Month: September 2019

99 Miles in 5 hours 36 minutes….what a long drive! 😴 We’re cutting across country now towards Oslo, as this route, although little used, is meant to be a lot more interesting than the south coast. A very murky start

Glad we decided to do this today – not the cheapest option, but saved a lot of faff and a bit of diesel. The ferry had three or four stops and I think it takes careful organising of cars and

Making the most of our free parking, we walked back down into the town again this morning. Toyed with the idea of going in the Petroleum Museum, which had some good reviews – I think Guy would’ve been enthralled, but

Diabolical weather all night and most of today. I always thought we got a lot of rain in the UK but Norway has to take the prize for downpours. We set off for Stavanger thinking it would take us an

The rain never stopped last night – thank God we moved on to the tarmac. The grass was a swamp! The driver had a proper rest though, so it was quite good in a way, that the weather was so

Guest Ed slot… yippee😳 Still at Camping Lindum Got up late Did more washing Ate food Had panic as van was parked on grass which was rapidly looking like a lake due to torrential rain Moved van Ate more food

Following Highway 13, we had our first stop at the Låtefossen Waterfalls. There’d been yet more rain in the night and I don’t think there could have possibly been any more water come over those rocks. The noise was deafening.

A slight disappointment as this is one of the best known fjords but the scenery was nowhere near as dramatic as the ones further north. It’s been quite a dull rainy day too, so that didn’t help. The fjord is

It seemed quite noisy in the city last night. Think we’re just not used to it and we had parked on the equivalent of Peel Street! Lots of rain again – they get 260 days a year of it in