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| View from the waterfall...spot Ruakiwi, parked in the distance by the road, |
(Writing this on Thursday as camped with Conny and Gerhart last night
and we had a very good evening and late to bed!!! It will be a short blog!)
It was a perfect start to our
day with the sun shining although I did pop out early and there were some dark
clouds over the mountains but they soon cleared. Across the valley there was a
huge waterfall so after breakfast we put our boots on and hiked up to the
waterfall, just love this wilderness area with the alpine plants and rocks. A
perfect start to the day.
Continued on along 15 with the
golden autumn colours just breathtaking. We descended into Lom through a
valley, and stopped in a large carpark beside a Stave Church. Just about to
have lunch and were delighted to see Conny and Gerhart, the German friends we
met a few days ago, pull in beside us. Had a great catch up and then we all
went and had a look around the church. This was in such great order and for
once, it was open, for a fee. What an amazing building and so enjoyed finally
getting to see the inside.
We travelled together during
the afternoon along HW55 up into the mountains, climbing all the way to almost
1500 metres, and we were right amongst the glaciers, a really barren but
amazing landscape. The weather changed and the rain started coming in so our
very steep descent down the other side to the fjord at Skjolden in the rain
along with more hairpins was not the most pleasant of drives. But we made it
and continued on in the misty rain which finally stopped to reveal the calm
misty waters of the glacier.
We decided that we would
overnight with C & G so they lead the way and found a campsite up a 2 km
gravel road arriving about 6pm. It was quite mild so we pulled out the chairs
and table and some wine (!) and had a marvellous evening with a shared dinner.
This is a part of motor homing that I really love and with the language issues
there have been very few people who speak good enough English to really be able
to have a conversation with.
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| Patchwork of colours |
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| Morning view |
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| Stave Church |
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| An old grain storage building |
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| Gerhart and Conny |
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| Great night! |
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x Jen