Sunday 15th July. 67 miles to Djupvik

So now I am cutting West before going North. Not a lot of roads out of Tromso, so for what should have been a short while,was on the E 8 which goes South. Missed my turn and went too far and had to return to my 91 turnoff; not well signed,so that is my excuse!
2 ferries and snow peaked mountains later,I really do feel as if I am getting further north.
Beautiful fiord after the first ferry, but the mountains are not all they seem..... apparently there is a large NATO base underneath them, with missiles ready to defend Tromso. Also a large underground hospital. I know all this because as I waited for the ferry and then on it, I was talking to an elderly gentleman who has lived in the area all his life.
It is then back onto the E8-there are no other roads north- but then there are not a lot of towns either. Camping again tonight and looking out at mountains across the fiord which have snow in the gulleys.

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Wednesday 4th July. 53 miles

Continuing on Route 1 Cycle Way North, which is the same as road number 15, the tourist route North. Beautiful, but what a lot of German and Dutch camper vans there are! I check the nationality sticker as they go past: yesterday more Dutch, today more German. A few touring cyclists as well, including another solo female going the 0pposite direction to me. 2 ferries today.When I get off once the vehicle traffic has gone, I have the road to myself. Whilst waiting for the second ferry, I had to cycle some distance away as a controlled dynamite explosion blew up rock to extend the pier area. I visited a couple of places today: First an old 19th century village-actually I think they had moved the buildings to a common site. Secondly a war cemetery for the thousands of Russians killed in Norway between 1941 and 1945. War cemeteries are such poignant places,. ...

Monday 25th.71miles

I returned to Ulsteinvik from my detour campsite. I went into the Remix supermarket, which looked remarkably like a Lidl, although being Norway, the prices are higher. Then it was the main road to the next ferry at Hareid. There was a shared route cycle path which was nice, but I got off it to give space to a group of nursery age children who were walking along holding hands in lines of 3 . Coming off the ferry, my road became busy. Alesund not far away is a surprisingly large place and I hit the dreaded E39 the main arterial road/duel carriageway going North. There are cycle paths and between mio and me we got through.( Though why mio took me off the cycle path, hrough an industrial estate only to return to the same road is questionable). My route then led me along quiet roads up a fiord side, round it and back down the other side. Then I cycled 3 sides of the square which made up a peninsula in order to avoid a large tunn...

Some pics.....

Fish Drying Rack Sunday evening view of the hills from my campsite. Monday morning's treat-coffee and cake!

Cycling North

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