Mon 24th April 2023
Today Trondheim had a one inch snowfall and who knows how much on the mountain roads to it so we feel vindicated about our difficult decision last night, these motorhomes are not designed for those conditions.
When we left the campsite this morning we immediately began a steep climb out of the valley up a road with numerous hair pin bends, 2nd gear necessary, we soon ran into cloud then rain, sleet and finally snowfall. Thankfully we eventually levelled out and drove into a very long tunnel, emerging at the other side what a change there was, only drizzle and very little snow lying on the ground. We began to descend which went on for a long time, the road we were on was leading us to a ferry, however en route we went through 19 tunnels.
Yesterday when we went through tunnels they were very crudely cut through the rock, most had no illumination, no white or yellow lines and no reflectors at the side of the road. I struggled at times to make out the edge of the road as there was no curb Then this morning whilst lying wide awake before time to get up I had a 💡💡💡moment, I realised I hadn’t put beam deflectors on the headlights so they were pointing the wrong way. It certainly helped by putting them on before we left this morning although most tunnels today had some illumination.
Before leaving the UK I registered on line with a Norwegian company that collected the tolls for the government, this worked equally well with the ferry, the fees will automatically come out of my bank account and I will receive an email copy.
It wasn’t far from the end of the ferry crossing to the campsite, here again we experienced some difficulty in registering and paying to stay ( we never did pay last night, there was never any one in reception) at this site the office was empty and locked. There was a man working on one of the gardens so I asked him what to do “ he replied phone the number on the door, I will answer and text you details of everything you need😵💫”. I dutifully phoned him even though he was only metres away, he indicated he’d sent me a text, however it wouldn’t register on my phone, eventually we managed by using whatsapp. Why he couldn’t give me a piece of paper I’ll never know. After reading their web page it appears that it is part of their out of season procedure.
The site is on the edge of a huge park and lake, there is a swimming centre about 30m away from us with two outdoor heated swimming pools that have been in constant use since we arrived, I’ll keep my coat on and watch 😊
taraabit 