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Most things go up but I'm slightly on the down

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Moooooorning......washing done, showered and enjoying thw sunshine  Whale tour booked for the following morning and a nice meandering drive planned for the day. A lazy start with some van admin which included sorting the pooper which was surprisingly not as vomit worthy as i was expecting but the buff face covering still warranted. Water filled and off we went. We swung by the supermarket to gather some fruit and snacks and set off again.....however as we progressed i became more and more poorly so i handed over the driving reins and spent much of the day alseep. The island of andoy has a rocket launching pad where they send rockets into space to research the aurora. Blick and Stave had gorgeous sandy beaches and some further amazing walks that time and for me energy was escaping. I will definitely be leaving knowing i will want to come again. We chose to wiggle along the western edge of the island towards Andennes where we would eventually catch our whale t...

Things could only get better....

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Tap tap..... Hmmmm...... Was that someone knocking on the van? I was half alseep in some wildly crazy vivid dream as we all semi woke up hot as hell to a 'stern' Norwegian lady. Why are you parked in two spaces? Our jaunty angle not sounding so fun I will have to fine you 600 kronas way too early to vaguely contemplate the maths or formulate a response but Lindsey diplomatically replied that it was slmeone elses fault and we will move cue some shuffling around in pyjamas and we were off to the capsite we had spied as we were also reaching a critical situation with toilet onboard. Campsite flakstad was a great location at the other end of the beach and had the toilet emptying facilities but the grumpy man wouldnt let us even pay to do it....day not starti g well. We paused made a cup of tea in bid to improve our day in search of a breakfast spot. I closed the sliding door with the window still open on its hydraulic arms and they detach. So while i climb ...