Our overnight accommodation in Fresvik
Day 1
Day 2
Today's hike to Kjellandbu Mountain Cabin was two hours each way. We were soon back above the snow level, and with lots of moody fog we reached the hikers’ hut where we stayed for lunch. It was quite small for a group of eight but we packed in and soon got a fire going to thaw out our feet. We couldn’t see much, and then the fog cleared to show that we were perched on the edge of a cliff with views down to the fiord over 1000 metres below. Wow, stunning.
Our plan was another ‘Big Walk’ to Trolltunga. It was a similar distance and effort as our last ‘Big Walk’, and the weather forecast for the day was terrible, with cold, wind and rain (and snow higher up). Half of the group went, and the rest stayed behind and we had our own little adventure. Janet and Gretchen decided to play Scrabble, then discovered that many of the Norwegian letters are quite different to English, so they started changing the rules – and I have never seen so much cheating going on! But by 11 am we were getting bored.
We then drove to the heart of the Hardanger fjord, and discovered more of the amazing tunnel system of Norway. One tunnel had a round-about in the middle where three roads met. We came out of one tunnel, crossed over one of the world’s longest suspension bridges which is 1.5 km long, and straight back into a tunnel on the other side. It puts our Waterview tunnel into perspective.
There was a dingy available for our use, and Nic had mentioned a pub 7 km along the fiord, so we decided to go take the dingy and go for lunch. When we got there we found that it was no ‘pub’, but a rather large flash hotel, and there we were in our wet weather gear, and not very clean boots. We decided to send in Janet to check it out. She found the maître d, explained that we were visitors from NZ and we had just tied our boat
That night we stayed at a private holiday home on the side of the fjord. www.kayaknz.co.nz
Issue 87 Christmas 2017
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