An early start this morning, leaving Ella's (sorry for waking you up) at 6.00 am, to make our way to Gatwick Airport. Our Norwegian Air flight left at 9.20 and was fantastic. Calm with only a few bumps and we came in to land, I could almost get use to flying if it was always like that. The views across the sprawl of London were great, flying north toward the Eastern coast line and then across the fiords as we came into land in Oslo. I did have second thoughts about leaving the glorious weather that London is enjoying and exchanging it for the 6 degrees it was when we landed
Once again the customs and immigration process were really efficient, but our bags took ages to arrive. Collected our rental car, a Suzuki Vitara this time, and started our long drive Northward. We did detour to look for a supermarket and then struggled to figure out exactly what we were buying.
Our drive from the airport to Dovre was 284 km and took about three and a half hours. Much of it was on a 110 km/hour highway which then changed to much narrower and windier roads, Still struggling to relax on the right hand side of the car, being close to the edge of the road.
We really just wanted to cover as much ground as possible so limited stops (and photo opportunities) on the journey. Did pass by Lillihammer where the 2016 winter Olympic games were held. You can still see the massive ski jump (think Eddie the Eagle) on the slopes above the town,
Dovre is a tiny place and we are staying in a wooden cabin under the shadow of the snow capped mountains. The country brings back lots of memories of Iceland, The town does have an unusual church, built in 1736 and covered in slate. It is part of the Pilegrimsleden or St Ola'v Ways, a trail fromOppdal in the North to Sel in the South. There was a sign saying that there were Commonwealth War Graves in the cemetery, but it was too cold to spend much time looking for them.
I think that bed will be calling early tonight before we embark on day two of our Norwegian adventure.
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