Well, disaster has struck! We ran out of internet! I’m not even sure when I’ll be able to get this online. It’s not such a terrible thing so far, as the last two days have been driving days. Yesterday we spent the whole day on the road. I’d intended stopping somewhere short of Trondheim so as to be roughly half way to Alesund. It didn’t quite work out that way as we never saw any likely places for camping until well after Trondheim. Consequently not much to report. We stopped a few times along the way mostly to photograph waterfalls none of which resulted in outstanding images so just as well as I don’t have the capability to post them here. Other than that I’m sorry to say the day was a steady driving slog! We eventually stayed on a huge roadside car park occupied by just us and a lorry. It was pretty bleak and it was only next morning that I thought to look at the elevation on the Sat Nav. We were actually at 1150 feet so no surprise that it was cold. Not only that but it rained most of the night and Lynne didn’t get much sleep as a result. I was ok thanks to the fact that I wear ear plugs in bed anyway. Ho hum, really interesting so far eh? I’m not going to bore you with any more details of this excruciatingly average day, so on to today.
Yes, well. Today was not much better. It rained almost all day and we spent most of the day driving again. We were heading for Alesund but had a little detour along the way to see the Atlantic Ocean Road. Once again it was pouring most of the time we were there. Before we got there we had debated whether or not to go ahead as it was very windy and I had visions of another driving experience like Nordkapp. However, when we got there it wasn’t too bad so we drove the 8 kilometers or so and then drove back. It’s a stunning place and the Norwegians build the most incredible bridges. This road is made up of numerous bridges which link up lots of small islands along the stretch of coast. One of the bridges goes up in the air and round a bend at the same time. (Is any of this making any sense?) You would have to see a photo to understand but as I’m writing this with a link to Lynne’s I phone, I don’t know how to add photos and I never took a decent one anyway!
So, on to Alesund. We made pretty good time getting to Alesund and quickly found the car park which caters to motorhomes. It’s right on the waterfront and provides electricity and everything. (Except WiFi) Alesund looks nice so we’re looking forward to having a look around tomorrow as everything was closed just as we got there. Sorry these haven’t been the two most scintilating days but with no internet it’s difficult to present a good blog anyway, ie, no photos!
To sum up today, well, it pissed down most of the day making the driving generally quite unpleasant, we saw the Atlantic Ocean Road which I think would have been brilliant on a day where it wasn’t blowing a gale and raining but today was a bit of a disappointment because I couldn’t really do any decent photography in what should have been a stunning location.
I think we might spend two nights here so tomorrow might be a bit more chilled. I could do with a break from driving for a short while. Today we went over the 5000 mile mark since leaving home!
Wandering Wildman 