Sunday 19th July 2026

Today we travelled east from Stamsund to Solvaer where, after much searching, I found a "laundrette" in a small building on a jetty in the marina. We packed all our dirty laundry into a big bag and made our way over.

The laundrette turned out to be two washing machines and two dryers in a pokey little room. One of the washing machines was reputed to be out of order and the other was being used so we decided to give it a miss!

We left Solvaer and travelled north on the E10 to a rest area with a sewage disposal point. Then we went west a few kilometres on a B type road to this nice level parking area where we stopped for the day.

It's a wooded area.

Here a backpacker guards his four mates backpacks while three of them are off fishing and the fourth is fiddling with his smartphone down at the other end of the parking area.

There are some nice views from here.

There ar four other vans here tonight. Belgian, French, German and Polish registration plates. We watched the first half of the World Cup Final on my smartphone as there was no TV reception. We went to bed during the dubious half time show! Result Argentina 0 Spain 1, apparently Trump tried to muscle in on Spain's victory celebrations!

Today we travelled 58 miles (93 kilometres). We are at: N68.31273 E14.57513

Near Vestpollen     Street view from 2022 since then the parking area has been enlarged