From Dokka I continued eastward on Rv33 to Gjøvik, which is located on the western shores of lake Mjøsa, Norways largest lake. The lake is very narrow but stretches in a north-southerly direction for about 110km; Gjøvik is situated approximately in the middle. My map shows a ferry that connects Gjøvik and Kapp with the city of Hamar on the east coast. However, when I arrived in Kapp I learned that the next one would go on Wednesday (today’s Sunday). Somewhat frustrated I tented on a campsite nearby after only 64 km of riding.
Met a German cyclist there, but I forgot where he’s headed. Also met two Dutch guys there who were cycling to the North Cape on a more or less direct route. It was their first day – they’d just started at an airport north of Oslo – and they had already had two flat tyres.
It was a rainy day today, and – as it turns out – the end of the hot but short Scandinavian summer.
