as we wanted to visit the nearby villages of Å, Reine, and have a spare day to visit Nusfjord a preserved fishing village 45km or so back up off the E10.
Once we had the caravan setup we jumped into the car and headed off a few kilometeres to visit Å, literally the end of the road down the Lofotens.
We had a short wander around until the rain started falling heavily and we called it a day.
Friday 10th August 2018
Friday dawned a much brighter day and we made our way into Reine to take some photographs and then headed over to the delightful preserved fishing village of Nusfjord. The scenery around the village is simply stunning and the preserved buildings are very interesting to look around. The sawmill, built in 1925, in particular looked like a serious accident waiting to happen. We were not surprised to read later that it had been shut down in the 1980’s after an health and safety inspection 🙂
The Red Boat Shed is one of the oldest buildings in Nusfjord dating from before 1877.
The village had its’ own hydro electric power station from 1905. It was capable of producing 15kw, enough to supply one lamp on the dock, an electric crane on the third floor of the fish landing station and electricity for the house of the owner of the fishing village 🙂
There is an admission fee of 75NOK per person during the summer season which goes to support the preservation and development of the village.
Saturday 11th August 2018
Saturday was once again a dull drizzly day and we packed up and made our way down to the ferry port in good time to see our ship arrive. The efficiency of the ferry operators is to be admired, the ferries always seem to arrive and depart bang on time. We had chosen the longer, 7½ hour crossing to Bodø that stops off at two more of the remotest islands before crossing to the mainland. We had hoped to spot some whales or dolphins enroute but this was not to be.
