Day 4 Kristiansund to Straumen

Today was a real cross country run,  off the well beaten track to Nordkap and literally  driving through Hell.

Much of the road was "dirt", actual crushed limestone which meant a)  if a faster car passed you couldn't see for dust for 5 minutes and b) hire car or not it needed to be washed once we got back to tarmac.

Sent on the move.

Day 4 Kristiansund to Straumen

Today was a real cross country run,  off the well beaten track to Nordkap and literally  driving through Hell.

Much of the road was "dirt", actual crushed limestone which meant a)  if a faster car passed you couldn't see for dust for 5 minutes and b) hire car or not it needed to be washed once we got back to tarmac.

Sent on the move.

Day 3 Dombas to Kristiansund

...and make sure you spell that right, put Kristiansand in the satnav and you end up 900km in wrong direction!

An awesome, this time the right word, drive along the Rauma valley,very narrow with a flat lush bottom and towering steep rock sides. Opens out to the Langfjorden and the ferry crossing it.

Had come this way especially to dtive the Atlantic Way... an iconic road billed as the "world’s most beautiful drive," it hops over the ocean using eight twisting bridges to connect the islands of Averøy with the mainland.  Found it boring.... a big let down.

Arrived in Kristiansund early enough to have a walk around town and found the Sundbaten ...a free ferry that travels to all four islands that make up Kristiansund.

And while on the ferry the Hurtigruten MV Kong Harald arrived..  

Goodnight all... sorry for brief posts, computer is poorly....

Sent on the move.

Day 2 ... and no real posts yet!

Why... well my laptop has broken off relations with my phone so combining photos with text proving difficult.

Still, off to a great start...the discovery of the exorbitant toll fees drove me up into the hills on roads, some dirt,  parallel to the main highway and it was worth it. 

This part of Norway is much like a softer and much, much larger Lake District. 

Rolling hills, meadows, forests,  lakes,  lots and lots of lakes.

A stop in Lillehammer which seems to be living on its 1994 Winter Olympic status but hasa beautiful old town centre...and on yo Dombas, a ski centre for the night

Sent on the move.

Scandinavian Odyssey

This could be the experience of a lifetime ... or the end of a beautiful relationship.

I so enjoyed the vastness, raw beauty and cultural history of "Lapland" that I just wanted to share it.

The bike gave me the opportunity to get really close to the sights, sounds and sometimes fishy smells of that far northern land....I hope it is not diminished by being experienced from a car

Sent on the move.

 A New Beginning.....

Having left my beloved motorcycle in a scrapyard in Germany I'm filling the time it is taking to convince my wife I should have another ... that's a motorcycle not a wife ... walking around the amazing villages, towns and countryside in North Yorkshire.

I'm hoping to share some of those walks with you ... more to follow ...

Around Crathorne Village