After a casual pack away, we hitched up the caravan and pre-warmed the car engine to start the quite steep 5km climb up to the E16 road. Within a kilometre we entered the first of more than 30 tunnels on the route, the 11km tunnel to Gudvangen at the head of Nærøyfjord. Luckily there is no gephyrophobia * here 🙂
Towing Kilometres – Today: 150 Cumulative: 22,709
Next on the wish list of places to visit was the famous mountain railway, the Flåmsbana. So today we are Flåm bound.
The initial part of the journey meant backtracking up the FV724 to Olden before turning west. Continue reading Flåm Bound
In 2012, Paul & I had left Geiranger via the ferry cruise to Hellesylt and very much enjoyed the experience. As it would avoid having to tow a near 1.5 tonne caravan out of the fjord Kim & I decided that this would be the way to go again. The cost for the one hour ride was a little eye-watering, 1580NOK, but we went for it anyway.
Towing Kilometres – Today: 89 Cumulative: 22,344
After a good nights sleep in the layby we set off on a journey I had been looking forward to. I had ridden my motorcycle up Trollstigen, or Trolls Road, in 2012 and I knew that towing the van up would be exciting.
Kim wasn’t as enthused 🙂 We wound our way around the twisty roads until we finally reached the start of the climb. The climb passed fairly easily, with only one coach coming the other way 🙂
Towing Kilometres – Today: 174 Cumulative: 22,255
Happy 87th Birthday Dad!
We needed two new rear tyres. On the bus ride into the city yesterday I had spotted a couple of tyre fitting workshops, one only a couple of minutes away from the campsite, So, after getting almost everything packed and ready to roll, I drove down to see if they could quote for two tyres.