19-05-19
The first night
As first nights in the wilderness of north Norway go last night was terrible. I got up the mountains at around 6pm, shivering and tired I decided I'd stop for the night, have some food and some sleep.
Basically I was pretty sick, I don't know what caused it, the travelling, the exercise or the food. Whatever it was it was pretty grim, also turns out when you're surrounded by snow and it's minus degrees outside it's very cold. So a combination of the sickness and cold meant I barely slept.
In the morning I had a choice, keep heading north (where it gets colder) and get to Nordkapp just as the weather gets worse, or head back to Alta and go south on the rest of the journey.
I decided on the south, I packed up and headed back to Alta and then on to Talvik, I've just got here and set up my camp for the night.
It's safe to say it's a lot easier going and I'm a lot happier now and I don't regret not getting to Norkapp!