Farsund and Mandal - 2nd-3rd June
The headland west of Lomesanden The campsite at Lomesanden is hidden away behind a giant industrial site making aluminium castings. There is a wide, curving sandy beach sheltered to the west by a headland crowned by WWII German gun emplacements, so it’s very safe! The site was about 3km from the town of Farsund and when I cycled into town I found a huge new roundabout on the edge hosting two large supermarkets. This proved to be a pattern in Norway, as I suppose it is in the UK. Sometimes three supermarkets shared a roundabout. They were all a little different in price and range of goods available, but I wouldn’t want to spoil any traveller’s fun by telling them which was which. On Monday I took a day off from cycling - and cycled into Farsund. It was mostly closed – partly because it was still winter and partly, I think, because it was Monday. It’s quite a small town with a population that clearly grows a lot in the summer when the holiday...