{"id":23042,"date":"2016-08-03T21:55:47","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T20:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=23042"},"modified":"2021-07-23T16:18:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T15:18:40","slug":"into-the-lofotens-free-camping-on-austvagoy-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/into-the-lofotens-free-camping-on-austvagoy-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Into the Lofotens, Free Camping on Austv\u00e5g\u00f8y Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zagan the motorhome&#8217;s fending off the mists and rain on the northern Lofoten island of Austv\u00e5g\u00f8y, free camping along with 7\u00a0other vans at a viewpoint by the ocean (<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=loc:68.31580,14.71555\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">N68.31580, E14.71555<\/a>). The view would be (and hopefully will be in the morning) stunning, but for the drizzle and low cloud. Even in this most British of weather, the water hanging in a 200m fall from the cliff face opposite looks just superb.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23056\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23056\" class=\"wp-image-23056 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07176-1024x512-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Free camping on Austv\u00e5g\u00f8y. French, Belgian and Norwegian motorhomes with us this evening\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07176-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07176-1024x512-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07176-1024x512-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Free camping on Austv\u00e5g\u00f8y. French, Belgian and Norwegian motorhomes with us this evening<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_23055\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23055\" class=\"wp-image-23055 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07172-1024x400-1024x400.jpg\" alt=\"Our view tonight\" width=\"620\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07172-1024x400.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07172-1024x400-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07172-1024x400-768x300.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our view tonight<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When it comes to discussions about the most scenic places to visit in Europe, two places always seem to come out tops with fellow vanners: the Greek Peloponnese and The Norwegian Lofotens. \u00a0There are hosts of other contenders, but these two are the Big Hitters, the Muhammad\u00a0Ali and Mike Tyson of this fine continent we have the pleasure to travel. The Peloponnese we have seen, and they&#8217;re true wonders, the kind of place which should no longer exist in our world, but thankfully does. The Lofotens, we&#8217;re just about to see for ourselves, bring it the hell on.<\/p>\n<p>Last night as the sun dipped low, the Lofoten Wall to the south, a seemingly impassable hulk of mountains rising direct from the sea, glowed purple. The camera, not yet being the human eye, couldn&#8217;t capture it, but we had a go anyway before attempting sleep. Outside squawks and chatter of sea birds had me in mind of the aviary in one of the\u00a0<em>Jurassic Parks <\/em>as I drifted off.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23043\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23043\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23043\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07072-1024x512-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"The Lofoten Wall\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07072-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07072-1024x512-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07072-1024x512-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Lofoten Wall<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This morning I had a wander around our parking spot, checking out a memorial of a smashed engine, complete with intact lockwire, remembering folks killed when an airplane crashed in the 1940&#8217;s into the mountain above us in fog. Suitably sobered, we set off for mackerel. Wayne, from Charlie the Chucklebus, had caught a couple of fine examples, <a href=\"http:\/\/charliethechucklebuss.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">writing about them on his and Angie&#8217;s blog<\/a> and giving us the GPS co-ordinates. Heading for the hallowed spot the mountains climbed ahead of us, and the clouds slowly gathered.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23044\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23044\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23044\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07084-1024x512-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Heading for the Lofotens from the North\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07084-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07084-1024x512-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07084-1024x512-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23044\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heading for the Lofotens from the North<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_23045\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23045\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23045\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07092-1024x512-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Many tunnels today, some 2 miles long. We tuned into tunnel radio to entertain us\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07092-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07092-1024x512-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07092-1024x512-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many tunnels today, some 2 miles long. We tuned into tunnel radio to entertain us<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rolling into the mackerel spot, a patch of land at the end of a beautiful fjord near Hamsel (N68.46634, E15.40104), I leaped out and scrambled through the heather and stone down to the sea. Standing on a rock, I threw the lure in a few times until bang! The damn thing got caught on the sea bed. No, wait, it&#8217;s moving, slewing about in the water. Reeling like a fool I caught a flash of camo-skin: mackerel! After a quick fight in which the reel unwound on its safety ratchet as quickly as I could wind in, I pulled the magnificent animal in. A short while later the same: another beautiful fish, and plenty enough for tea for the two of us. Filleted, dried, salted and quickly shallow-fried, they tasted very fine indeed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23046\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23046\" class=\"wp-image-23046 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07101-1024x768-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Mackerel from the Arctic. Caught with a basic metal lure and a cheap telescopic rod\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07101-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07101-1024x768-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07101-1024x768-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07101-1024x768-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07101-1024x768-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23046\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mackerel from the Arctic fjord behind them. Caught with a basic metal lure and a cheap telescopic rod<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_23047\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23047\" class=\"wp-image-23047 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07102-1024x512-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"Charlie scored a few bits shaved off during filleting\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07102-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07102-1024x512-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07102-1024x512-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23047\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charlie scored a few bits shaved off during filleting<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Despite being a cracking spot to stay, there are sooooo many similar cracking spots around these parts, and the rain was now steadily falling. Checking out the potential places along the way who should arrive, much to their bemusement, but Richard and Jenny! Having made a foray up to St\u00f8 they were on the same path as us and accidentally arrived at the same (hidden from the road) spot as us. Over a brew we caught up before deciding on somewhere to meet up later on.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23049\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23049\" class=\"wp-image-23049 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07109-1024x594-1024x594.jpg\" alt=\"Mackerel fishing spot near Hadsel\" width=\"620\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07109-1024x594.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07109-1024x594-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07109-1024x594-768x446.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23049\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mackerel fishing spot near Hadsel<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_23050\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23050\" class=\"wp-image-23050 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07114-1024x518-1024x518.jpg\" alt=\"Spotting the famous Hurtigruten as we crossed the bridge to Austv\u00e5g\u00f8y\" width=\"620\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07114-1024x518.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07114-1024x518-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07114-1024x518-768x389.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23050\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spotting the famous Hurtigruten as we crossed the bridge to Austv\u00e5g\u00f8y<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After that it went a tiny bit wrong. On the way out of a miles-long tunnel, the fuel light came on. Ah. Out we popped and found Richard and Jenny parked by a ferry port. Asking at the cafe, the lady confirmed the nearest fuel was either (a) 500m from the ferry port\u00a0on the other side\u00a0&#8211; requiring a not-too-cheap boat to get to it or (b) 30km away at Svolv\u00e6r. Or we could siphon some fuel from Richard and Jenny&#8217;s wagon (thanks again guys), but I&#8217;d done that in the past and got a lungful which I don&#8217;t ever fancy getting again. T&#8217;interweb told me a Fiat Ducato should do 50 miles on the fuel light so off we went, feeling a bit sick at the thought of being a mile into a tunnel and running out of diesel.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23051\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23051\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23051\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07129-1024x525-1024x525.jpg\" alt=\"Fiat Ducato fuel light on, ah...\" width=\"620\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07129-1024x525.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07129-1024x525-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07129-1024x525-768x394.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23051\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fiat Ducato fuel light on, ah&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Fortunately the road chose to keep close to the wet stuff, and not thirstily switch back and forth over the hills and we easily made it with a good 5\u00a0litres of diesel to spare, phew.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23052\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23052\" class=\"wp-image-23052 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07142-1024x543-1024x543.jpg\" alt=\"Ouch, that's a big number\" width=\"620\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07142-1024x543.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07142-1024x543-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07142-1024x543-768x407.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23052\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ouch, that&#8217;s a big number<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_23053\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23053\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23053\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07144-1024x512-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"This way to the LPG, but get there before 5pm!\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07144-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07144-1024x512-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC07144-1024x512-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-23053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This way to the LPG, but get there before 5pm!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Relieved, we tried to top off the LPG tanks too but the place was closed for the evening, so not being too taken with Svolv\u00e6r, we cruised a few miles back down the E10 here. Popping ourselves in a corner, we&#8217;ve taken a look about before settling in with a book (Michael Booth&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/0099546078\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=0099546078&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=outoamilieuwa-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Almost Nearly Perfect People<\/a> &#8211; Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia for me, no less &#8211; thanks Wayne &#8211; I can hardly put it down) and watching a bit of telly. 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