Monday. Today is our last day on the rv17, the area we are passing through is really beautiful, we both thinks it's more so than the first part, which the guide book reckons is the most beautiful. The road is passing through lush green valleys with forested hillsides leading up to stoney mountains, wide rivers and fjords below. It feels very alpine. The last ferry on the route was running late, we pulled up behind some bikers, one couple French and the other Russian, Les joined in conversation with them, there seemed to be a bit of a competition as to who had travelled the most distance. The French guy was a bit of a comedian and showed Les around his bike and sidecar, pointing to different bags and lockers calling them kitchen, bedroom etc. They ... read more

Saturday The sun is shining! After doing the regular checks on Dream Catcher Les thinks that we have a slow puncture, we will have to keep a check on it. I washed our walking clothes and hung them inside the back, with the heater on they will dry, but it looks like 'Widow Twanky's laundry'. Oh no it doesn't! Oh yes it does! We're on the road heading to Tromso, we've decided to take a couple of ferries to cut out some miles on roads that we drove up here on. We stopped to fill with water and empty the waste, Les checked the tyre, it was down again! He put more air into it.The scenery looks very green and lush after the barren view of the last few days every so often there are waterfalls ... read more

Friday What a change in the weather today, cold wet with low cloud! We pottered about in Dream Catcher catching up on a few little jobs and then set off to explore the rest of the island. There isn't any point in walking any trails as all the hikes climb up into the low cloud as Vaeroy is mostly a mountain with three small villages in grassy bays.We explored a couple of tracks leading to the sea and found a place where we could watch some of the local birds, there are pairs of eider ducks paddling around, it's always seems unfair with ducks that the males have such beautiful feathers and the females are so drab. There's a black guillemot, the first we've seen, it's smaller than I expected! Through the spotting scope Les found ... read more

Tuesday Lots of miles to cover today! With a couple of stop offs planned, the first one is the 17 metre high Laksforen water fall, it looks spectacular in full flow from the snow melt. We continue winding along the E6 which seems to have endless road works, there are workmen cutting trees down, blasting, breaking up, crushing and laying stone to make the new road, there are temporary speed limits that seem to change every few yards, we're just pleased that the road is quiet. By lunchtime we arrived at Mosjoen, this town has an historic street with over 100 listed buildings, but before we take a look, we shopped for food, a road map with more detail on it than the one we're using and just by chance the government run alcohol shop is ... read more

Tuesday Back On The Road.We set out a little later than usual as it took us a while to make a plan for the day. We decided to head for Lillehammer which is situated at the end of lake Mjosa. Along the way we passed over the forested hills on a fairly narrow road that wound its way to the top, on the way down the other side we met some road works, we had to wait for a while until a convoy of vehicles came the other way, led by a convoy car. The car turned around and led us down the mountain, past the workforce who were laying new Tarmac. We were surprised how many of the workers were women.We found a Lay-by to have a coffee break, the sun is really hot today, ... read more