{"id":23213,"date":"2016-08-10T17:29:20","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T16:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=23213"},"modified":"2021-07-23T16:13:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T15:13:14","slug":"sunshine-returns-in-eggum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/sunshine-returns-in-eggum\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunshine returns in Eggum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zagan the motorhome has a windscreen full of deep blue sea and a backside protected by a wall of rocks, as he looks out from his parking place in Eggum on Vestv\u00e5g\u00f8y, in the Lofoten Islands (N68.30728, E13.65127<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Bobil (motorhome) parking in Eggum<\/p><\/div>\n

Our plan to escape the worst of the weather on a campsite seems to have worked. Today we only had one short shower of rain as we drove across a bridge over sea greener than an Olympic diving pool. The landscape around here wouldn’t look out of place on a tropical island; white sands, azure (if cold) water, green slopes and\u00a0brooding rock faces. Jay said earlier that after watching the latest series of Game of Thrones he wouldn’t be surprised if a dragon flew over us; it’s that type of mythical landscape.<\/p>\n

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Arriving at Eggum we drove straight past\u00a0the multi-hued wooden houses in the village to a tower of stones on a headland. The tower was built by the Germans\u00a0during the war and housed a petrol driven radar, now it marks the start of the Eggum nature reserve. After being cooped up in Zagan for a few days, it felt wonderful to get out and stretch our legs.<\/p>\n

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Proper leg stretch<\/p><\/div>\n

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Roads around the Lofoten islands are strange. The main artery, the E10 is a single carriageway road which winds its way across the islands letting you reach dizzy heights of 80 Kph (about 50mph), but generally restricted to 60kph (just under 40mph). Branching off the E10 are smaller roads, many single track with passing places each going to small fishing village. Several of them end at the fishing village and from there is a hike to the next village along the coast. In the case of Eggum, you can drive here then hike 7km to Unstad. To drive to Unstad you would have to retrace your tyre tracks back to the E10 and take the next road off it on your right, a 25km drive.<\/p>\n

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As if the scenery wasn’t enough, the Lofotens are dotted with great pieces of artwork. This head is only a head from certain angles.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t