Sunday 22nd July. Approx 40 miles

I made my way back to stay with Tove. I got given a lift through the sea tunnel and as far as the silver shop, which I had passed on my cycle north. No need to cycle the same road twice! Then cycled via Oldderfiorden to the farm which Tove's husband runs. They have about 30 cows - dairy but there is an automatic milking system, so the cows decide when they are going to be milked. They also have some sheep. Plus go fishing, I had the most amazing king crab for tea.
The families true love, however, is Liverpool football team, and they are avid supporters. They play a lot themselves as well. There is a reason for this. Until the early 1990's there was only one T. V. Channel and like in the UK the Saturday fixture was match of the day, so most people in Norway support an English team. In this case Liverpool, they have been to see them play several times.
A special thank you to this family for looking after me.

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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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