Apparently we’ve only driven about 22 miles today according to the phone spy. The Aurlandsvegen felt more like 122! Another one of Norway’s scenic routes, it went up and up forever and I think it was the narrowest road we’ve been on – thankfully, there were plenty of passing places.
One of the viewpoints on the plateau was a bit odd. There was a path spiralling off around the hillside which lead to a small concrete bunker containing what was described as an art installation. In reality, it was a stuffed bear with a load of junk behind some glass! Bearing (ha😂’bear’ing) in mind that this is on a wild mountain in the middle of nowhere, we couldn’t figure it out at all.
The best bit of the route was the amazing viewpoint at Stegastein. Think the write up in the Lonely Planet Guide describes it really well….’designed to push you out of your comfort zone, like Norway itself’. Well, I’d agree with that, although I do like these overhanging things as long as they have hand rails and are safe!
Back down at the bottom, we had our lunch in Aurland – Philly cheese & crackers again – we’re on the fifth tub in about two weeks😮- it’s cheap!
Then, we moved on to Flam, where we’d planned to have a trip on the worlds steepest railway tomorrow. On learning it was only 20km long and 6 of those were in tunnels we decided against paying over £100 for two return tickets. The platform resembled a sardine tin and I don’t think we’d have seen anything different to the stuff we’ve already seen.
Drove on again, in what was now pouring rain and ended up parking at Gudvangen ferry port. Surrounded by mountains and waterfalls, oh, and there’s a flood warning.