Last night we had a stunning view of the fiord and mountains and this morning woke up to it being completely blocked by a large cruise ship, anchored about 100 meters in front of our hotel. Bit of a surprise!
Quite mild as we set off toward Stryn, our stop off for the night. From Molde we caught a ferry across to Vestnes, a crossing of 38 minutes. As we are becoming used to, it was an efficient and pleasant way to connect to the next stage of our journey.
This country is incredible, just when you think that it can't get any more picturesque, you round another corner to find more snow capped mountains, valleys starting to burst into spring colours, fiords with water like glass or quaint houses painted in so many different colours. We drove through lots of different tunnels, the longest bing 6.5 km long, and one with another tunnel intersecting in the middle. It was tempting to turn into the second one, just to see where it went - we didn't! Plenty of photo opportunities.
Our aim for this afternoon was to walk to the Briksdalbreen glacier, near Stryn. This is clearly another significant tourists attraction and the camp grounds and other tourism ventures are preparing for the busy season. It reminded us again of how lucky we are to be here in shoulder season. The drive to the glacier was narrow, windy and full of locals who don't slow down, but we made it safely.
The walk was about five kilometres with a couple of good climbs. When we set off, a bus load of tourists arrived, were loaded about some golf cart type vehicles, and driven up stop about 500 metres from the end of the trail. Much easier than our climb. The bush was pretty with its new growth and the woodland anemone blanketed the ground amongst the moss covered moraine. While we were watching a few large pieces of ice broke off the glacier face, The sound echoing around the valley was something else. I wouldn't like to be there if a really big piece fell.
As we travel south signs of spring are becoming increasingly obvious. Today was so mild, think we got up to 18 degrees. Mind you, apparently it snowed in Stryn, last Friday, so think we have just been lucky. Today was such a contrast from the bitter cold of the Atlantic Highway yesterday.
Our food find of the day were blueberries that would be close to the biggest and sweetest we have ever eaten. Another awesome day.
2 comments:
I’m enjoying your narrative and admire you going solo, that is, not on a bus with 23 others. Marvellous scenery. Anh fish food of note?
Loving the updates. It all looks gorgeous. XxKE
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