tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717449066568498032024-02-19T01:45:31.144+00:00Brexton TravelsTravels with and without
the Brexton set.BrextonThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00411524770593172256noreply@blogger.comBlogger754125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071744906656849803.post-24914976315383197552023-08-08T20:21:00.002+01:002023-08-29T20:47:00.325+01:00Norway Day 16 - 7th August - Drive to Wildeshausen<p> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The buffet breakfast was excellent quality and included homemade rye bread and rolls. We even got to roll our own fresh oats to add to our cereal and yoghurt. We had several goes and as Robert wanted to take some video of the process . Grain was placed in the small hopper at the top, the handle turned and freshly rolled oats came down the shoot. When we finished breakfast we used the last of our Danish Kroner to pay of the accommodation and purchased some homemade jam for presents.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQCUj2czxPi-cZ5HE5RW9thSUb0K756NlmuhdBH9Z7GMdvDud1Yg0BG5AVZXBFXFfpppi300U4g0pQ_4flJnM6bn-fUSsrEzTdrmeR23Nl8E4y8tZ6yhsH0l6KhMFW6x0-2y-aeX9_9aeIXI9_ks1xPY3AMVion7Q9phfXxohn7utCrqS0YJqok6UrgA/s999/Rolled%20oats.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="999" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifQCUj2czxPi-cZ5HE5RW9thSUb0K756NlmuhdBH9Z7GMdvDud1Yg0BG5AVZXBFXFfpppi300U4g0pQ_4flJnM6bn-fUSsrEzTdrmeR23Nl8E4y8tZ6yhsH0l6KhMFW6x0-2y-aeX9_9aeIXI9_ks1xPY3AMVion7Q9phfXxohn7utCrqS0YJqok6UrgA/s320/Rolled%20oats.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-fbcd0c07-7fff-9836-8f84-40a58a92fed1"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> The weather was disappointing as Robert had planned a morning bike ride but it was too windy with very strong gusts . We packed the car and decided to drive to Hojer Suice . Before leaving we spoke to some German cyclists who are about to set off on a day's cycling . They were in their 80’s and had bought electric bikes during the pandemic as there was “nothing else to do''. They were planning a short day of around 50 km but would have the prevailing wind behind them. They were braver than we were.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmT4actetNh0ZbSTS7tjJR-jMyqxJERhmyFEdv8Ap2ag4Rw9Ilv8dJ-u6AC93hANjNH7JN5RPWg3oid6XZKlopAOUGvaRbM6nquXobguiuaoTktfpItG3gE2N4wgNmKzwN8JqJriHDPApLR0AITSCYwWnAmE0FHU9g2lNlS_VWrU8kSLn1n1_dpGt7baU/s6000/IMG_1243.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="4000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmT4actetNh0ZbSTS7tjJR-jMyqxJERhmyFEdv8Ap2ag4Rw9Ilv8dJ-u6AC93hANjNH7JN5RPWg3oid6XZKlopAOUGvaRbM6nquXobguiuaoTktfpItG3gE2N4wgNmKzwN8JqJriHDPApLR0AITSCYwWnAmE0FHU9g2lNlS_VWrU8kSLn1n1_dpGt7baU/s320/IMG_1243.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We stopped first at the windmill at the Museum Sønderjylland - Højer Mølle. A meticulously restored windmill from the mid 1800's . There is a small museum on site and a cafe with historically restored gardens. It was 100 kroner to visit the museum and windmill and if we had had more time we would have paid to see it. Instead we drove the 2 miles to Vidåslusen, the point where the Hojer Suice enters the sea. It was extremely windy as we walked up the sea defences by the viewing tower. We had taken Lyn’s wheelchair . Lyn walked up the steps and Robert carried the chair. Getting to the top of the steps the chair acted like a small sail and Robert got blown backwards down the steps. Fortunately he was able to stay on his feet. The tide was in when we were at the sluice so the gates were closed to stop sea water from flooding the area. The fresh water from the sluice is stored in a holding reservoir and released when the tide retreats.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5JYNdp07VJRI9nCub39CEIJB3m7RNUKug_ePi_Yo6mSneHeuWrNAxBH-eFeA2oRkMwr5TeZrCloLQ6qJiTXNDGwdpJ9neFWM0NjGbzjVxjfa3_BXYSK7mzOGGma94UinJz1fboCGVoyoaRISuW3fSsfyiSdV98iZvDB7e6BHaX5jjbyMqOMzcmdCeaxs/s6000/IMG_1208.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5JYNdp07VJRI9nCub39CEIJB3m7RNUKug_ePi_Yo6mSneHeuWrNAxBH-eFeA2oRkMwr5TeZrCloLQ6qJiTXNDGwdpJ9neFWM0NjGbzjVxjfa3_BXYSK7mzOGGma94UinJz1fboCGVoyoaRISuW3fSsfyiSdV98iZvDB7e6BHaX5jjbyMqOMzcmdCeaxs/s320/IMG_1208.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5At63AX_3nDbA0sF9U2XmHkUvHCfwnAxQhftzbIOUJSf1W914lsuiEAudDhZB6h7xi7V_EhMM6FBEsVcRmcQHW2uxElKhStYBBo9CpaNfcTFo5C6WIWQFabprXaopupFs9H-4QVzfQB0W_ShpZ9S57vKiOeehl6gbImYGue14yNiJ765xhQwpuZCvPd4/s6000/IMG_1217.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5At63AX_3nDbA0sF9U2XmHkUvHCfwnAxQhftzbIOUJSf1W914lsuiEAudDhZB6h7xi7V_EhMM6FBEsVcRmcQHW2uxElKhStYBBo9CpaNfcTFo5C6WIWQFabprXaopupFs9H-4QVzfQB0W_ShpZ9S57vKiOeehl6gbImYGue14yNiJ765xhQwpuZCvPd4/s320/IMG_1217.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ZZVSbsU8UTd2hlnYbWysvXXaIDejBEPF6VYYFgUbZe_-0eGlam2bzLgHSt5qCJeZ9885YjPewmo5_W7YumWtEzYIwHR64Tp-9VN3FaPTIy0AfcMCPTh62XUnB2uAqs1_Vtq6iUCmGKp5Gt7q8yP_dFQs4owlTRsFZh7Fy7QNkOB-ewmRbXcpXIdUq04/s6000/IMG_1214.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="4000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ZZVSbsU8UTd2hlnYbWysvXXaIDejBEPF6VYYFgUbZe_-0eGlam2bzLgHSt5qCJeZ9885YjPewmo5_W7YumWtEzYIwHR64Tp-9VN3FaPTIy0AfcMCPTh62XUnB2uAqs1_Vtq6iUCmGKp5Gt7q8yP_dFQs4owlTRsFZh7Fy7QNkOB-ewmRbXcpXIdUq04/s320/IMG_1214.JPG" width="213" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">While we walked round the sea defences and sluice a tour group were ha</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">ving a very long lecture on the area with many of the group starting to look a little bored. They boarded the coach for their next stop whilst we drove back to Museum Sønderjylland for a coffee. Lyn had a good look around the shop but was not tempted by anything.The £30 price for a handmade cup and saucer might have put her off.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5iq7C-54FftTMRnr_88wYodyC8nfPiqdU3ZkMvClIzmWCJAII0c64DHAgy5MUQ9jJGgUIXR_yX4eiHwz202HYFfdL5AknLuUMB9qxqQ1g_NY_G78zo3u62qhmRrwJ5GNeQ5K1PBt2DFwFtiXZQ0MeEM1-n7wOvY6kV6yKcoB4rYUTr9FtiBotVpI7mvQ/s6000/IMG_1236.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5iq7C-54FftTMRnr_88wYodyC8nfPiqdU3ZkMvClIzmWCJAII0c64DHAgy5MUQ9jJGgUIXR_yX4eiHwz202HYFfdL5AknLuUMB9qxqQ1g_NY_G78zo3u62qhmRrwJ5GNeQ5K1PBt2DFwFtiXZQ0MeEM1-n7wOvY6kV6yKcoB4rYUTr9FtiBotVpI7mvQ/s320/IMG_1236.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We decided to drive back to Tonder and have a quick tour of the town. We found some parking which we think was free and walked to the historic church and then down the pedestrianised streets. There were lots of shops and even a large shop where everything they sold was to do with horn.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Ll9wJBBshuqaMlvx9B8qH3r-ryeZ6pPnE1kdYjrP4D7fspQHWo02Nwg6CNH4r4Er113L7Q7DSj7lXXC9V0j3HkaPKut8CPXAuCDPf6CUIukWfmtLQt1tDP39-9Lw6aWgSfn0_pPlk9XYB35N3c_DQpdhnSontx8acXfI9nr3VctEdzcUvx4X8BwFOic/s6000/IMG_1264.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Ll9wJBBshuqaMlvx9B8qH3r-ryeZ6pPnE1kdYjrP4D7fspQHWo02Nwg6CNH4r4Er113L7Q7DSj7lXXC9V0j3HkaPKut8CPXAuCDPf6CUIukWfmtLQt1tDP39-9Lw6aWgSfn0_pPlk9XYB35N3c_DQpdhnSontx8acXfI9nr3VctEdzcUvx4X8BwFOic/s320/IMG_1264.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It was a pity we could not have stayed for longer but we had a 3 hour 45 minute drive ahead of us and we wanted to check in at the hotel around 6:00 pm. We had planned to leave around 1:00 pm but it was 13:40 when we finally set off . When we reached the autobahn we stopped at the rest area for a late lunch.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD-yRMZnkxeC9HSEkC6vWQWdMDKbpS7GPwk2V-k3Fi4EIf89vehA8ApAoK-CzHLoInAD89DXsPZNSzhACsm5oLzWP7q6t16vwWXlS4yaTl2IR2qSQFXqniEDc2Yvk-cGOtonoGVMOS0pf_IHYkO0JaP-nR9iVII0p9pzPxo_kzeS7LsagCIKcb6VHwssI/s4000/20230807_144232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD-yRMZnkxeC9HSEkC6vWQWdMDKbpS7GPwk2V-k3Fi4EIf89vehA8ApAoK-CzHLoInAD89DXsPZNSzhACsm5oLzWP7q6t16vwWXlS4yaTl2IR2qSQFXqniEDc2Yvk-cGOtonoGVMOS0pf_IHYkO0JaP-nR9iVII0p9pzPxo_kzeS7LsagCIKcb6VHwssI/s320/20230807_144232.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Approaching the Rader Hochbrücke bridge the speed limit suddenly dropped to 60 kph. Robert was in the outside lane and whilst attempting to get to the inside may have triggered a speed camera. We need to wait and see if he gets a letter, however one benefit of Brexit is he may avoid as they have not way of tracing the driver. The journey was a lot slower than planned with it taking an additional hour and a half longer than forecast . We diverted off the motorway in Hamburg for a couple of junctions to avoid one long delay. This had the added advantage that we were able to get diesel at non autobahn prices. We arrived around Wildeshauser Hof just before 19:30 and checked into the hotel. Fortunately the restaurant was open until 22:00 so we had time for a shower before going down to eat. We both had soup to start with, Robert lentil and Lyn beetroot and sweet potato. We both had meatloaf for the main and shared a small beer and 0.5 litre of wine. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXwUxuxRP024McUv5dFrh8zS80O9T3igCqsP5v6Y2dKByVWAphFs1-ZqlW7zT5oaACnRFHDmJaEG5UKj2RWr3LUVbjQrmroHlo7eZj4kQUXBUAngq1OkwmkjeyH48eaETDtyQ11_t7UWRu51gT9L-kZ20t2-2a1SRTAC3awp0xBDGLjCMnakAgQwCWmI/s4000/20230807_212059.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXwUxuxRP024McUv5dFrh8zS80O9T3igCqsP5v6Y2dKByVWAphFs1-ZqlW7zT5oaACnRFHDmJaEG5UKj2RWr3LUVbjQrmroHlo7eZj4kQUXBUAngq1OkwmkjeyH48eaETDtyQ11_t7UWRu51gT9L-kZ20t2-2a1SRTAC3awp0xBDGLjCMnakAgQwCWmI/s320/20230807_212059.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1UU1h5IZsR9JBW-WVW2m1Lkj59wYDs9jlk3DQUArSLd3Je2F5Ck2GGeAi0YCHJxnE3E8yyOqsH6vAIo46dAkawFR6fu6KBBqN8lvdEPE7gGy_b13ck0B_mdvurHYioT-NfCIh1EyH1Et20szuH2YQ2wCsUhyrnXgwknUZg5Ty-aXBUnCRe5Kpl6gAq3Y/s4000/20230807_212054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1UU1h5IZsR9JBW-WVW2m1Lkj59wYDs9jlk3DQUArSLd3Je2F5Ck2GGeAi0YCHJxnE3E8yyOqsH6vAIo46dAkawFR6fu6KBBqN8lvdEPE7gGy_b13ck0B_mdvurHYioT-NfCIh1EyH1Et20szuH2YQ2wCsUhyrnXgwknUZg5Ty-aXBUnCRe5Kpl6gAq3Y/s320/20230807_212054.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span>BrextonThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00411524770593172256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071744906656849803.post-17414086858991035062023-08-06T22:00:00.010+01:002023-08-27T08:47:36.546+01:00Norway Day 16 - Sunday 6th August - Aalborg and Drive to Tondor<p><br /></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-6dbca141-7fff-13d2-c5cf-c55fe38bb129"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The day started with a walk to Netto to get some eggs for breakfast to have with the leftover potatoes from the previous evening. The eggs were finally located in a refrigerated cabinet and Robert returned to cook breakfast. The shop was very smart with a wide range of food on offer and not like the discount shops that used to be in the UK. We had to be out of the apartment by 10:00 before the code on the outside door lock automatically changed. Robert had planned a bike ride in the area but instead we decided to visit Aalburg. We packed the car and left before the allotted time. We then had to send a text message to confirm we had checked out. We left the car at the accommodation. It was a 6 km cycle ride to the centre on dedicated cycle paths and quiet roads following a marked cycle route. Robert had downloaded a route for the Garmin but it was not required as the route was well signposted. Aalburg was well worth a visit and is the 4 largest urban settlement in Denmark. The New York Times even put Aalborg in its Top 10 Places to Go in 2019. It is on the narrowest crossing point on the Limfjord that separates the top of Demark from the mainland. It was a lovely city with a waterfront, some nice architecture and lots of pedestrianised streets.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDHpje__u6FfNFD35-V4cgZnyMn-SfhpdLSNczcL8QYZoOFrxtmUTQ0ycM23amNjRDnkKwqyWiUvCxJzTud5IfxBPnbECgmjy-VXvW6Yt0famKmoTyqYDxb2RinFWZMZRFlKUXmjWxCxeP1QDHjjY2gLdy3YTbfnP1RJhSGKHo916jfcuWp699EpTWLCU/s977/Aalborg.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="977" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDHpje__u6FfNFD35-V4cgZnyMn-SfhpdLSNczcL8QYZoOFrxtmUTQ0ycM23amNjRDnkKwqyWiUvCxJzTud5IfxBPnbECgmjy-VXvW6Yt0famKmoTyqYDxb2RinFWZMZRFlKUXmjWxCxeP1QDHjjY2gLdy3YTbfnP1RJhSGKHo916jfcuWp699EpTWLCU/s320/Aalborg.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUydCE8m_kuRrAl0eMc_ojvazOfUITto5hjnXsnNOW1G_vur6zvjO9j_CFv-7nrBTvX8-SiMW73as19R_ntchMN60Uj5g6N7_dDcmR3EtNT6U7iY9useZzNVJAlSPBMd6HolgNJnk-NqN96y1QN70-jsFiYu0HXQjgMth93AlQlzZmsKE45GzIuWbjB0/s6000/IMG_1133.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUydCE8m_kuRrAl0eMc_ojvazOfUITto5hjnXsnNOW1G_vur6zvjO9j_CFv-7nrBTvX8-SiMW73as19R_ntchMN60Uj5g6N7_dDcmR3EtNT6U7iY9useZzNVJAlSPBMd6HolgNJnk-NqN96y1QN70-jsFiYu0HXQjgMth93AlQlzZmsKE45GzIuWbjB0/s320/IMG_1133.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5FDG8N2_Gnp0SSXnlFQAIy-oq1ppA0sIBpGkhvplfow3WKxv0C5U2x1noQ78E1rNmX1ihmrCOzc4V8JfFiP278pnmaZcxF6tPo31Jopd3mLQ8pRmnQT5fkqcEOucTmKoSO3Y_bA_R5K3M8qvLlBBSnH9DyEgQ4re-dEv6Ymm9ZetbKmcJr-uDeb6--BU/s6000/IMG_1144.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5FDG8N2_Gnp0SSXnlFQAIy-oq1ppA0sIBpGkhvplfow3WKxv0C5U2x1noQ78E1rNmX1ihmrCOzc4V8JfFiP278pnmaZcxF6tPo31Jopd3mLQ8pRmnQT5fkqcEOucTmKoSO3Y_bA_R5K3M8qvLlBBSnH9DyEgQ4re-dEv6Ymm9ZetbKmcJr-uDeb6--BU/s320/IMG_1144.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4DT9Gb6JweMOxFviXnrh-1z1fTUKcTauvFKzXpUFR7sljhx1WIkONECmkfr3PHRQs2SiD7JJBDxt7gLPzaQ3u4fPFTAPW_jPrlagUxHgZRPFUeAaPv3U9556XzpW704kA3JO-w-bTl0uYEv0z69tS1mUZq7fFyGtutXo4hxD49g6tI0SD8i66tOZqfcs/s6000/IMG_1156.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4DT9Gb6JweMOxFviXnrh-1z1fTUKcTauvFKzXpUFR7sljhx1WIkONECmkfr3PHRQs2SiD7JJBDxt7gLPzaQ3u4fPFTAPW_jPrlagUxHgZRPFUeAaPv3U9556XzpW704kA3JO-w-bTl0uYEv0z69tS1mUZq7fFyGtutXo4hxD49g6tI0SD8i66tOZqfcs/s320/IMG_1156.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWwYuHsMACHD7AuuF0CsOmiSiyCtTBX0UO_K4RCx-NQsISS-XbqRifqazSn6Zse-dieiqS2kcfZt5XJ83iL1_YZ8-r8h4a5M2IawJnRZJrrXoOmuJxxpWayDyLZAo8TCVl1UUsMuLl_xj85D1790oHZWce5jF-jZc4SglJGwE5AceEWywyS3mOPRppT6U/s6000/IMG_1174.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="4000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWwYuHsMACHD7AuuF0CsOmiSiyCtTBX0UO_K4RCx-NQsISS-XbqRifqazSn6Zse-dieiqS2kcfZt5XJ83iL1_YZ8-r8h4a5M2IawJnRZJrrXoOmuJxxpWayDyLZAo8TCVl1UUsMuLl_xj85D1790oHZWce5jF-jZc4SglJGwE5AceEWywyS3mOPRppT6U/s320/IMG_1174.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">As it was a Sunday it was not too busy. We wandered round the pedestrianised streets avoiding those we could not cycle up. The locals like their car boots and we spotted a couple as we went round the town.</span></span></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBzyxR2ZlbNgv6X9WG37OIqUBHTlaX7GJ0b4zmj_WcOPbrWtGe5pvoSWD4OpniGpC2ccsN2-5vMAyWUUaH1yf4U0o63UODf8wvJ06XY-ktlaw_mLfZ_Q3a6AZk_OJPG9UYcHbpJMieDaQxUmujXGal3YtPBgadUKIsV9CFvlzZm4O50sTjgnxvcAoocEY/s1224/Car%20Boot.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="1224" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBzyxR2ZlbNgv6X9WG37OIqUBHTlaX7GJ0b4zmj_WcOPbrWtGe5pvoSWD4OpniGpC2ccsN2-5vMAyWUUaH1yf4U0o63UODf8wvJ06XY-ktlaw_mLfZ_Q3a6AZk_OJPG9UYcHbpJMieDaQxUmujXGal3YtPBgadUKIsV9CFvlzZm4O50sTjgnxvcAoocEY/s320/Car%20Boot.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Wandering down one of the streets we found a local potter studio. There were lots of interesting ceramic sculptures including one of a naked couple in a sauna. We stopped at a </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">café</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> before cycling back. We tried a “raisenbollen” and a chocolate rye bread. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq7HqxLCHR6CL0VB1-Tm-juy1E_0DRPNM8RNEjqjN8SKEmtShUx7yLGycseJdaP2d_qHvwy0x2hMEIhQI4DyBSK2c-UoBtqZtNwS2ZgSSqvyFRNFP3Scc_HE5sfCjUvMVVmxzLjuA_OMDEXPRq7c3P8I0ALDnonsf-_dIjZAHcuMBgOlLzG4JjUxdu2oc/s3648/IMG_9432.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq7HqxLCHR6CL0VB1-Tm-juy1E_0DRPNM8RNEjqjN8SKEmtShUx7yLGycseJdaP2d_qHvwy0x2hMEIhQI4DyBSK2c-UoBtqZtNwS2ZgSSqvyFRNFP3Scc_HE5sfCjUvMVVmxzLjuA_OMDEXPRq7c3P8I0ALDnonsf-_dIjZAHcuMBgOlLzG4JjUxdu2oc/s320/IMG_9432.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6GL6J-3N8vV_Wxc1JzDhu-hJ9IswJzlMLq9xdOD3LpirGCoZ0qNo572MCdo2ndKxAEwFXH5ZHOS4xvWbxxaTte_gcPaytkIP2n--KR9so_WTa-GO8hn8ETl9AWnshC6qmPrxDCONFN2vwOEcNfEZDxm9spKeA8-tT6WxRmFjVjMJgflcxvrrCQHKBvpA/s3648/IMG_9433.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6GL6J-3N8vV_Wxc1JzDhu-hJ9IswJzlMLq9xdOD3LpirGCoZ0qNo572MCdo2ndKxAEwFXH5ZHOS4xvWbxxaTte_gcPaytkIP2n--KR9so_WTa-GO8hn8ETl9AWnshC6qmPrxDCONFN2vwOEcNfEZDxm9spKeA8-tT6WxRmFjVjMJgflcxvrrCQHKBvpA/s320/IMG_9433.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQtOm7gFeWBqPRapeA-eJPkJJkSahm70Y9fm4-r9VM6C80XuCbBDwCcAIs9LALz2HDSO9KaxxikOy03OBuudLbDNMazoOw6kygdRL59URan_BDMKOFEsAPMG1bkZ-ppb6xmmrDxwgKxKBGz6lcN3KPnzjjCLH8w3aMi9_Ae1ex3lQq-54WKU8YbhxOX4/s6000/IMG_1168.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQtOm7gFeWBqPRapeA-eJPkJJkSahm70Y9fm4-r9VM6C80XuCbBDwCcAIs9LALz2HDSO9KaxxikOy03OBuudLbDNMazoOw6kygdRL59URan_BDMKOFEsAPMG1bkZ-ppb6xmmrDxwgKxKBGz6lcN3KPnzjjCLH8w3aMi9_Ae1ex3lQq-54WKU8YbhxOX4/s320/IMG_1168.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We left Aalborg just after 14:00 for the 3:15 hour drive to Tondor. We started on motorways but diverted from Kate's more direct route to more minor roads at Kolding and drove down the coast road. The open area at the Kyst museum provided an opportunity to try out the drone. After a few technical issues getting it to calibrate Robert was finally able to get to launch. The flight was successful and he landed it with incident back on the picnic bench. It will take some more practice to get some decent footage.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-463b092e-7fff-5815-8cba-f18ef8ef88f7"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrcwwSzxOC1rCd8xfmTFIzfYa395dzpGyG2rE3ps-_kUOzaKZLkg8ViWnvRD8YfB-q_CojW3YGxA82vB4NIrP1jXwAJwym2zwcjpudj_yqLT7BsSHycf-OpDUQTw39t1MugAAqrSpu1U6gwrOR-YOrf_wjPJX5_M_scWR7TVV45ykMYiSMR9jMnv26ee0/s6000/IMG_1188.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrcwwSzxOC1rCd8xfmTFIzfYa395dzpGyG2rE3ps-_kUOzaKZLkg8ViWnvRD8YfB-q_CojW3YGxA82vB4NIrP1jXwAJwym2zwcjpudj_yqLT7BsSHycf-OpDUQTw39t1MugAAqrSpu1U6gwrOR-YOrf_wjPJX5_M_scWR7TVV45ykMYiSMR9jMnv26ee0/s320/IMG_1188.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Kyst museum</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjlfp7uw-K8JR0xQnxtYrBG4ibhvHai12GboPft4PFCeTz3HfX4Lu9fO_PnC9jLHzdKUGPLmPpDeW8yWtP-NOMUk9Bn43vplOarR8G62BX1EOLADRFLMbB3-VJQjTLUgYbYmJYl-RzSeDNZIbkwswtPLguGfw3VfoC-TdfFFAwg8OTcfVj1FXh2rJMuQ/s6000/IMG_1190.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjlfp7uw-K8JR0xQnxtYrBG4ibhvHai12GboPft4PFCeTz3HfX4Lu9fO_PnC9jLHzdKUGPLmPpDeW8yWtP-NOMUk9Bn43vplOarR8G62BX1EOLADRFLMbB3-VJQjTLUgYbYmJYl-RzSeDNZIbkwswtPLguGfw3VfoC-TdfFFAwg8OTcfVj1FXh2rJMuQ/s320/IMG_1190.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcmcDN2BXvmdVkxYsiI5tlpUF4PWaKyys2gl1m4DoFocJX2gVmh40jdN6GNUAJ0ERCoXS0Vb56Z_ETbc7HPyobQ7wf68BTQXJBrakTEiA__IzSLd3gq82uiyKDjXsb8p45WZbur-hneQ0X5If1KTwUa8TpfKERMRmEt84LlzAp50yFS93Ut5mHMv9qQ70/s654/Drone.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="654" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcmcDN2BXvmdVkxYsiI5tlpUF4PWaKyys2gl1m4DoFocJX2gVmh40jdN6GNUAJ0ERCoXS0Vb56Z_ETbc7HPyobQ7wf68BTQXJBrakTEiA__IzSLd3gq82uiyKDjXsb8p45WZbur-hneQ0X5If1KTwUa8TpfKERMRmEt84LlzAp50yFS93Ut5mHMv9qQ70/s320/Drone.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></div><div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">When we arrived at the B&B we let ourselves in and found our room. Our host was away at a birthday party but had sent us the instructions on how to get in and find our room. The accommodation had a kitchen that guests could use. As the cool box was not working we waited until we were closer to Tonder before stopping at a supermarket to buy some food. We were not sure what cooking facilities would be so we purchased 2 ready meals of Asian noodles with pork from a Netto we passed in Sorsig Mark. The kitchen turned out to be fully equipped so we could have made something from scratch. Tea was cooked and we sat in the large guest dining room to eat it and then retired to the more comfortable guest lounge</span></div><div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuuQjqlRZbhZxSgvstQSFf0yHaUxq7Ra-fdFDbZVi0uQ28exXzhU94-zENK5sieP804iKBupR9HSS68Wj-BX6YfiPfItzCZamzEnzyxaBsqfCYvotfhJTdcXGPUX7nZ4fvbpKxXvj-Tth-wXcDIE6aPX4kKZiWoHDMj7f3dsniaZz-mz5LvVz9UWFzAtQ/s1287/Tonder.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="1287" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuuQjqlRZbhZxSgvstQSFf0yHaUxq7Ra-fdFDbZVi0uQ28exXzhU94-zENK5sieP804iKBupR9HSS68Wj-BX6YfiPfItzCZamzEnzyxaBsqfCYvotfhJTdcXGPUX7nZ4fvbpKxXvj-Tth-wXcDIE6aPX4kKZiWoHDMj7f3dsniaZz-mz5LvVz9UWFzAtQ/s320/Tonder.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">There were homemade schnapps on sale for 10 DK £1.15) as glass. You helped yourself and could have half glasses so we sampled 4 different flavours . The raspberry flavoured one was the best.</span></p><div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span><br /><br />BrextonThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00411524770593172256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071744906656849803.post-86500818166398295472023-08-05T21:00:00.016+01:002023-08-26T08:57:48.301+01:00Norway Day 15 - Saturday 5th August - Ferry to Denmark<p> <span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The car was packed and we were ready to leave by 10:00. We videoed ourselves leaving for some footage so had to do a couple of takes. The key was placed under the doormat for the final time and we were ready to go. We had hoped to visit the most southerly point in Norway, The lighthouse at Lindesne. Kate was programmed but when we worked out the additional time this would take, we realised that we would not have sufficient time when we got there to explore the area and be in good time for the ferry. We abandoned that plan and decided to stop at the town of Mandal instead. We found a carpark and Robert was able to use his Norwegian parking app to pay for the parking for the first time this holiday.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDKXgkuW8e1gtX3QklmB94y6F_7Ne0ijPCp5JsIzuboZVDgM-TMhaBp8B0FWvvHQPKytVQylonhQkk5Xmu63I6xgHIJ6z8Em99eQLu9_F_eY0WDUBUBBcLzTDN87zslwPrc5H05uQR84kqHX7uuLMlhmknMVzYGLDSNVPwMmtrBoBY9JtEGKmHGKV2ae8/s6000/IMG_1056.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDKXgkuW8e1gtX3QklmB94y6F_7Ne0ijPCp5JsIzuboZVDgM-TMhaBp8B0FWvvHQPKytVQylonhQkk5Xmu63I6xgHIJ6z8Em99eQLu9_F_eY0WDUBUBBcLzTDN87zslwPrc5H05uQR84kqHX7uuLMlhmknMVzYGLDSNVPwMmtrBoBY9JtEGKmHGKV2ae8/s320/IMG_1056.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Mandal</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj64h6vaxUYZfilaEViYohmBgbzaoRjQqQFihN-A3QyDMMkMM8H61v9mPfaHgiI1hXurGVXlx6Y85h6JuL-m2OBGBSOIIzaFX4rDeDJn1u_gZZnDEbBUvOSzlzM6wy4wlc1C89FN7KIBdSYsw6XTGEzGMpV_sqEg8XCULgtsprMiwyIpymYK6qWRD-qjzg/s6000/IMG_1063.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj64h6vaxUYZfilaEViYohmBgbzaoRjQqQFihN-A3QyDMMkMM8H61v9mPfaHgiI1hXurGVXlx6Y85h6JuL-m2OBGBSOIIzaFX4rDeDJn1u_gZZnDEbBUvOSzlzM6wy4wlc1C89FN7KIBdSYsw6XTGEzGMpV_sqEg8XCULgtsprMiwyIpymYK6qWRD-qjzg/s320/IMG_1063.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Mandal</span></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> We walk to the centre, initially by the waterfront and then along a pedestrianised street. We stopped at a local bakery for an expensive coffee and shared a large cinnamon bun with a custard filling. Most of the locals had one each. We continued to the port. A Rema supermarket provided some emergency rolls and tomatoes for lunch but we returned to the bakers for a couple of filled rolls. We left just after 12:20 for the 40 minute drive to the port at Kristiansand. Robert's case was checked for the missing Danish currency but it was not found. (It was found later in his wallet mixed up with the Norwegian notes). Kate's route to the port was along the new motorway for which a toll is payable. We passed several automated pay stations so it was a comparatively expensive 30 km with the cost turning out to be £6.72.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-1781e5b8-7fff-946f-72a1-5c738292b7a7"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> At the port there was a fast check in but we then had to wait for the boat to dock before loading. We wondered if we were in the correct line because ours was the only one that was not moving but eventually everyone made it only to the ferry. We sat outside on the top deck for the 4 hours crossing to Hirtshals. The sea was calm and the sun was out. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzE1HrEFrEcZHeINe6WvTqLdK9TYRGkygdYpQ0gwPhjjLGTxkAOf2Ij4gyrqjuH0mDy8CKO1Hfp7Slf_dBmD8btpVEBZnBmvZLV8iuqPTmVRHIoErsuh7gMLGwLjx2405ELjIU5yQv0U4qmt1xRG_bCdBNbyNgfh_rAl3Wq6M_Lvu4Jbjyefr9lij8T4w/s1112/Ferry.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="1112" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzE1HrEFrEcZHeINe6WvTqLdK9TYRGkygdYpQ0gwPhjjLGTxkAOf2Ij4gyrqjuH0mDy8CKO1Hfp7Slf_dBmD8btpVEBZnBmvZLV8iuqPTmVRHIoErsuh7gMLGwLjx2405ELjIU5yQv0U4qmt1xRG_bCdBNbyNgfh_rAl3Wq6M_Lvu4Jbjyefr9lij8T4w/w457-h188/Ferry.JPG" width="457" /></a></div><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; 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vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The boat was modern and efficient and it was a pleasant crossing. The food in the buffet looked and reasonable value for Norway and Denmark but we enjoyed our sandwiches and Brexton coffee on the top deck.. There was plenty of seating on the ferry but one couple had even brought there folding chairs on board to sit on.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">When we docked there were no customs to clear so we drove straight from the port south to Aalburg about an hour away. We had selected an apartment where we could have a late check in so we did not have to worry about our arrival time. A Lidl in Aalburg provided provisions for tea and the key code eventually opened the apartment door. The apartment was part of a serviced block in a quiet residential area. Ours was on the ground floor . We had a fully equipped kitchen with every utensil you might need , a good sized bathroom and living area with a king sized bed and small table. We also had a small seating area and table outside.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtzJvHuHA-PGUZ3yrQtuYWNeK5TjlYvbRSJIwfQ3Srx1DtlqQsQT6aadobRP8bEKi6vFLVWkSquIAWTbCBH5YjgShP_D25Ii1dOxuHNqXw45oPlMCTBM2umFi2JXlwsfQsvz2EsC3T9excYp3D_-Nv1oFSQFE3hLRvgQ1u0FJgZ7H_mByahJQXO4i08vY/s4000/20230806_083353.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtzJvHuHA-PGUZ3yrQtuYWNeK5TjlYvbRSJIwfQ3Srx1DtlqQsQT6aadobRP8bEKi6vFLVWkSquIAWTbCBH5YjgShP_D25Ii1dOxuHNqXw45oPlMCTBM2umFi2JXlwsfQsvz2EsC3T9excYp3D_-Nv1oFSQFE3hLRvgQ1u0FJgZ7H_mByahJQXO4i08vY/s320/20230806_083353.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; 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font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">were lucky with the weather and another good day was forecast. Robert had found a 26 mile cycle ride that he adapted to start from our accommodation. The route followed the coast round to the Lista Lighthouse at Lista Fyr. The route was mainly on roads but frequently diverted off the main road to follow tracks or go away from the road thought small housing estates. Even when on the main road the traffic was light. We stopped at a Joker Supermarket hoping to purchase some more dough balls and cinnamon buns but unfortunately the store did not do them. </span></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG6BmOL9L1qr9AGQHO8Rp5yPnRK5nd35fDKc74YIgck2a36Zj_BVU6XBdb_DWCUYd_-Pe4BZcCANM4tF79z0Z859cWK-M_XSFkZ6Wkf5G2-5MgGYzCBGLTob28IN_8Ay9MzHdaJsypcnqg38v3n5HRSSdm4eBb8IPhmm54X3nAUP6Y6gvcYsd9ovTdhJY/s3648/IMG_9382.JPG" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG6BmOL9L1qr9AGQHO8Rp5yPnRK5nd35fDKc74YIgck2a36Zj_BVU6XBdb_DWCUYd_-Pe4BZcCANM4tF79z0Z859cWK-M_XSFkZ6Wkf5G2-5MgGYzCBGLTob28IN_8Ay9MzHdaJsypcnqg38v3n5HRSSdm4eBb8IPhmm54X3nAUP6Y6gvcYsd9ovTdhJY/s320/IMG_9382.JPG" width="320" /></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgjpVu9uiGOa385hLrDUci31xnGdxUWilRp_fcL-MzbYbdOYJjAjcqQjKOO65ZtRfdR5Rd2Vpw1rwYc8KqD0de6u_7frWBM_73NgRna7IQdnoMIN3MPTyicOtIcSQ7OoSR6vsI-sSt2vQkHTPt8cC8XVcN2S9pRXPkCPiX5nkV-BHHQPs29AdS5_ryutI/s3648/IMG_9383.JPG" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgjpVu9uiGOa385hLrDUci31xnGdxUWilRp_fcL-MzbYbdOYJjAjcqQjKOO65ZtRfdR5Rd2Vpw1rwYc8KqD0de6u_7frWBM_73NgRna7IQdnoMIN3MPTyicOtIcSQ7OoSR6vsI-sSt2vQkHTPt8cC8XVcN2S9pRXPkCPiX5nkV-BHHQPs29AdS5_ryutI/s320/IMG_9383.JPG" width="320" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We pressed on hoping to find somewhere suitable for lunch. We stopped at the Lista Lighthouse. It had been constantly manned for 187 years until 1983 when it was fully automated. It was possible to visit the lighthouse for a fee. They give you a key for 30 minutes but it was booked up when we arrived. Unfortunately there was not a café but you could purchase sweet snacks, ice creams and drinks.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4U_9XA_hH3SIvlQRrf1zRydhu2t5W_oYwp9BubrapImto3FsAdac0YXASJmraGBKy7r7dlAEqV6O_NfzSbhSzjWzFFRPBQagGCwzNFYAOd5Wg6RofNh5t7MSZ-D6pQe-u1k9wL9PudrMIlb7KmFjmyKqSEN8BsuqQ9h96j8BfniJsmW0-013oMzeoOaA/s4000/20230804_123457.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4U_9XA_hH3SIvlQRrf1zRydhu2t5W_oYwp9BubrapImto3FsAdac0YXASJmraGBKy7r7dlAEqV6O_NfzSbhSzjWzFFRPBQagGCwzNFYAOd5Wg6RofNh5t7MSZ-D6pQe-u1k9wL9PudrMIlb7KmFjmyKqSEN8BsuqQ9h96j8BfniJsmW0-013oMzeoOaA/s320/20230804_123457.jpg" width="240" /></a><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /><div><span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-37618ddc-7fff-5f17-84ca-5db188baae79"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">We bought a coffee and shared a back of cheese nibbles before following a marked cycle track. When we reached the community centre just outside Stave the cycle track continued but our route turned off to head back to Farsund. After a little debate we decided to continue along the cycle path to Varnes fort and 12 mile detour to go there and back. In hindsight this was a mistake. The route was a lot hiller than we expected and the cycle path finished 1km from the lighthouse and 0.5 km from the fort. You could not cycle the last section so Lyn had to wait whilst Robert went down to the fort. The path to the fort included a long unlight tunnel which required careful navigation . The fort turned out to be a second world war gun emplacement. The path and tunnel to get to it had been built by Russian prisoners of war. From the top of the fort there were good views across the fjoid and you could see why the spot was selected for the gun emplacement. </span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">After</span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> visiting the fort we retraced our route a short distance to where the cycle path officially ended. </span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-dJVXU_jcn4eMel-m-smV__2v-EmHoXYqpCtua6qBihTM-UOrT-EPr9v833SSHtLHbw4xFW5D0_ydt1EwrpGxeshWQkYJyx-RN1ECgbwgpg7znla4ZjeSrDhKLwWKCMATfEWEoPQddKuRsdYmKqG_AId3bvaWSlXIQ0qJvGC5DxXeSkX2T21IJ8nJ5s/s3648/IMG_9392.JPG" style="clear: left; 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font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> A seating area had bike racks and even a spot where you could recharge your electric bike if you need additional charge to get home.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1mflGqUfJsjDCD0Mw6Sem9uOYIHfcxDKsMhGFtNwM6m9Q_PR5Qps34_5wkg7UQa0ALAT6hmG66g_4kWDReaFj-a_SuOCjr7hsxFHQNOfqgDp0-V53EQgRoDZhIKR1u60C02X4kzRbEi3sQX1Hk2H43bOd1yRpVzEFv3rceL4dIWF_syRX8yu2ZPUw0o/s3648/IMG_9412.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1mflGqUfJsjDCD0Mw6Sem9uOYIHfcxDKsMhGFtNwM6m9Q_PR5Qps34_5wkg7UQa0ALAT6hmG66g_4kWDReaFj-a_SuOCjr7hsxFHQNOfqgDp0-V53EQgRoDZhIKR1u60C02X4kzRbEi3sQX1Hk2H43bOd1yRpVzEFv3rceL4dIWF_syRX8yu2ZPUw0o/s320/IMG_9412.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; 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margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We then slowly cycled back to the bus shelter where we had diverted off the planned route. There were several bee hive but unfortunately we did not see any honey for sale.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">From </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">bus shelter i</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">t was just over 10 miles back to the accommodation. Most of the route was away from the main road but the last few miles we did have to go along it into Farsund. On getting to the town we stopped at the Rema supermarket to purchase fish burgers and vegetables for dinner. We got back to the apartment at around 18:30. A pot of earl grey was the order of the day along with some slices of bread as we had missed lunch.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMNbvxllZewBNpq5zeh4KpJZDee7ff0MZcBwCKYtRgO6uFtAM5CqupgT2g6MRvZkZ5rsfX1Hk2rh_zFyRNKcbKelcS7_2AfwQ8rq2VilIBRi8amy8VurXpLFIGAdizzXuQeZtv3LcJ2EBzy2lVaz6pZAjxV2jT7nOH7NtyhfmuzlGJnnhfCXkMKMyv3sM/s3648/IMG_9418.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMNbvxllZewBNpq5zeh4KpJZDee7ff0MZcBwCKYtRgO6uFtAM5CqupgT2g6MRvZkZ5rsfX1Hk2rh_zFyRNKcbKelcS7_2AfwQ8rq2VilIBRi8amy8VurXpLFIGAdizzXuQeZtv3LcJ2EBzy2lVaz6pZAjxV2jT7nOH7NtyhfmuzlGJnnhfCXkMKMyv3sM/s320/IMG_9418.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6uqHu9L96-smllBVtgn2k-DoyhWwBzMm_2Fq4sZzAhkQJ311qCinLXqMaEBTmm8-tbdCVCPBgXWrt8LCI7nD20nKkAeJgdy-Ax9PikGvw4-ozmRHyUJ79qa6YCzX-1iFa3f6SopX_gaq2DstBpJFhrJ5tCocKZk5v2bbkp9CrI0cegiUUz4PsGI1EJk/s6000/IMG_1037.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6uqHu9L96-smllBVtgn2k-DoyhWwBzMm_2Fq4sZzAhkQJ311qCinLXqMaEBTmm8-tbdCVCPBgXWrt8LCI7nD20nKkAeJgdy-Ax9PikGvw4-ozmRHyUJ79qa6YCzX-1iFa3f6SopX_gaq2DstBpJFhrJ5tCocKZk5v2bbkp9CrI0cegiUUz4PsGI1EJk/s320/IMG_1037.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div>BrextonThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00411524770593172256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071744906656849803.post-50794880888060829862023-08-03T07:42:00.001+01:002023-08-25T17:46:25.395+01:00Norway Day 13 - Thursday 3rd August - Drive to Farsund <p> <span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Kate had the time to drive to Farsund to be around 4:30 hours . We set off before 10:00 but did not arrive until after 18:00 . We had lots of stops on route. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We climbed out of Dalen on the road we had taken the day before but did not stop for photos at the view point . We then turned off on the road to Flateland. The area is sparsely populated with the occasional cabin and had sheep wandering across and lying on the road. The waste collection for the chalets is by a recycling facility that appeared to be located in the middle of nowhere. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjye2hJL01_JCxvF2OU6H92lErQuzXCp-QvXWBtnuPh9VfUowxy5GAaExg8qxBTH9V2wvDZER-A1ymNYT3HEv96tRZmEY1-ycUgf91wlkkFPUdAeAPIGYGGNZI04N69DsT_DP8wHxmCIONHsJWO1m2rPQezH_LuH8QSY9gs8L-lO4nNEoc1bKZWe6THFXQ/s6000/IMG_0958.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjye2hJL01_JCxvF2OU6H92lErQuzXCp-QvXWBtnuPh9VfUowxy5GAaExg8qxBTH9V2wvDZER-A1ymNYT3HEv96tRZmEY1-ycUgf91wlkkFPUdAeAPIGYGGNZI04N69DsT_DP8wHxmCIONHsJWO1m2rPQezH_LuH8QSY9gs8L-lO4nNEoc1bKZWe6THFXQ/s320/IMG_0958.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We stopped to investigate . It was not you usual tourist designation but it was very clean and did not have the piles of unauthorised waste you would have found in the UK. The weather was mainly fine but a heavy shower did cause us to pull off the road and wait for it to pass.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-76526507-7fff-93ae-932e-56cb697310d7"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We had a few Brexton stops on route . The first was a rest area that included the ability to swim in the river and play a round of disc golf. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuGd9t5ZuK2QytlDywlMgFXCRDD1w-LMRZQCD6kz2GHOHCAp4Yk3OWciiQbTcKvo8PNNGL5I-dEoiCeLj2Zn1a06cXu-f9CgVWJwKrcYMjzUyd1CSaE9s0w1WXbxZva4b0qvnMrFMQxaHvv-auWi7_pL0yRZlLoXFWdkTOwQEEA4hPegBzBPq_TCs7bS0/s6000/IMG_0963.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuGd9t5ZuK2QytlDywlMgFXCRDD1w-LMRZQCD6kz2GHOHCAp4Yk3OWciiQbTcKvo8PNNGL5I-dEoiCeLj2Zn1a06cXu-f9CgVWJwKrcYMjzUyd1CSaE9s0w1WXbxZva4b0qvnMrFMQxaHvv-auWi7_pL0yRZlLoXFWdkTOwQEEA4hPegBzBPq_TCs7bS0/s320/IMG_0963.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLUgPPQE-5Ry-0y6AbMRUYFYZf5q-UdKJZeR5RBshEzbn5vN0dKx1AftsbPgrC0m919nbzxJ5K9C2kPtj1Hse0kExGSpt0Fxfsb62xeTO17Tc7yzJPIsS5CZbVnd2xhEGLYQa28NvrtLZKleQOjrH80lah7GjnyEYS5vSsLa9ilR_srELL42dxN8GU7U8/s6000/IMG_0971.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLUgPPQE-5Ry-0y6AbMRUYFYZf5q-UdKJZeR5RBshEzbn5vN0dKx1AftsbPgrC0m919nbzxJ5K9C2kPtj1Hse0kExGSpt0Fxfsb62xeTO17Tc7yzJPIsS5CZbVnd2xhEGLYQa28NvrtLZKleQOjrH80lah7GjnyEYS5vSsLa9ilR_srELL42dxN8GU7U8/s320/IMG_0971.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Continuing on we spotted a stall selling Strawberries just off the main road. A quick U Turn took us back to to it . We nearly walked away as you could pay by using an honesty box but we hadn't got the right change. A lady eventually appeared and rather than split a small note, wanted me to pay using a credit card. The strawberries were expensive, costing 60 Nok but proved to be very tasty.</span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqm8nJndm9gmxoPSxUN6GO6wCYp-Zh9nmL4Q2hEoAcmSPy8Le4xI5wGplGGyQOlcFiscty45SU73LuBsmRPOQGDhCTvAivtItXw8Dm1aSONnQv7WHduGdNPX8QKKrmGgom0RGgIloELSrrTGxzHJyWx4jj5H8bH9EzKIS1BoWiARXtX2FJsWtYY9t-u0/s768/Strawberry.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="768" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqm8nJndm9gmxoPSxUN6GO6wCYp-Zh9nmL4Q2hEoAcmSPy8Le4xI5wGplGGyQOlcFiscty45SU73LuBsmRPOQGDhCTvAivtItXw8Dm1aSONnQv7WHduGdNPX8QKKrmGgom0RGgIloELSrrTGxzHJyWx4jj5H8bH9EzKIS1BoWiARXtX2FJsWtYY9t-u0/w320-h242/Strawberry.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><br /><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Lunch was taken at a second rest area . The leftover vegetable curry was reheated on Robert’s Trangia cooker which is still going strong after 45 years. Before setting off, a lady cyclist we had overtaken a few miles earlier caught us up. She was doing well and Lyn had a brief chat with her at the toilets . 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vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">About 50 minutes from Farsund we stopped at the </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Kvåsfossen,waterfall. This turned out to be the location </span><a href="https://kvasfossen.no/en/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Kvåsfossen salmon centre</span></a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> . A salmon Museum and the home of the second longest fish ladder in Norway. Unfortunately the museum was closed when we arrived but we were able to see salmon trying to jump the falls, unaware of the fish ladder that had been provided to give them easier access. The museum looks well worth a visit on a future trip.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSZicLY0hA7HBo4tNkDffr8oVGC7Lly3P24uU-vPBQne-ksRtg9V3di1BRMi3jSeg2rxe_v9c3SXDIVtM1XyQHhrhJIij9Fs-Esr9zf2vBlxzzfUWZSGFuoKG666zWII_hOYfJZgitGL4lUzwt-5gUWWoAQkUKJm5nlgPqmjLUz5-Por_L_rU8Due3Ea8/s6000/IMG_1005.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="4000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSZicLY0hA7HBo4tNkDffr8oVGC7Lly3P24uU-vPBQne-ksRtg9V3di1BRMi3jSeg2rxe_v9c3SXDIVtM1XyQHhrhJIij9Fs-Esr9zf2vBlxzzfUWZSGFuoKG666zWII_hOYfJZgitGL4lUzwt-5gUWWoAQkUKJm5nlgPqmjLUz5-Por_L_rU8Due3Ea8/s320/IMG_1005.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgerOiMNzPT0ueCOqttAYUaMQiawmvP8hSN_O6B0q47DJGDqvRyuGa3JCR8QAOa4Mhrw0PA1Exhh23J_g4UdVMapR9L6AEUCwYIcKLvIp6EsXJx4rgjEZHa5oGyDb8pgUneRYV_KGt7nyQ8YtrldLvsd8qEvcLc-B6YNWtTiiOtKc75fWcSfkw4HD9vMCc/s6000/IMG_1008.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgerOiMNzPT0ueCOqttAYUaMQiawmvP8hSN_O6B0q47DJGDqvRyuGa3JCR8QAOa4Mhrw0PA1Exhh23J_g4UdVMapR9L6AEUCwYIcKLvIp6EsXJx4rgjEZHa5oGyDb8pgUneRYV_KGt7nyQ8YtrldLvsd8qEvcLc-B6YNWtTiiOtKc75fWcSfkw4HD9vMCc/s320/IMG_1008.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">If you zoom in the photo you can see a salmon trying to jump the falls</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Lyn had cycled the few hundred yards to the falls whilst Robert walked. The dark clouds returned and as the rain looked more imminent so we beat a hasty return back to the car. The bike was stored in good time just before the rain started. Shortly after setting off a heavy thunderstorm caused us to pull off the road and wait for it to pass.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Our accommodation, the Farsand had a view of the commercial wharf. We had the ground floor of the house. We were able to park outside but the parking was at the top of the short steep drive. The space was quite tight at the top and Robert had to take the bike carrier off the car to have room to turn the car round and park it to allow sufficient room for other cars.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzD2Dx8amZ8yBUBw73JpAvSjNNTJNyVgEGYqJku-Dnm0zDPFQOcD9d2JYS1NFUWLN2LySFGyLcobamIXJ0ZpRCDtDDJ-Nz_iLerowP_BnjcCdwzjDDcCLcMNMuf6xLSGgQjrJ-0ZYCtsjlSCHGYIlo7iUWC7tbTtyyEFFyxS2HbzSdtilQNFn0eQ31cI/s6000/IMG_1014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTzD2Dx8amZ8yBUBw73JpAvSjNNTJNyVgEGYqJku-Dnm0zDPFQOcD9d2JYS1NFUWLN2LySFGyLcobamIXJ0ZpRCDtDDJ-Nz_iLerowP_BnjcCdwzjDDcCLcMNMuf6xLSGgQjrJ-0ZYCtsjlSCHGYIlo7iUWC7tbTtyyEFFyxS2HbzSdtilQNFn0eQ31cI/s320/IMG_1014.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Tea was pasta with vegetables, pasta sauce and bacon. The cooking facilities were limited. The pans needed replacing and there was no kettle or peeler. The cooker turned out to have a sensor above it that turned the cooker off in the middle of cooking. Robert worked out what had happened but could not get it to reset. A message to the host and we were sent instructions for what we had already tried. However the sensor reset when we tried for a second time and tea was saved.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNdiGAt5BwDq652q24acZAm3k1qnfOijmx74PpT8k4MmyZIeSXV-AUUiPaTbjXLK7Bvd08m7wZcR1RbKjyhBEld3hScIEfOrmJlaNqcKSP0eKW2cP_WZpbdoqjchQObsStrZdR-BIWB40LWsHp5RxcGEPepChRYcJwwLyopk6K6kwwm-cR_5ottJjzA-k/s6000/IMG_1019.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNdiGAt5BwDq652q24acZAm3k1qnfOijmx74PpT8k4MmyZIeSXV-AUUiPaTbjXLK7Bvd08m7wZcR1RbKjyhBEld3hScIEfOrmJlaNqcKSP0eKW2cP_WZpbdoqjchQObsStrZdR-BIWB40LWsHp5RxcGEPepChRYcJwwLyopk6K6kwwm-cR_5ottJjzA-k/s320/IMG_1019.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We had a Skype call with Robert's parents later that evening, the start of which we had to delayed because the problems with the cooker caused our tea to be later than planned.</span></p><div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><br />BrextonThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00411524770593172256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071744906656849803.post-85606952545199296622023-08-02T07:54:00.003+01:002023-08-25T17:46:43.206+01:00Norway Day 12 - Wednesday 2nd August - Bike ride along the Telemark Canal cycle route<p>We awoke to a bright sunny day but the forecast was for thundery showers from 1:00pm. Our accommodation in Dalen is near one end of the Telemark Canal cycle route. Unfortunately, whilst boats can cross the lake the cycle path does not follow the shoreline and the route would have involved a along climb at 12.5 percent gradient. That idea was vetoed and a more sensible plan was to drive to Kviteseid and cycle a section where the route follows the shoreline. The journey would normally have taken 50 minutes but a road closure mean we had to take an alternative longer route.</p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">A stop at a Joker supermarket sorted lunch. Dough balls filled with a Bolognese sauce and cinnamon buns. The latter turned out to be on special offer and the person on the till pointed out to us it was cheaper to buy 3 rather than the two we had selected. We parked near the Kviteseid bygdetun history museum. Our ride along the shoreline was surprisingly hilly with around 1800 feet of ascent in 22 miles. When we reached the first tunnel we realised we should have brought lights. However, the road was not busy and the tunnel short enough to be able to safely cycle though.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi18jbaVu-Z_ETAOjpShK0D7ypnKBx0klzdJRWVguSJaMyLjE4idjHEwi6GmXRFpWXDyfIEXBBtqVZoqRIeCfBnIvK62PdvAldPDYEftrkNZZn4WZ5tQVgC-MTnEpm5N2q-n_16Pg8pAZ0a5pC-fN2FQll4A5uU2MCFA6v6jIXATPAjgVLnMEVYsFv4DME/s4000/20230802_123557.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi18jbaVu-Z_ETAOjpShK0D7ypnKBx0klzdJRWVguSJaMyLjE4idjHEwi6GmXRFpWXDyfIEXBBtqVZoqRIeCfBnIvK62PdvAldPDYEftrkNZZn4WZ5tQVgC-MTnEpm5N2q-n_16Pg8pAZ0a5pC-fN2FQll4A5uU2MCFA6v6jIXATPAjgVLnMEVYsFv4DME/s320/20230802_123557.jpg" width="240" /></a></p><br />We stopped just after 10 miles for lunch. An old diving platform forming a handy seat and offering good views of the lake. The dough balls and cinnamon buns were really tasty and we will buy then again. The sky had started to darken so we retraced our steps back to the car. The road was wet in places but we had missed all the showers.<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> We then drove to Vrådal. We had spotted in the morning that that the ride route was sign posted on the opposite bank of the lake to the main road. We followed the route of the cycle route looking for somewhere to park. The tarmac surface changed to gravel but was being used as a road. We eventually found a quiet parking spot off the road. The clouds looked very dark and whilst we waiting for them clear we were joined by 3 vans and 2 large trackers that were cutting back the verges. Chairs came out and the workers all sat round for a break. The spots of rain stopped and we set of riding towards the end of the lake where the track rejoined the main road. Rain started on our way back. It was initially light spots but with 3 miles left to cycle we stopped to put on our waterproof jackets. We got back to the car and just ahead of a really heavy downpour.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidwcDYvtAEQWvY8IDJXbokFybWHBJiEK2arZVxvWVntEmobiJWMNZA1eUU-Cf0AIitZOn_klQcWXwJ83QF9LR_DKUkkNV-68GkBYsYLhajpkZ_rzCU3gKJxD9S9zOfDxJt8rNSZUbcdDoynbpW_6Bpq432Dt8yjK0UDX4dFnTAcl5U9VTSzJUxDIOB3gQ/s4000/20230802_123612.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidwcDYvtAEQWvY8IDJXbokFybWHBJiEK2arZVxvWVntEmobiJWMNZA1eUU-Cf0AIitZOn_klQcWXwJ83QF9LR_DKUkkNV-68GkBYsYLhajpkZ_rzCU3gKJxD9S9zOfDxJt8rNSZUbcdDoynbpW_6Bpq432Dt8yjK0UDX4dFnTAcl5U9VTSzJUxDIOB3gQ/s320/20230802_123612.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKWnhNbODF8Dn2ICwqqv1ZP8ciEl1CqDIhJFL0LsURn5HxsO2MdNPsk5O_F7GsQzdc_MH1QN3m89NftwYwuWAYPns1kaFcj3t7iQUQfA6EjbD56A2y1cqwJE2hFjaYJCodBlwpwerhM26OF5fifmRcdVsqEr1-w1cCjxvrjyqyYP9PX2M7BxAtAEXVclc/s4000/20230802_115942.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKWnhNbODF8Dn2ICwqqv1ZP8ciEl1CqDIhJFL0LsURn5HxsO2MdNPsk5O_F7GsQzdc_MH1QN3m89NftwYwuWAYPns1kaFcj3t7iQUQfA6EjbD56A2y1cqwJE2hFjaYJCodBlwpwerhM26OF5fifmRcdVsqEr1-w1cCjxvrjyqyYP9PX2M7BxAtAEXVclc/s320/20230802_115942.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">We returned to Dalen, stopping at the supermarket on route. The trip boat that runs from Dalen to Skien docked at 18:30 so we returned to the port to get a some photos. The cruise takes all day one way and costs just under £100 per person.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI90yqzlv0TWRZi0bIYGuzrv4zX8fuFZtEfQ-wRnK4MvqXqmYNZiO-EbMijP0QWCprd1zZZp3CRrUkKeXYrvRFfYnCQKm0s1CH21nZxNwCL8xHEiAdoSUeDkJK1E056CVHqDYgQsjU2Yr-LkpJVdBp2uUlqdKfhziiurm-E-XR8wjUjYG2HkORajkwkn8/s6000/20230802185126_IMG_0940%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI90yqzlv0TWRZi0bIYGuzrv4zX8fuFZtEfQ-wRnK4MvqXqmYNZiO-EbMijP0QWCprd1zZZp3CRrUkKeXYrvRFfYnCQKm0s1CH21nZxNwCL8xHEiAdoSUeDkJK1E056CVHqDYgQsjU2Yr-LkpJVdBp2uUlqdKfhziiurm-E-XR8wjUjYG2HkORajkwkn8/s320/20230802185126_IMG_0940%20(1).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl9ZJqU9oral62f3spKUy0SM18lL9xfyhgwaqmRvBtqnUMFUax_a_NHn3Ah2Nfecx7QcgddPR8E5VUSmysCIvQzzVjunsofeSBQDKyXpynq7bZ3bdbQCxsgBpahgnIm9zBilV7ry3zQCIvEls4awReqFAc-R1hgCU21EHVrd11jFYObMJ78V9VnBIJm3M/s4000/20230802_142912.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl9ZJqU9oral62f3spKUy0SM18lL9xfyhgwaqmRvBtqnUMFUax_a_NHn3Ah2Nfecx7QcgddPR8E5VUSmysCIvQzzVjunsofeSBQDKyXpynq7bZ3bdbQCxsgBpahgnIm9zBilV7ry3zQCIvEls4awReqFAc-R1hgCU21EHVrd11jFYObMJ78V9VnBIJm3M/s320/20230802_142912.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">View looking down to Dalen</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2iXKjgvjk5JP7Q46RpDNri_fO0gETnqA5oJqzoJQUvdvH1uWgzjhEdA2tri1svln-WCbaFQHF_Rpbjw5E_8RycNgMPcSrrnXPzn17fowwyYQso_-md44wkb_DGeOEDKOwmAA2CgZbN54t8D_ySf7AyqzpNKDMh23nQQVRDFh7qMDf2_C0GA8mEM-2MdQ/s6000/20230802201915_IMG_0945.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2iXKjgvjk5JP7Q46RpDNri_fO0gETnqA5oJqzoJQUvdvH1uWgzjhEdA2tri1svln-WCbaFQHF_Rpbjw5E_8RycNgMPcSrrnXPzn17fowwyYQso_-md44wkb_DGeOEDKOwmAA2CgZbN54t8D_ySf7AyqzpNKDMh23nQQVRDFh7qMDf2_C0GA8mEM-2MdQ/s320/20230802201915_IMG_0945.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">.</p><div><br /></div>A vegetable curry was prepared for tea. Diaries and blogs updated and before watching a couple of vlogs on YouTubeBrextonThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00411524770593172256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071744906656849803.post-20142145372273261482023-08-01T21:08:00.002+01:002023-08-25T18:05:16.110+01:00Norway Day 12 - Tuesday 1st August - Drive to Dalen <p> </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWgh_5zg9R8Mmi-a0TRqTlT9Twgvar4CqmHP2f0K5_cn1p2EGYqvfqjiFTe0FI9J_y8lSuTsM15fhBdvtPiTCqEjGFuvwNNvmp8Xs4wr9Tusmc2drYA1FQ94qs7c_jKb6HL5xRlHN8YdVHbTVwbFNxaInqF2NGkcL8onrIQwne9lCSqghqAlcZswXz750/s995/Dalen.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="995" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWgh_5zg9R8Mmi-a0TRqTlT9Twgvar4CqmHP2f0K5_cn1p2EGYqvfqjiFTe0FI9J_y8lSuTsM15fhBdvtPiTCqEjGFuvwNNvmp8Xs4wr9Tusmc2drYA1FQ94qs7c_jKb6HL5xRlHN8YdVHbTVwbFNxaInqF2NGkcL8onrIQwne9lCSqghqAlcZswXz750/s320/Dalen.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></blockquote><span id="docs-internal-guid-8046e746-7fff-bcfc-58be-9468c420979e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We had breakfast on the balcony again, taking advantage of the view for the last time. The car was packed and we left the apartment just before 10:00. The quickest route to Dalen would have taken us back on the road we had travelled on from the Hardander Fjoid hotel. Instead we opted for a route that took us south from Bergen and involved crossing 2 fjords by ferry. There were a lot of tunnels as on the road as we left Bergen and the road tolls came to £5.27.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It took around 45 minute to reach the ferry port at Hatvik for the 12 minute crossing. We arrived just as the ferry was loading so drove straight on. There are no tickets. Your number plate is recorded when you drive on and I was changed £5.72 for the journey via my Skyttelpass account. It was lovely crossing with good weather and good views of the fjord as we crossed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGN5vC4d2dEcK6bbiLjoPL6TwPYUlMOTzw9z7mH_I3ih4KQURmGhfUGWkq1SqOR3sAAgnNF763vyR5ZEqcQMOsTBlTdsLGDVbZCQl7K0dDfaar1LCLq4PddyfOixxIjgjAvIjni3vsarPYzcEttoNzlVwDxJsEXe2Rjlpp35sxWRdJ6xqjZB-ZFBUvAH4/s6000/IMG_0845.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGN5vC4d2dEcK6bbiLjoPL6TwPYUlMOTzw9z7mH_I3ih4KQURmGhfUGWkq1SqOR3sAAgnNF763vyR5ZEqcQMOsTBlTdsLGDVbZCQl7K0dDfaar1LCLq4PddyfOixxIjgjAvIjni3vsarPYzcEttoNzlVwDxJsEXe2Rjlpp35sxWRdJ6xqjZB-ZFBUvAH4/s320/IMG_0845.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPXfi_IPagPekSeF7CEodsKP0cuR2yfbp_kHhkWMqDSvvYx3-unKvsZruDzoSKvLZ7epoVYtV4e09rnH2c1SDmKFIevuQmhcJzjWy3JCEBdxFzLR9aW9D7pUcH1te7Nz6UvNCSofGxcpeo-EPBmdpR0CXY-QyShUv1N4vsqXyVcpBuvXD40fytjnmdP7E/s6000/IMG_0848.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPXfi_IPagPekSeF7CEodsKP0cuR2yfbp_kHhkWMqDSvvYx3-unKvsZruDzoSKvLZ7epoVYtV4e09rnH2c1SDmKFIevuQmhcJzjWy3JCEBdxFzLR9aW9D7pUcH1te7Nz6UvNCSofGxcpeo-EPBmdpR0CXY-QyShUv1N4vsqXyVcpBuvXD40fytjnmdP7E/s320/IMG_0848.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> It was then a 45 minute drive to catch the next ferry from Gjermundshavn for the 20 minute crossing to Arnses (£9.72) . This time we were not so lucky with the timing and had around a 30 minute wait before we could load. The crossing gave us a good view of the fjord from the top deck of the boat. We spent the journey looking at the views , taking photographs and video and playing with the wireless microphones. Our recording equipment was upstaged by a man with a 3d camera on a long selfie stick. The road works coming out of Fusa had reduced a long stretch of the road to one lane.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjne7L03zkvzPP4a9laa2WcLlaDPBy2sxfgV7Qys4m4MP1DdQ4ad4BqpuFg-ZU4-PJswJsSLrLA9SA-SW6zJeucn8EOgCPP32nC02ENmBSdumIjerEUapTX_Xp5AQM_pXj4Wh05WxYftULd1-RPTHN3wnLmh6hVaDNxes1EaKUDaSfIAyJ3t_f8kTPnpYg/s6000/IMG_0858.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjne7L03zkvzPP4a9laa2WcLlaDPBy2sxfgV7Qys4m4MP1DdQ4ad4BqpuFg-ZU4-PJswJsSLrLA9SA-SW6zJeucn8EOgCPP32nC02ENmBSdumIjerEUapTX_Xp5AQM_pXj4Wh05WxYftULd1-RPTHN3wnLmh6hVaDNxes1EaKUDaSfIAyJ3t_f8kTPnpYg/s320/IMG_0858.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZ4tqpekisDDAGnUJJ59XGNq2PAXCcXZk5r9UdmFH4YhmmZgAa1zjjlEbS0Wseo9ncrE0ptyPLTgVOzfEBpzv5LEwH1J7QWCcgb_0mNqFyN3tq3rHlkjWtMxQS3lUo03yTWOdPLKcCwa51ErD7KcWII5Bh2hBkhppyhmvoixIE5S1epE5iPSfG3G7xN8/s6000/IMG_0871.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZ4tqpekisDDAGnUJJ59XGNq2PAXCcXZk5r9UdmFH4YhmmZgAa1zjjlEbS0Wseo9ncrE0ptyPLTgVOzfEBpzv5LEwH1J7QWCcgb_0mNqFyN3tq3rHlkjWtMxQS3lUo03yTWOdPLKcCwa51ErD7KcWII5Bh2hBkhppyhmvoixIE5S1epE5iPSfG3G7xN8/s320/IMG_0871.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9l_ry9TrUswWtF1Kv7LLls0YLg4EDobz75FYljLC3BCoXh33IgPmPCicM7gZfYR_12U3fk2o_6B9V7qvbE7y3uw9Kn1yUeoaZFObHlNNOds5hiniTcTvZPrXDs0SNmS9M1OC6Y8OtDxhbMDESqlz8kxc4CasmV0uqVwZ_NhZxNRK6FB3FVQ7tkVLJuxQ/s6000/IMG_0874.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9l_ry9TrUswWtF1Kv7LLls0YLg4EDobz75FYljLC3BCoXh33IgPmPCicM7gZfYR_12U3fk2o_6B9V7qvbE7y3uw9Kn1yUeoaZFObHlNNOds5hiniTcTvZPrXDs0SNmS9M1OC6Y8OtDxhbMDESqlz8kxc4CasmV0uqVwZ_NhZxNRK6FB3FVQ7tkVLJuxQ/s320/IMG_0874.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRznOpAl06h1jSqEyHJlowVtnZHCqTAW6BIbArarWOZd3rq14sIpmabg7zJXSVSKDkxY1Mb30_Dt9ldaGkjMpe5wkqFbCwS5qqfKS48XIXH0iRl8cttnA35rBlA3F2-7EJku4Rp6SyoizU2c5oKlKLu_IOZ7AajolVMOYxvvUMXpDS1aPpdIyC_Dh7i4M/s6000/IMG_0882.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRznOpAl06h1jSqEyHJlowVtnZHCqTAW6BIbArarWOZd3rq14sIpmabg7zJXSVSKDkxY1Mb30_Dt9ldaGkjMpe5wkqFbCwS5qqfKS48XIXH0iRl8cttnA35rBlA3F2-7EJku4Rp6SyoizU2c5oKlKLu_IOZ7AajolVMOYxvvUMXpDS1aPpdIyC_Dh7i4M/s320/IMG_0882.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> There was not the room for larger vehicles to pass and Lyn had to get out of the car to check the road condition as I moved to one side to let a lorry past. It made it with inches to spare. The road was along the side of the fjord for around 25km. We stopped for a Brexton lunch by </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the</span> <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Fjord</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">. </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Shortly after our lunch and we stopped again at the first waterfall of the day. This was not marked on the</span> <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">map as worth seeing. We would have had lunch by the waterfall if we had known about it. Continuing along the</span> <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">side</span> <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">of</span> <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the</span> <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">fjord we</span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> passed several fish farms with their floating houses before we reached the Folgefonna Tunnel . </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwSXJv1AbUUS0o6LueSP22-wQPmMZTbK7gStmUc1o3cTciokJzuC9A3v1bZCOWQKA45i6PyOo7IKnucAhHwc4cNUG5CNx_HJWoZT3eJ3nhejT2XdIHyht3pwj_qY_WeYMDIaX689_DwZNn0gHC3SfkPOftAveCRGCgyUrb8Wt7OGaEaIvZFpUdGeCI3g8/s6000/IMG_0893.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwSXJv1AbUUS0o6LueSP22-wQPmMZTbK7gStmUc1o3cTciokJzuC9A3v1bZCOWQKA45i6PyOo7IKnucAhHwc4cNUG5CNx_HJWoZT3eJ3nhejT2XdIHyht3pwj_qY_WeYMDIaX689_DwZNn0gHC3SfkPOftAveCRGCgyUrb8Wt7OGaEaIvZFpUdGeCI3g8/s320/IMG_0893.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEwc9VEgwJ6BbTz99NGLXz0-U3G-2ckY_sqmyC_uOdTS4yyxHZ6jh3ghXp2RFolRf3D03PqafhEg0XsQeRDt8EhTnLZ35jTJa8sobP6oVyqSiiI_rnzulZJI5QnhhaCvlXyAzj0Tkf3xGPY5qBAlnpSs1FddOiZtbzLho4gJo4xNXBIzIqk4E5K43Il8/s6000/IMG_0898.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEwc9VEgwJ6BbTz99NGLXz0-U3G-2ckY_sqmyC_uOdTS4yyxHZ6jh3ghXp2RFolRf3D03PqafhEg0XsQeRDt8EhTnLZ35jTJa8sobP6oVyqSiiI_rnzulZJI5QnhhaCvlXyAzj0Tkf3xGPY5qBAlnpSs1FddOiZtbzLho4gJo4xNXBIzIqk4E5K43Il8/s320/IMG_0898.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">This took us under Folgefonna glacier. The 11.15 km tunnel was opened in 2001 and is the 4th longest tunnel in Norway and connects the village of Eitrheim and the town of Odda. Before the tunnel was built the journey would have taken over 4 hours. There were several waterfalls after </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> tunnel that had been marked on </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> map . We stopped the Tjørnadalsfossen waterfall. You could not see the waterfall from the road and it was a good 10 minute walk up a steep track to get to a suitable view point. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU1N8JxvIsRVcEkY1e9Hs9qGnuHg9HR4WZGSVvuIYf6zVXbe5yTGrI342crZYOnYIqFGaBF_sPNZ3vOtvtIL7VE_ZLPk5yHZzhCfUPZ_q7xvVHZZYSpJB7yOqXw2EkwTUcoVN8TLB2WAvDCGHBRCwQMYKIEApXHMU1xdknABvE57xIwfYY9EMYMOGs5Yw/s6000/IMG_0904.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="4000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU1N8JxvIsRVcEkY1e9Hs9qGnuHg9HR4WZGSVvuIYf6zVXbe5yTGrI342crZYOnYIqFGaBF_sPNZ3vOtvtIL7VE_ZLPk5yHZzhCfUPZ_q7xvVHZZYSpJB7yOqXw2EkwTUcoVN8TLB2WAvDCGHBRCwQMYKIEApXHMU1xdknABvE57xIwfYY9EMYMOGs5Yw/s320/IMG_0904.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Tjørnadalsfossen waterfall</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwRW0PWKIoWT9U3KZx0V8g3SIqgkr1yL5GUC4ZJ2gZeUr3IwnZUctc4uBW3f6lVP1CP7DWX0NUik0aKwbqZ5n9g9R9FJc8-BPN3fPJuRJCcwP9BTimHtALlqHJJGh8SYpRk8vc7Cu-P1moc5GFp22kYbevjbWX5u6G7AfQrFYRxv2Cqtfg6Ja3cSztL0c/s6000/IMG_0911.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwRW0PWKIoWT9U3KZx0V8g3SIqgkr1yL5GUC4ZJ2gZeUr3IwnZUctc4uBW3f6lVP1CP7DWX0NUik0aKwbqZ5n9g9R9FJc8-BPN3fPJuRJCcwP9BTimHtALlqHJJGh8SYpRk8vc7Cu-P1moc5GFp22kYbevjbWX5u6G7AfQrFYRxv2Cqtfg6Ja3cSztL0c/s320/IMG_0911.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Tjørnadalsfossen waterfall</span></div></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Lyn stayed in the car and had to be content with a view of Strandsfossen waterfall that was flowing into a small lake across the road. The road also took us past the Latefossen waterfall. It's known for its twin tails . We didn't stay long . The waterfall was just off a very busy Road and the best view was from the old stone bridge. The bridge did not have a pavement and there was a constant stream of vehicles in both directions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjeA4vDgjsGA5K35TWUGjSubOwPDxUOHNMjma9Q1OdjOwTCw3XEkGjc0yctUnT0TViPP-6Xdg8gbgcRdiL8kmididN8i3pCqgaSGInfsFCBoG91gI67Izl4jFo6UcRiWUAhPQQYUj6XGVDWSlY_CXDvXMv4mVYKGE84_yAukbxbRHMHLbz8TyBA_IYc8/s6000/IMG_0925.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjeA4vDgjsGA5K35TWUGjSubOwPDxUOHNMjma9Q1OdjOwTCw3XEkGjc0yctUnT0TViPP-6Xdg8gbgcRdiL8kmididN8i3pCqgaSGInfsFCBoG91gI67Izl4jFo6UcRiWUAhPQQYUj6XGVDWSlY_CXDvXMv4mVYKGE84_yAukbxbRHMHLbz8TyBA_IYc8/s320/IMG_0925.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We arrived in Dalen at around 7:00 pm and drove first into the village to find a supermarket before locating our accommodation. We had arranged for a late check in so they had left the key in the door for us. We parked just off the road and had to walk up a slope at the side of the owner's house to reach our detached accommodation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpjTye0NkELDzHBXP33GA7TCa5xaKEFvudsW-K76fWGknB8dybVw82c2veFZpwwIPRyy8qbA_9jzMAHqGCz4olMl6xHIeei18JX614A3lTUw07FFfOBE6TOqCMaZmHef2G552B5jAEyPdFl7dpR4fnXjOZK_xhDYjKTZOgVIe2yJAUNE-XIZG6xDbkLGQ/s6000/IMG_0950.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; 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margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The cool box had stopped working but the salmon stayed cold in the box and was eaten for tea with a selection of fresh vegetables.</span></p><div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUQseMo7EV-BwzsYbFT-6cc7Bcc6hieQBi2eFt6Y0Q9Ro_sA65ifgNm9viZwpSzLParwskqTZDHMivdZxWKfSrZNcQjF4Uq4mNym-CDj3gzVMygkqA0werbQyBsP3t9EFvlUZ8KRDtANowELWl7vQ3MCmqA__7gOx4_O5MAQ6NNbp__9p8OgSaWKiyq80/s6000/IMG_0930.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUQseMo7EV-BwzsYbFT-6cc7Bcc6hieQBi2eFt6Y0Q9Ro_sA65ifgNm9viZwpSzLParwskqTZDHMivdZxWKfSrZNcQjF4Uq4mNym-CDj3gzVMygkqA0werbQyBsP3t9EFvlUZ8KRDtANowELWl7vQ3MCmqA__7gOx4_O5MAQ6NNbp__9p8OgSaWKiyq80/s320/IMG_0930.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span><p></p>BrextonThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00411524770593172256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071744906656849803.post-8754457688267761522023-07-31T23:30:00.001+01:002023-08-25T17:47:16.484+01:00Norway Day 11 - Monday 31st July - A day in Bergen<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-5997c66e-7fff-79bd-91d0-1aeeecd84635"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We started the day with breakfast on the balcony taking advantage of the view of the fjord and watching a couple of cruise ships sailing up under the Askoy bridge in preparation for a day in Bergen.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhokuxkf1eJeEeEqi9oa84GHYbob6Sufao7AC7ymDE9fjoCindmKBdZxoVQVx-qe8J5AueiXs0Zek78TEF3scwA1ISs_BEQklyfhw9H4DoEs12o2GJn-zKu8o-gVDtmCkDcpysZKcH8VyYvvsWSY-GZJ6_LSmtGAxbmcjYtL6HD5r14QP7saNSMTNAVXYM/s6000/IMG_0665.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhokuxkf1eJeEeEqi9oa84GHYbob6Sufao7AC7ymDE9fjoCindmKBdZxoVQVx-qe8J5AueiXs0Zek78TEF3scwA1ISs_BEQklyfhw9H4DoEs12o2GJn-zKu8o-gVDtmCkDcpysZKcH8VyYvvsWSY-GZJ6_LSmtGAxbmcjYtL6HD5r14QP7saNSMTNAVXYM/s320/IMG_0665.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p></span></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> After a quick visit to the Rema supermarket we then drove to the centre of Bergen. The road is tolled and drivers are billed automatically, in my case by using my a Skyttlepass account. The charge is a mystery as the cost depends on time of day and the automatic tolling cameras appeared to be randomly located. We were only changed for the morning journey and the the cost was just over 27 NOK (£2). </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">When we looked at staying in Bergen we had considered going on a fjord cruise. However, that would have taken most of the day and we would not have had time to explore the city. The roads into Bergen from our apartment were too busy to cycle so we drove, parking in the central City Park parking garage. We were charged 306 NOK (£22.59) for the days parking with your length of stay being calculated by the automatic number plate recognition cameras. If we had selected a car park further out from the centre the cost would have been less.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">From the car park it was a short walk to the Fishmarket. The market was a popular tourist destination located by the fjord in the heart of the city . In addition to stalls selling fish there were also stalls selling local farm food and vegetables and several restaurants serving a large selection of seafood. It was busy and a popular designation for the cruise ship passengers. The food stalls also sold a variety of Norwegian hot dishes. The traditional </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Norwegian Paella stall that was doing a good trade.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">From the market it was a short walk to the other side of the wharf to Bryggen .A mediaeval wharf in the historic harbour district known for its colourful, wooden-clad boat houses. We walked along the front before exploring the alleys between the houses. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqS7SGn0nNKAnSrbvjTeNzQKwUr-tN1GkujO2DxCBJxzxD79PRspD-0OFWWijR9N4rJlGaB82779ZoQXMJdmHcXXodYKXbQDa9Qyz0MBPODy496ujPjVBC8HpUBRkr52Qm_jpq7i5piTeKgQfjxMAmWpiZiGVLFtYiyrZeKaLjoX7Dvf01lvJQ3DzP1KQ/s6000/IMG_0680.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqS7SGn0nNKAnSrbvjTeNzQKwUr-tN1GkujO2DxCBJxzxD79PRspD-0OFWWijR9N4rJlGaB82779ZoQXMJdmHcXXodYKXbQDa9Qyz0MBPODy496ujPjVBC8HpUBRkr52Qm_jpq7i5piTeKgQfjxMAmWpiZiGVLFtYiyrZeKaLjoX7Dvf01lvJQ3DzP1KQ/s320/IMG_0680.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">To use the toilets in the town you had to pay using a credit card. The first one we tried the card was not accepted so we walked further down the wharf to one that was not as busy and tried again. Some other tourists also had the same problem. We eventually found a cubicle where the door was not locked so we could open the door without using a card.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We then took Floibanen funicular to the top of Mount Fløyen. It is possible to walk to the view point in around an hour from the centre if you want to save the 160 NOK (£12) return fare . The funicular took under 6 minutes to climb the 320 metres to the upper station and viewpoint. The area immediately outside the upper station was busy but the terraced view point offered good views for everyone . </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGfzslygOS3vCxp4vMRNZH8bVVyFh6zCKYZZsOn8Yc2vcYe44K2nPpwps4ZzKJiupOzmjxctxHPD5jOI0l24J4Qyn1rGdAkB3yzrjCQ-68pA8TdS-m4vuwMGqIRWtJyE_nRwLd4QGQHyvkIxaa-mZz-Xq_cOUGkbZQmorggPfCMWiVhUyzYF5jdHBtWs/s320/IMG_0715.JPG" width="320" /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho3DQGFRk2afoRNmkZ4D7r8Tv14kWzD9rMxgCviV2DXQ2oqMDUbaAcEN2M9r0hWuh5tLKhma4pByOwO6X9mdAAUMJ3f1GMqIU3eAlp_YmIsXssfNZ2wuGzzDHqmnQ09-6tNyTF_AjV3HETNKKnPPEAnxrEd37rcBiXMDCthRhOc8LEheefuupa9cYCdFw/s6000/IMG_0711.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho3DQGFRk2afoRNmkZ4D7r8Tv14kWzD9rMxgCviV2DXQ2oqMDUbaAcEN2M9r0hWuh5tLKhma4pByOwO6X9mdAAUMJ3f1GMqIU3eAlp_YmIsXssfNZ2wuGzzDHqmnQ09-6tNyTF_AjV3HETNKKnPPEAnxrEd37rcBiXMDCthRhOc8LEheefuupa9cYCdFw/s320/IMG_0711.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">You only needed to walk a short distance away from the terrace for the crowds to thin out. Rather than descending to the centre for lunch we walked on the graveled path to a small lake, Skomakerdiket. It was possible to push the wheelchair most of the way but a couple of the short accents were a struggle. At the lake it was possible to hire a canoe but the lake's small size meant this was aimed more at children than serious paddlers. We found a small cafe on the far side and bought a coffee and had to be content with a cake as they did not have anything savory. We should have purchased some lunch in the centre to bring with us before getting the funicular. We then walked round the lake before returning to the funicular station for the trip back to the centre.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We did not have time to visit any of Bergen's many museums and art galleries but walked towards the railway station stopping in Festplassen piazza overlooking Bergen's central lake and fountain for Lyn to ring her mum. We return to the car via the Musikkpaviljongen . A cast-iron Music Pavilion with Moorish details was gifted to the city in 1888. The website says the pavilion also contains a lifesize bronze statue by Ingebrigt Vik of Edvard Grieg. This native of Bergen was a successful classical piano composer during the late 19th century but we missed it and checking our photos the statue appears to no longer be there.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMGR7PeeVCOkvyoPXWiLba3StqFoGazZncntGaKKWHOmPHvgOX3JTOZZuNfawoG53ATknIeAwcCqjcI1A6ybQXxpXzFrV7eu6Pm9OcVSc3z6R8jAUOzLP1rFF2T05BtC0FCfygqLJLnbplI4qYuJyDx9qvCsJaSRy1sj5NzUh16YxNxucPTfEKPj25ejg/s6000/IMG_0801.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="4000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMGR7PeeVCOkvyoPXWiLba3StqFoGazZncntGaKKWHOmPHvgOX3JTOZZuNfawoG53ATknIeAwcCqjcI1A6ybQXxpXzFrV7eu6Pm9OcVSc3z6R8jAUOzLP1rFF2T05BtC0FCfygqLJLnbplI4qYuJyDx9qvCsJaSRy1sj5NzUh16YxNxucPTfEKPj25ejg/s320/IMG_0801.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; 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Breakfast in the hotel was good. Photographs were taken, the car packed and the bill paid. Unfortunately the view of the Folgefonna glacier we had seen the previous evening was lost in cloud.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2x2IRDCt5BUSm3649UXeoO3j8OfUD-cscEgj8Wz9o4oVpoCEO4XZr0jx86EMq_Ls8XK-d47k3cPBOnP5kLgQDEJU7a0aUrr9tbtT_rDTurh6NEnTkDyvdclIaPrPlG2LqHVkSQCbAVXr0wK9vzh6cTd4-bmOhZ179fqujmmnqffDgmSr4Ohh06IYATTw/s6000/IMG_0549.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2x2IRDCt5BUSm3649UXeoO3j8OfUD-cscEgj8Wz9o4oVpoCEO4XZr0jx86EMq_Ls8XK-d47k3cPBOnP5kLgQDEJU7a0aUrr9tbtT_rDTurh6NEnTkDyvdclIaPrPlG2LqHVkSQCbAVXr0wK9vzh6cTd4-bmOhZ179fqujmmnqffDgmSr4Ohh06IYATTw/s320/IMG_0549.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Rather than driving to Bergen we decided to first the visit the </span><a href="https://fartoyvern.no/" target="_blank">Hardanger Maritime Museum</a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> in the next village of Norheimsund. We had expected our visit would be quite a quick tour but in the end we spent almost 5 hours in the museum. It is an informal museum dedicated to the protection of old vessels by keeping them in the water and transferring the skills needed to maintain them to the next generation. The museum started in 1984 as a social project for unemployed youth when they restored a 73 foot sailing vessel Mathilde. The restoration took 5 years and the boat has sailed on the fjord ever since. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlSGoRCTs8DWyrEXYEBIMGAAT4AOx1QWb3qTpwdU9qcZbiXtKVjjBvkAXaMQJr0S1CKSMxEad5kQ0eA173l-YY6wPM5020trKNrydnLxGWjrqu000G6R5CKbOjEi9lflUMMfxVfgWQ2fs5rMxBZawmgMhX5EXlhV6HrbRMvhFA1NdeaRWesrR1iDREPj4/s6000/IMG_0572.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlSGoRCTs8DWyrEXYEBIMGAAT4AOx1QWb3qTpwdU9qcZbiXtKVjjBvkAXaMQJr0S1CKSMxEad5kQ0eA173l-YY6wPM5020trKNrydnLxGWjrqu000G6R5CKbOjEi9lflUMMfxVfgWQ2fs5rMxBZawmgMhX5EXlhV6HrbRMvhFA1NdeaRWesrR1iDREPj4/s320/IMG_0572.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Mathilde</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44zrbLPL2xnuJ4CWfuAcukZsGdyVk47AT45X2dNIUKPNGiCBJvFw2nKQdUgCGEcE0ec5NqpZDBV_2yhPxKb1dWgkuLc3mvYnkcJ8O2zNx1_g2RAwhQiqdCPFtKyugru5Zieq3-T7W6tps0ha-sGDyxLIDQTqu9GhgDIXPCaJ8uqcxV-QuYK40Cv9SSms/s6000/IMG_0569.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44zrbLPL2xnuJ4CWfuAcukZsGdyVk47AT45X2dNIUKPNGiCBJvFw2nKQdUgCGEcE0ec5NqpZDBV_2yhPxKb1dWgkuLc3mvYnkcJ8O2zNx1_g2RAwhQiqdCPFtKyugru5Zieq3-T7W6tps0ha-sGDyxLIDQTqu9GhgDIXPCaJ8uqcxV-QuYK40Cv9SSms/s320/IMG_0569.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4rqYM6oLn4oXT4C2YbJyNag0mIT7LRS5A0siO3YoY06Qki6qojprzQO9-gj3EErA4X9e6FlMPZabFRN0oPPcQziMdF7VxkHh_Yl3T-bCLIYKvedJjf4-YWh60Nvd2RUAiq169qun984bqxv9THriLQFuOBpG1VHRZ0xIeIVr8IWTQcMjcXywQZ0pUjPQ/s6000/IMG_0589.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4rqYM6oLn4oXT4C2YbJyNag0mIT7LRS5A0siO3YoY06Qki6qojprzQO9-gj3EErA4X9e6FlMPZabFRN0oPPcQziMdF7VxkHh_Yl3T-bCLIYKvedJjf4-YWh60Nvd2RUAiq169qun984bqxv9THriLQFuOBpG1VHRZ0xIeIVr8IWTQcMjcXywQZ0pUjPQ/s320/IMG_0589.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The museum has now expanded to include more vessels , workshops and a rope making walk. They also sell traditional rowing boats they make by hand. The layout is very informal and you are free to wander round the workshops. We walked round the workshops, outside vessels then climbed the stairs to the rope walk where they make all the ropes for the boats they are refurbishing. Visitors can make their own sample short piece of rope by hand. We followed the instructions. We started by cutting 3 lengths of string from a large reel and tying 3 separate loops between the winding jig and a stick. Lyn had to tension the strings and it was then over 7 minutes of fast winding the handle to get sufficient twists on the string to shorten it to the required length. The twisted lengths of string were carefully removed from the stick and tied together. A wooden bobbin was then placed between the 3 lengths of strings we had twisted and after some more winding and moving the bobbin to lay the lengths of twisted string we were the proud owners of a short length of rope. We could see why the twisting was done by a machine for the ropes they manufactured.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSMqHuzalFHeg2bG8EnByrBi3U78j6qAdMYv19OjHA3IjJ1VK03mfG9ewKxcFr3YMSxsb4hk31UXsmDgxoxMC4Sf01SNpBZpjvYCVS5roU4WXGSLAxPIsItmZnjJkwrJgAz_fbXrCCEsQLUdsv1R4IqMk_7n6Uxm6PyyP6Ud5uuEUt0pRw3FAg-oST2fs/s1185/Rope%20.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1185" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSMqHuzalFHeg2bG8EnByrBi3U78j6qAdMYv19OjHA3IjJ1VK03mfG9ewKxcFr3YMSxsb4hk31UXsmDgxoxMC4Sf01SNpBZpjvYCVS5roU4WXGSLAxPIsItmZnjJkwrJgAz_fbXrCCEsQLUdsv1R4IqMk_7n6Uxm6PyyP6Ud5uuEUt0pRw3FAg-oST2fs/s320/Rope%20.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVd0QVrsjbcxojAFqIBi49sXeifcKaWRGNjCrKHiRx8rm7Oo-aF7l8Bvne8QghpLGcv4eQ_Nm5bP0lYtwhGUyjX8BAhE_prxvVEoD9Ou11Mm_U6L2IMhFi-ZytDlqSDz4ZvAMVRkZhAaq5zDkTMRv9lEMmwrf3z_9osw0qTYkC83afxn3TGrj7QLeg9cg/s6000/IMG_0593.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVd0QVrsjbcxojAFqIBi49sXeifcKaWRGNjCrKHiRx8rm7Oo-aF7l8Bvne8QghpLGcv4eQ_Nm5bP0lYtwhGUyjX8BAhE_prxvVEoD9Ou11Mm_U6L2IMhFi-ZytDlqSDz4ZvAMVRkZhAaq5zDkTMRv9lEMmwrf3z_9osw0qTYkC83afxn3TGrj7QLeg9cg/s320/IMG_0593.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We visited the cafe for lunch. They had run out of savory items so we had to be content with a coffee and piece of cake. The weather improved by the afternoon. Our ticket price included having a traditional rowing boat on the fjord for 30 minutes. We went back to the car to change into canoe shorts and shoes in case we got wet. Once we had master the oars and not facing the direction of travel we were soon near the village. More photos were taken before rowing back.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBz-CNR1_1TCf1KhTGu-apqOgV7xjrpnQGhxObhyZYcA1-t8a3-UGqX-NixMl0FTyH4vqmxh-Z-ki0xhPi6sSNbD5LWv72hlOUsrEoqry70UwTlK2J0ZeAn4UrBLb2Ow-L4J8SdFYjVEvYdQoM0MPS_itClEE4ZFNOAZy9P-TWuuzOz3cXLCpEYcblsR0/s3648/IMG_9310.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBz-CNR1_1TCf1KhTGu-apqOgV7xjrpnQGhxObhyZYcA1-t8a3-UGqX-NixMl0FTyH4vqmxh-Z-ki0xhPi6sSNbD5LWv72hlOUsrEoqry70UwTlK2J0ZeAn4UrBLb2Ow-L4J8SdFYjVEvYdQoM0MPS_itClEE4ZFNOAZy9P-TWuuzOz3cXLCpEYcblsR0/s320/IMG_9310.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXeB2Lj_Ki-XeKRfqTWfV44ohX1PWpvU__TY4DoxaLeXinabBLS0eZaLs-f9r-UjNmmamjuO6sXKSNU2PFA5VDOlnp92Ixdq-s29DSkjV_1WwXwUfNUXxWebTj9dwuKOCKXVfN-a6OuWa1ljczKS-wzHXiWM8pYbal2HWIU_V4DcKo1rZTlZjrJFkjP_s/s3648/IMG_9313.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXeB2Lj_Ki-XeKRfqTWfV44ohX1PWpvU__TY4DoxaLeXinabBLS0eZaLs-f9r-UjNmmamjuO6sXKSNU2PFA5VDOlnp92Ixdq-s29DSkjV_1WwXwUfNUXxWebTj9dwuKOCKXVfN-a6OuWa1ljczKS-wzHXiWM8pYbal2HWIU_V4DcKo1rZTlZjrJFkjP_s/s320/IMG_9313.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Returning to dry land we changed out of canoe shorts and then explored the areas of the museum we had missed and then went back to the cafe for a coffee. This one was free as we used the time to complete an online survey.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It was after 4:00 before we left the museum. Our first stop was just 20 minutes later at the Steinsdalsfossen waterfall. The waterfall was formed in 1699 when the river found a new path and has attracted visitors to the area ever since. It is possible to walk behind the waterfall offering a different perspective. It was a short walk from the large carpark to the waterfall. We took the wheelchair but fortunately Lyn was able to walk up the slope. It was then a 90 minute drive to the apartment we had booked in Laksevay just outside Bergen.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbpK-oj3BpqAJPT6srSIh1HfZJ862Ji9TojMXJ3J7TebIKwlJRMWCVBV5mavCTvBSwXGaaChPSwbkzgnmuE8NBaD4UJ4y0wLFiKGx9Orxz5FKjYrIs5vP7aAmUrCCUttEl2U9Bemlz4dxgl-uYEEVIhaAOHgwbZLWZN-CPT3-mnZui2fcQy13tPnXxNIg/s6000/IMG_0611.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdjANyfETQEgBvhkcw3Wee0A8x5_DzPuInf-7jdhXVrm1VYpPhVeiGmLAys2oGrPowshkCYxUOE8ir1CEO2xHpluJ6HHJf9hf5rhU8Zed83Sd5mmlZT3dOL-vhMzm9pNb2ri7-sNoIxyuXA2ia559drJleYQewDmcYAUT5hDO5iO2dlPiqVl2qrHF1qew/s320/IMG_0638.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbpK-oj3BpqAJPT6srSIh1HfZJ862Ji9TojMXJ3J7TebIKwlJRMWCVBV5mavCTvBSwXGaaChPSwbkzgnmuE8NBaD4UJ4y0wLFiKGx9Orxz5FKjYrIs5vP7aAmUrCCUttEl2U9Bemlz4dxgl-uYEEVIhaAOHgwbZLWZN-CPT3-mnZui2fcQy13tPnXxNIg/s6000/IMG_0611.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbpK-oj3BpqAJPT6srSIh1HfZJ862Ji9TojMXJ3J7TebIKwlJRMWCVBV5mavCTvBSwXGaaChPSwbkzgnmuE8NBaD4UJ4y0wLFiKGx9Orxz5FKjYrIs5vP7aAmUrCCUttEl2U9Bemlz4dxgl-uYEEVIhaAOHgwbZLWZN-CPT3-mnZui2fcQy13tPnXxNIg/w323-h209/IMG_0611.JPG" width="323" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYC9pRtxYEeU2NP8maptp6QUgL1xuP8cc_dpzq1rYzbA8mVOGpjDv7jwKm381q_nwfS5XgOYAX-cnLQq1vq3XEAJ7I-iXbKEdDGbvJhlGRCCabXVFLR27hnV6eibwFcSSNfr1K7vPhoPrSvZujW82qu3o8Tjeug-uR2Cb9zt906KdXo0e8xHFIDENARNw/s6000/IMG_0618.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYC9pRtxYEeU2NP8maptp6QUgL1xuP8cc_dpzq1rYzbA8mVOGpjDv7jwKm381q_nwfS5XgOYAX-cnLQq1vq3XEAJ7I-iXbKEdDGbvJhlGRCCabXVFLR27hnV6eibwFcSSNfr1K7vPhoPrSvZujW82qu3o8Tjeug-uR2Cb9zt906KdXo0e8xHFIDENARNw/s320/IMG_0618.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We had a flexible check in. On arrival we had to car outside the door to the underground carpark. It was then an airbnb message to the owner and a few seconds later the roller door opened. The correct parking space was located and key and door fob retrieved from its hiding place. A numbered door then had to be located so we were in the right stairwell and on reaching the first floor had to find the correct apartment . The apartment doors were not numbered but a small label with the </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">owners</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> name was </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">eventually</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> found . The luggage was transferred from the car. It was quite a a walk so Lyn had to take </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">the</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> wheelchair.</span></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It was time for a quick drink before we had to drive in Bergen to find a supermarket to buy food for tea. The majority of Supermarkets in Norway do not open on a Sunday. We had googled the previous evening and found a Mango Supermarket that was open a few miles from the apartment on Loddefjoid . We were fortunate we were able to find a space to park outside where you had 30 minute free parking. The supermarket turned out to be located in a shopping centre. They had a good range of fresh vegetables but some areas of the shop had been closed off. We purchased the ingredients for a mushroom and nut stir fry .</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We returned to the apartment to cook tea and admire the views of the fjord.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLmwI-GZgNRwapIcF4Ie44717UYdgNzP0aRO-N0-Zf5OoP05uIC_uSvFd1EpDZP7h4Vcqx9HlUVw_CuehSKDeg5XpanDlCSO5h30Ufn-CXoFWlkm8iVQOU8VdWSMUVnwop207fpwt21KbNE0BlfjkTMUWWPIbua4CJBDdO2wubcHQ1-xdC2Vq0SSqTM-E/s6000/IMG_0644.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLmwI-GZgNRwapIcF4Ie44717UYdgNzP0aRO-N0-Zf5OoP05uIC_uSvFd1EpDZP7h4Vcqx9HlUVw_CuehSKDeg5XpanDlCSO5h30Ufn-CXoFWlkm8iVQOU8VdWSMUVnwop207fpwt21KbNE0BlfjkTMUWWPIbua4CJBDdO2wubcHQ1-xdC2Vq0SSqTM-E/s320/IMG_0644.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfMHb-ACi9QaO6CQ0yEhEZR3HuwNla6TV14LVSVkEklBykvsxDxkTAg8e34KOYrEY2guXSCkU0X9SdijYkGVj6ML9DHGeur_UojUr2_V9AyJt_KHwbHJFNZDj7yxAheVZ9pBf2ueBlvgjXjkT4SRQMp_krKgaLB7gcQsug3SmIknhqbfsZU6yv0DqXRSg/s6000/IMG_0654.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfMHb-ACi9QaO6CQ0yEhEZR3HuwNla6TV14LVSVkEklBykvsxDxkTAg8e34KOYrEY2guXSCkU0X9SdijYkGVj6ML9DHGeur_UojUr2_V9AyJt_KHwbHJFNZDj7yxAheVZ9pBf2ueBlvgjXjkT4SRQMp_krKgaLB7gcQsug3SmIknhqbfsZU6yv0DqXRSg/s320/IMG_0654.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span><p></p>BrextonThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00411524770593172256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071744906656849803.post-85910750611514929892023-07-29T06:33:00.001+01:002023-08-25T17:47:41.063+01:00Norway Day 9 - Saturday 29th July - Hardanderfjoid Hotel<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">T<span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">oday</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> we drove to</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span>wards B</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">ergen . Our route followed the National Tourist route and would take us over the Hardangervidda mountain plateau and past the spectacular Vøringsfossen waterfall. We wanted to enjoy the drive and have time to stop and admire the scenery so rather than drive all the way to Bergen we planned a stop for the night in Øystese the Hardanderfjoid Hotel. The drive time without stops was scheduled to take 5:30 hours. We set off just after 10:00 am. We had a Brexton stop for lunch before we reached the plateau having the 2 portions of salmon we had cooked the night before .</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK8xLca--fKyKeBo6PookyPziqHbioNzVJW9QoGdMLdAGkwiCzyx6ouiri4u79vPCMcEDbczPHjwclNRRqnUBG955s9rBMMIpsm9pDv8FweMpNQmbU0Toj8BsGnRd8OqgmYGBE4bfO1OFt6Z6OF4Tm4YKxgMrexMrQEB4_T2mZYyhPjU01QRVP9cCKt6M/s6000/IMG_0464.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK8xLca--fKyKeBo6PookyPziqHbioNzVJW9QoGdMLdAGkwiCzyx6ouiri4u79vPCMcEDbczPHjwclNRRqnUBG955s9rBMMIpsm9pDv8FweMpNQmbU0Toj8BsGnRd8OqgmYGBE4bfO1OFt6Z6OF4Tm4YKxgMrexMrQEB4_T2mZYyhPjU01QRVP9cCKt6M/s320/IMG_0464.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsegeCJkfauub_t_WZ5XAgKYXZSJLnjOhtR9zBKGtO0FoM7o33QHnhbLpPCPeTgfy54jNQpLp4yDZvvubOx_xQsxWWpxbstdAmTotiSTNW8Qbrtb43unkxVgwqIGTTNWxLZszePdat7r5tNEgxwHkm6QO1kaZaPY3MZti2f8urNHRrjROKCSP46kB-UxM/s6000/IMG_0467.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsegeCJkfauub_t_WZ5XAgKYXZSJLnjOhtR9zBKGtO0FoM7o33QHnhbLpPCPeTgfy54jNQpLp4yDZvvubOx_xQsxWWpxbstdAmTotiSTNW8Qbrtb43unkxVgwqIGTTNWxLZszePdat7r5tNEgxwHkm6QO1kaZaPY3MZti2f8urNHRrjROKCSP46kB-UxM/s320/IMG_0467.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> A problem with the cool box meant it would only operate on mains power. Fortunately we had some cool blocks with us and had been able to freeze them before setting off. We climbed above the tree time and our route took us over the largest mountain plateau in Europe. The balanced stones at Maka paka's field with the lake provide a good photo opportunity but it was too busy to fly the drone.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPfScExvUCbDg3lvHDSGjJ0MGRJsBJOW3fGcUSOMGYKqx_tJX6ml7X_s7HbUWGv5UIzIu94OCkz_Rz_KpQXWLMGSEZbfzXpbfWdqWsLvS3PM8bfgnDhiko62dM2oHFYLh8S1HAHT0vXzec0lGN_PgyTV6W6zwL6Fq46TttM3L--PYRCXe0ssbq8TrEkXk/s6000/IMG_0476.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPfScExvUCbDg3lvHDSGjJ0MGRJsBJOW3fGcUSOMGYKqx_tJX6ml7X_s7HbUWGv5UIzIu94OCkz_Rz_KpQXWLMGSEZbfzXpbfWdqWsLvS3PM8bfgnDhiko62dM2oHFYLh8S1HAHT0vXzec0lGN_PgyTV6W6zwL6Fq46TttM3L--PYRCXe0ssbq8TrEkXk/s320/IMG_0476.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit7o8kT9o1exQiVjt5u8PDeBnKA8RiUkqMa63pLPJ2oZlz1GRWcdzgkwqDLiOXykSPYpZkN14f8CH0QOAu24w8MuyPFYsOia5YVH9NkX0z8U6VS8L2m9uWTF_WY1c5Ne7ySAepNxnIASa_bWqddRIymaIkttG5WJDNGbFnnLndUcZIjNH2AHJVwqVsIbM/s6000/IMG_0477.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit7o8kT9o1exQiVjt5u8PDeBnKA8RiUkqMa63pLPJ2oZlz1GRWcdzgkwqDLiOXykSPYpZkN14f8CH0QOAu24w8MuyPFYsOia5YVH9NkX0z8U6VS8L2m9uWTF_WY1c5Ne7ySAepNxnIASa_bWqddRIymaIkttG5WJDNGbFnnLndUcZIjNH2AHJVwqVsIbM/s320/IMG_0477.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-98c8ff0c-7fff-c787-d12e-aefc1cffa697"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A shack on the plateau provided an opportunity to purchase reindeer skins. We stopped for a wander round but moved on without buying anything. At another stop a local troll provided a good photo opportunity before we continued our descent from the plateau . </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3O-RqNzYP_RE6qGLGhJwv1BdeZWxcLSr0z8go17K7oB_lwZjkpPjPeGpT_qsKdMWW1iBNJkUZdj36RFkG6hg5DJicmhFmje3s8gnZrdVZ355Bbtj_wbwG5q2eLWeI_4sZTrDaJ253drO5Nt-BUFVxH2LwhpQj2AnwrNDLh3EM3I3XrZBZ2ceB0Trvv8/s6000/IMG_0510.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="4000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3O-RqNzYP_RE6qGLGhJwv1BdeZWxcLSr0z8go17K7oB_lwZjkpPjPeGpT_qsKdMWW1iBNJkUZdj36RFkG6hg5DJicmhFmje3s8gnZrdVZ355Bbtj_wbwG5q2eLWeI_4sZTrDaJ253drO5Nt-BUFVxH2LwhpQj2AnwrNDLh3EM3I3XrZBZ2ceB0Trvv8/s320/IMG_0510.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Our route took us past The Vøringsfossen Waterfall . It is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Norway with its free fall of 145 metres and a total fall of 182 metres. We parked in the large car park at the top. From there it was only a short walk to the viewing platforms. The area had been developed with a concrete path and glass and metal safety barriers. Photos were taken and Robert decided to descend and cross the footbridge to get to the viewing platform on the other side. Some more photos were taken before the camera battery ran out.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypar27nkmdB1P3Ihm50Lz_UB9PNSfAK6NMNebtuq96sL4pSIxsgT4fgHG-T3WHQIV5mpuv1SrUShCOw8Wl9XlcB60xZDUZ3zTM4PWGJfzaZQ3f0Mt8Xn94fc9sNVgblvYrHJjKaWs9eLcFAskbb34-r9lQmMVGo4hNwxJHnYhz6JkBkgTkWNnClgZb_A/s6000/IMG_0519.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjypar27nkmdB1P3Ihm50Lz_UB9PNSfAK6NMNebtuq96sL4pSIxsgT4fgHG-T3WHQIV5mpuv1SrUShCOw8Wl9XlcB60xZDUZ3zTM4PWGJfzaZQ3f0Mt8Xn94fc9sNVgblvYrHJjKaWs9eLcFAskbb34-r9lQmMVGo4hNwxJHnYhz6JkBkgTkWNnClgZb_A/s320/IMG_0519.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRm9laWcY6iIVkhO8tW08pecC3W12rZW-1RFH37Go3TxSvExnzLTJyUukSXL6J7sqHyVLQ1km376iZfik4xZpqoSSrjJTQWFGykPWo2O2LOLmmlEf3lpoAnpS-POGm51irUKt6wfdfVKGw0_LJ66XGA4Ie_VaS0HryUmJ6VCOXGdtduiShTtNp0LjIL9Q/s6000/IMG_0524.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRm9laWcY6iIVkhO8tW08pecC3W12rZW-1RFH37Go3TxSvExnzLTJyUukSXL6J7sqHyVLQ1km376iZfik4xZpqoSSrjJTQWFGykPWo2O2LOLmmlEf3lpoAnpS-POGm51irUKt6wfdfVKGw0_LJ66XGA4Ie_VaS0HryUmJ6VCOXGdtduiShTtNp0LjIL9Q/s320/IMG_0524.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">As we descended past Eidford we were surprised to see a cruise ship docked and dominated the small town . We stopped for Brexton coffee and photos.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsKNNfNOd4jsBDSeeYiFUms_XUgZmNJXtHaKM8xYtHjsLkhPShAygSB8quoSbCfdjsKfwF8nDHfE-h89u9FarpOGyq-hsscptb9mpyVMuyEtbGd6tH2ItBdJ_q-eVi7bYipB9vpbb2bPB3odUwFOsaUIssiXYgDpmdTIHN2893FU1SGVtQgoAHwIW_5zA/s6000/IMG_0528.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsKNNfNOd4jsBDSeeYiFUms_XUgZmNJXtHaKM8xYtHjsLkhPShAygSB8quoSbCfdjsKfwF8nDHfE-h89u9FarpOGyq-hsscptb9mpyVMuyEtbGd6tH2ItBdJ_q-eVi7bYipB9vpbb2bPB3odUwFOsaUIssiXYgDpmdTIHN2893FU1SGVtQgoAHwIW_5zA/s320/IMG_0528.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Eidford</span></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We arrived at the hotel at around 19:30 after a full day of driving. The area was more build up than we were expecting and w</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">e were disappointed to find that the swimming pool was a public pool attached to the side of the hotel. Our room was on the ground floor at the side of the hotel . We did not get a view of the fjord that would have been extra but did have the advantage that we could park outside and carry our things into the room though the patio door. The hotel was a modern building built on the side of the Fjord . From the back of the hotel and </span></span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">terrace</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> there were good views across the fjord and of the Folgefonna glacier. The glacier was viable when we arrived but covered in cloud the next morning when Robert went to photograph it.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi92pVRQkQcGmg-LmmKe8Is0vM5I2aXj0JIqwYECzhPUf69WdYCmJWDtgwOLucFygw4Ha4z-GTk4RNi9_zZgJVPuXTFHEteT1w2gYqkh4OFrUXkmeH81hFZGqnvPgIkoZBiz7sj2G72sumZQ3Y4AA9PbQIL52vCfl_fBcDO9dhLEK30xkdAz5uEQndIZx4/s6000/IMG_0548.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi92pVRQkQcGmg-LmmKe8Is0vM5I2aXj0JIqwYECzhPUf69WdYCmJWDtgwOLucFygw4Ha4z-GTk4RNi9_zZgJVPuXTFHEteT1w2gYqkh4OFrUXkmeH81hFZGqnvPgIkoZBiz7sj2G72sumZQ3Y4AA9PbQIL52vCfl_fBcDO9dhLEK30xkdAz5uEQndIZx4/s320/IMG_0548.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">View of the hotel from the fjoid. The building on the right is a public swimming pool.</span></div></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We ate in the hotel as there were limited places to eat in Øystese . We noticed that some guests had bought takeaway pizzas from the local takeaway and ate them on the terrace outside with a drink. The menu turned out to be very limited with only 3 main courses. We both opted for an expensive chicken burger with sweet potato fries. Passing on an alcoholic drink which we had back in the room from our German supply. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPIJZxT0YWxWuyEMKsMS-69zvoDzCe8aV7h4DkPMfFWLSVS1uhq3OvMeycWzDLB6_0gEO3uV5L1VfZPKQrxkGuVs0Tf5xLOKUbRbWQfZzeyD3uia2wDtPglyhn3pAYtwczn3fEuQSAb1n9nsr7OkAqqXzOtb4NcHRn7HJo34kw3NTf0whOW091Vmkt6pA/s6000/IMG_0538.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPIJZxT0YWxWuyEMKsMS-69zvoDzCe8aV7h4DkPMfFWLSVS1uhq3OvMeycWzDLB6_0gEO3uV5L1VfZPKQrxkGuVs0Tf5xLOKUbRbWQfZzeyD3uia2wDtPglyhn3pAYtwczn3fEuQSAb1n9nsr7OkAqqXzOtb4NcHRn7HJo34kw3NTf0whOW091Vmkt6pA/s320/IMG_0538.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZP80VJfGWZehx_gD4OdHD0hEvNLr307Iz-jqHXSG7ox3L01ski0sxKxcUaSXLK0swEruTqNqwyCfGgdACyGnHTRWJWfNZpDvEOnGsY-GgYrhIRIN9vdjUXBFG7_uhrXT0gOXUDLBQu_29dPRX-WDBScujBk2ph2kFsZaLVQgnHnqqT57K-X25Vdd1bw/s6000/IMG_0539.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="4000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZP80VJfGWZehx_gD4OdHD0hEvNLr307Iz-jqHXSG7ox3L01ski0sxKxcUaSXLK0swEruTqNqwyCfGgdACyGnHTRWJWfNZpDvEOnGsY-GgYrhIRIN9vdjUXBFG7_uhrXT0gOXUDLBQu_29dPRX-WDBScujBk2ph2kFsZaLVQgnHnqqT57K-X25Vdd1bw/s320/IMG_0539.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span>BrextonThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00411524770593172256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071744906656849803.post-25428659625290498122023-07-28T08:02:00.001+01:002023-08-25T17:47:53.785+01:00Norway Day 8 - Friday 28th - July Kistefos Museum<p> <span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We selected Honefoss because of its closeness to the Kistefos Museum and its sculpture park. </span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-470dcca6-7fff-ebab-55de-958f2f76e0f7"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It was 165 Nok for the entrance fee (£12.45) and that was because Lyn asked and we were mistakenly granted a senior Citizen discount of 25 Nok. We need to be 67 to qualify for the discount. We did state our correct age but it might have got lost in translation. We only realised later when we looked to see how much an annual ticket that included 3 other museums would have been. The Heni Museum was included on the list as well as a gallery in Bergen and had we known yesterday we might have bought the pass. Before we left we went back to the reception desk to pay the difference but were told we did not have to pay anything else. We should “consider the discount a gift and we could leave with a clear conscious” . The sculpture park was excellent and well worth a visit. It is built in the ground of an old pulp mill and includes art galleries, a sculpture park and an industrial museum . There are more than 50 sculptures from a range of internationally famous artists including Anish Kapoor, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yayoi_Kusama" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Yayoi Kusama</span></a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, Claes Oldedburg, Tong Cragg and Marc Quinn.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAvHmlJnBldR1kLAzBgkd-d38tndUzU4y2aTnlTFvb_WkLflML0ZTojjS8JxGfHELWsN6CLxMPG-3ZXZEuPObq3q8-tDPqI_U2BiK_b_VBvgmef6iy3HFyMWV_Wj_iNGmLKaR93otNFiJHezHUt0RpTzXQCm4VcU2Sg5br0V6xL2PuI-gJIJuSydos6mA/s6000/IMG_0351.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAvHmlJnBldR1kLAzBgkd-d38tndUzU4y2aTnlTFvb_WkLflML0ZTojjS8JxGfHELWsN6CLxMPG-3ZXZEuPObq3q8-tDPqI_U2BiK_b_VBvgmef6iy3HFyMWV_Wj_iNGmLKaR93otNFiJHezHUt0RpTzXQCm4VcU2Sg5br0V6xL2PuI-gJIJuSydos6mA/s320/IMG_0351.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicLVAPwj7wIGEbCwAa-n-Ej6UXK6Y3nkspUdymyvaSFpviPM3iA3ogWYaTImzPcHtEcWnR0y7YK3Dx-FZ4R0KWp0GfI5kTa4kWu7TQw7YbdHCT3MCIwGmH61lgJtsKM3HsrwcjagZV3wLwfMAHglkGFg9Mud_tcF1JEy_PlH7_C30b3pwMnTq6WkElbIQ/s3435/Twist.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="3435" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicLVAPwj7wIGEbCwAa-n-Ej6UXK6Y3nkspUdymyvaSFpviPM3iA3ogWYaTImzPcHtEcWnR0y7YK3Dx-FZ4R0KWp0GfI5kTa4kWu7TQw7YbdHCT3MCIwGmH61lgJtsKM3HsrwcjagZV3wLwfMAHglkGFg9Mud_tcF1JEy_PlH7_C30b3pwMnTq6WkElbIQ/s320/Twist.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We started at the Twist Gallery that spans the river. An impressive piece of architecture that as well as providing a unique crossing is a sculpture and exhibition space. The temporary display was by the British artist Sir Tony Cragg .</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRHct2GwjIcCTeEYtlrn0NW6EfX_bjB82HkfKdvJNuekkek2hBVnXo2DbCXOcfzSkaM7wXq9vJKiFxRwxIV83iJVssSAi5-Pr4a-KkzpKaV4QUAR1jmLDnx2EWXEmSQIMf-baNOyJpj0qLgelcgBy094tTZfcVEYAm_BDcj4OPaVLpoY2Pext2DNWG1gU/s6000/IMG_0352.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="4000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRHct2GwjIcCTeEYtlrn0NW6EfX_bjB82HkfKdvJNuekkek2hBVnXo2DbCXOcfzSkaM7wXq9vJKiFxRwxIV83iJVssSAi5-Pr4a-KkzpKaV4QUAR1jmLDnx2EWXEmSQIMf-baNOyJpj0qLgelcgBy094tTZfcVEYAm_BDcj4OPaVLpoY2Pext2DNWG1gU/s320/IMG_0352.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitEiykMmoWaMJzkk0t52E5rrfLDMdH78bdYL5md0sM86VzNdgbDAqgPSa4TvBYKRf4lqFPSpTWhFz_VJHSPNFxabi_jhBjzjhlocY_cebpZKqll9O4VoqnndlMFXzsZhM4jLLlHT7o9PhYiElxOK8oNmsVuJciu6ILdU3swBU0gnam93iZWj2HvU5mydY/s6000/IMG_0354.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="4000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitEiykMmoWaMJzkk0t52E5rrfLDMdH78bdYL5md0sM86VzNdgbDAqgPSa4TvBYKRf4lqFPSpTWhFz_VJHSPNFxabi_jhBjzjhlocY_cebpZKqll9O4VoqnndlMFXzsZhM4jLLlHT7o9PhYiElxOK8oNmsVuJciu6ILdU3swBU0gnam93iZWj2HvU5mydY/s320/IMG_0354.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> We then wandered up through the grounds following the river upstream to the old paper mill. We shared a pizza for lunch before going round the mill. The old machinery that had been used to make paper was still in place and you could follow the process from cutting the logs , removing the bark and then grinding the logs to turn the wood into pulp. We then continued wandering through the grounds seeing the majority of the sculptures as well as going into a couple of the galleries.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif-dHSBszWr7ZwTpyYEfxItVcy4G305dD6dFtslDdIF8d2iKIwhebqLODGiJC1XTjIGUaIwR05bTqYp2VcL4hXAEZH_HYSLiBZzNMZY76HCV85DBt_jWtmSG0UKuCHJv1fQ9y1JdIVDFITU04iLnOleXJqo3qJ0Cajzbt_2bCeWmzmB7S2zTgqjYWxkXU/s6000/IMG_0393.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="4000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif-dHSBszWr7ZwTpyYEfxItVcy4G305dD6dFtslDdIF8d2iKIwhebqLODGiJC1XTjIGUaIwR05bTqYp2VcL4hXAEZH_HYSLiBZzNMZY76HCV85DBt_jWtmSG0UKuCHJv1fQ9y1JdIVDFITU04iLnOleXJqo3qJ0Cajzbt_2bCeWmzmB7S2zTgqjYWxkXU/s320/IMG_0393.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoMnTWrYG7Avcl7u7R9wKSov6VFwcXFaLFlcFtO6i4ODl_02Z2HKm2pg-Np_1poOT51V3PPYRDWBohxnfnGeYJaXQ_jN6i-Sa8QHt5Dl7SC5qPOLhI1YLrPalos9NmKeUrjRFst1gbAimRmJ1oOJa5aiZmqIVxsjuGGtzhBlz75E849LFuwoipkC3kahc/s6000/IMG_0399.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoMnTWrYG7Avcl7u7R9wKSov6VFwcXFaLFlcFtO6i4ODl_02Z2HKm2pg-Np_1poOT51V3PPYRDWBohxnfnGeYJaXQ_jN6i-Sa8QHt5Dl7SC5qPOLhI1YLrPalos9NmKeUrjRFst1gbAimRmJ1oOJa5aiZmqIVxsjuGGtzhBlz75E849LFuwoipkC3kahc/s320/IMG_0399.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhozLlnlG0okJlyW0FNDTgxjWcJKHV8GTsRMVSVOOgLxiQGK6hndjm6R0ywwVcEYZPaDqcYYs-4xCyDVFqvDp6HeobTpZxjuvTMpdrZ2GvUz2sFdgCkl64igfjFbOVP8B7__-8ArVzt1lwNZtJQ8nbC9NANC1I-_ybFdtFIfmLAMfQLOvwz0qiTZ1l5bw0/s6000/IMG_0414.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhozLlnlG0okJlyW0FNDTgxjWcJKHV8GTsRMVSVOOgLxiQGK6hndjm6R0ywwVcEYZPaDqcYYs-4xCyDVFqvDp6HeobTpZxjuvTMpdrZ2GvUz2sFdgCkl64igfjFbOVP8B7__-8ArVzt1lwNZtJQ8nbC9NANC1I-_ybFdtFIfmLAMfQLOvwz0qiTZ1l5bw0/s320/IMG_0414.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO2fpgUJEao-BFeszwWmymZThrsdl5neKYk6Sz9NGS0DVnHitDpeyI6-MXRIj4YfislT7I-uaJnftMhyoeCqXJI_GZAbjU4givXNpqVftm4W0S2JLwKQhQWun0B-HoXKlslgJHD89HFkJcBUg0YiWenXlaGtOAUMcsYW42wVRidXy291dYYTuy2Utgveo/s6000/IMG_0421.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO2fpgUJEao-BFeszwWmymZThrsdl5neKYk6Sz9NGS0DVnHitDpeyI6-MXRIj4YfislT7I-uaJnftMhyoeCqXJI_GZAbjU4givXNpqVftm4W0S2JLwKQhQWun0B-HoXKlslgJHD89HFkJcBUg0YiWenXlaGtOAUMcsYW42wVRidXy291dYYTuy2Utgveo/s320/IMG_0421.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> We returned to the Honefoss via the Hadeland Glassverk. Lots of opportunities to purchase very expensive hand blown glass. A hand blown chandelier with 3 drops was over 1000 euros . It was very expensive and for the price we could get something of a much finer quality in England . We did not pay to watch the glass blowing but wandered through the shop before driving back to Honefoss</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHRM0IdrM1O2DDcCk9tx5UTqXXOv7JUMxMZ0oERpfjDCYyZZWXhr4fE0efxE7WJLwFe27Iswy5S_ootaWOdaDj6LG-ARICWmxHZKW3HS2780iOsBygdJ2b8Z1EWes2ovjrbpCPO96T9Uo2uXqrY93mz8tHUEzdYBpYH_JOr8lSuAdIc63Mhfir93WM3VA/s6000/IMG_0427.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHRM0IdrM1O2DDcCk9tx5UTqXXOv7JUMxMZ0oERpfjDCYyZZWXhr4fE0efxE7WJLwFe27Iswy5S_ootaWOdaDj6LG-ARICWmxHZKW3HS2780iOsBygdJ2b8Z1EWes2ovjrbpCPO96T9Uo2uXqrY93mz8tHUEzdYBpYH_JOr8lSuAdIc63Mhfir93WM3VA/s320/IMG_0427.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimCp2-1SaTZBFRetXTcDInumpO5lOHKhisGe9BswzI9VyNh5McLIypHd_zd2iB5WFC84JOIa8pKubJoeLhCvSAhnu-51CDT1Hr3Ez3RgGNBvsuVj5JGIcnapk0k9w07UmR8HV4MUbrLWgZGpKIcD22d2zYqX-JL8UgMT9TTKgDIXwjRS6E-XoTFYvCqFY/s6000/IMG_0437.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimCp2-1SaTZBFRetXTcDInumpO5lOHKhisGe9BswzI9VyNh5McLIypHd_zd2iB5WFC84JOIa8pKubJoeLhCvSAhnu-51CDT1Hr3Ez3RgGNBvsuVj5JGIcnapk0k9w07UmR8HV4MUbrLWgZGpKIcD22d2zYqX-JL8UgMT9TTKgDIXwjRS6E-XoTFYvCqFY/s320/IMG_0437.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><span><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Before cooking tea we had a short cycle into Honefoss to photograph the </span>Terrace<span style="font-family: inherit;"> View waterfall feed from a weir on the Begna</span> river. <br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ci_ejbJaYyyzRfGVOh9UFhThpZU1Hi2nj1WFR26E8J_u7-BNvKpLjbEZrVaP0X0W_qZzQkanPi8zEALkoj9o-IlxgO5Rz5t500NfkYW2uEU2cwKHcn7IXinhf8q_mTDL95YdqNeljZA_lEZtc4P5nKBmY1tH7LHVXL3lxXYH0h67Buu-wGwL2rVy2DI/s6000/IMG_0446.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ci_ejbJaYyyzRfGVOh9UFhThpZU1Hi2nj1WFR26E8J_u7-BNvKpLjbEZrVaP0X0W_qZzQkanPi8zEALkoj9o-IlxgO5Rz5t500NfkYW2uEU2cwKHcn7IXinhf8q_mTDL95YdqNeljZA_lEZtc4P5nKBmY1tH7LHVXL3lxXYH0h67Buu-wGwL2rVy2DI/s320/IMG_0446.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbsgDvfgEZQoZhQbk3VnKas6SmxhkX6WDFbOibaMlLhd6saiJn6n_2ZR6nJtcelMNSwPgDBD6bEXj4nH0VGlQYwRq4nlICgDOynhkvoBV0jwBP1lVqtIqsJBnkpHhG3VxU30dYcckhPszotXZv1c494xYMJvzTWDupnrHM5VhSxf_0Z4ySs4uk__xIxkg/s6000/IMG_0448.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbsgDvfgEZQoZhQbk3VnKas6SmxhkX6WDFbOibaMlLhd6saiJn6n_2ZR6nJtcelMNSwPgDBD6bEXj4nH0VGlQYwRq4nlICgDOynhkvoBV0jwBP1lVqtIqsJBnkpHhG3VxU30dYcckhPszotXZv1c494xYMJvzTWDupnrHM5VhSxf_0Z4ySs4uk__xIxkg/s320/IMG_0448.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Tea was Salmon with fresh vegetables. Frozen salmon is surprisingly cheap in the supermarket and costs less than chicken. We cooked 4 pieces wrapped in foil and had 2 pieces cold the next day for our lunch the next day.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span>BrextonThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00411524770593172256noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071744906656849803.post-84428817278822941962023-07-27T14:46:00.002+01:002023-08-25T17:48:20.733+01:00Norway Day 7 - Thursday 27th July - Honefoss<p> <span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Breakfast at Hotel Shon was a real experience. Neither of us had ever seen so much choice of food, with different food stations wherever you turned! There must have been something for everyone. If you liked pickled vegetables then you were in for a treat – rows of jars of all sorts of coloured vegetables. We sampled tomatoes, carrots, cauliflower…. The breakfast broke our scoring system and we scored it 11 out of a possible 10. The parking in the hotel was around £22.50 for 24 hours. We had factored that cost in when choosing the hotel. The parking was secure and under the hotel with direct access to our floor via the lift. </span></span></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">After breakfast we drove to the Heni Musuem on the outskirts of Oslo. Art gallery created by the legendary figure skater So</span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">ja Heni and her husband. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCHAZTp7TXWOdgtlOiYb-Ellj8nu6prNIY1OmWGWma0CUDo13mQJZLSwgSgfp5EOcZMR4RDOe2JLvaE1vmceIXZAGIUjnUUV7g_rDSfGlHxH9BfXrdbuBgpE9pbzhwX9CDF-YSG7K3PjO14l6VOExWYuYXt8UdWGuXNEL8Cy8SH_4nWPIuObaYn2m38F8/s6000/IMG_0332.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCHAZTp7TXWOdgtlOiYb-Ellj8nu6prNIY1OmWGWma0CUDo13mQJZLSwgSgfp5EOcZMR4RDOe2JLvaE1vmceIXZAGIUjnUUV7g_rDSfGlHxH9BfXrdbuBgpE9pbzhwX9CDF-YSG7K3PjO14l6VOExWYuYXt8UdWGuXNEL8Cy8SH_4nWPIuObaYn2m38F8/s320/IMG_0332.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjKzXx6vZyQdU_uVoZ2nJy2tClVb1XrznouGBs-u-dsBLjeovasl1iOgDLC9AHAD0XuIo5XrUHY2PyxUIVUhrFMfsC492ctSRRDj6e0X7I-JM5W9eOqqREhLgBXgKMlN8TzhM-AykP4GJD46dHxggYWfM69VaBZFwY91ECn4NulUo0VkJ5WNs1OHBpxik/s3705/IMG_0333.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2470" data-original-width="3705" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjKzXx6vZyQdU_uVoZ2nJy2tClVb1XrznouGBs-u-dsBLjeovasl1iOgDLC9AHAD0XuIo5XrUHY2PyxUIVUhrFMfsC492ctSRRDj6e0X7I-JM5W9eOqqREhLgBXgKMlN8TzhM-AykP4GJD46dHxggYWfM69VaBZFwY91ECn4NulUo0VkJ5WNs1OHBpxik/s320/IMG_0333.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><p></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">There were a wide range of artists on display including an infinity room ”Hymn of Life” created by the </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Japanese</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> artist Yayoi Kusama. They also featured one of her important signature piece of a large spotted pumpkin sculpture .</span></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQZHz2bVDHIiR2pghgo6pVMpGNrBTzZJkDNZ5A9UXG_WMyWiHw3bGIaN3Gr1AqtNWiwz92wZtg2Q52Bf-6MQxk24eMqASm3NFIrWa2O1GcbLmBeAB8fiqztQ8p1Rpt0qWBGxzRg2FqOvbbihkYjacE3EmY-TJB_P0mZdpfsBQYqDnZQt4bT_FUQg6xbw/s6000/IMG_0286.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="4000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQZHz2bVDHIiR2pghgo6pVMpGNrBTzZJkDNZ5A9UXG_WMyWiHw3bGIaN3Gr1AqtNWiwz92wZtg2Q52Bf-6MQxk24eMqASm3NFIrWa2O1GcbLmBeAB8fiqztQ8p1Rpt0qWBGxzRg2FqOvbbihkYjacE3EmY-TJB_P0mZdpfsBQYqDnZQt4bT_FUQg6xbw/s320/IMG_0286.JPG" width="213" /></a></span></div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNPYWj_whA-BGNwpxqmFs9il9gqQ1WSzi2pGbWE9y2rrLJAB-tHE2t8dWXZiECVO7CnsTVfeMoN0LnHzxpVJ1mSb4u-R2jgfEMUtnmFHGE59MqCsI7wVKwFtpRtzvnjTyfaOPkrn4dRScnM2XO74MEQSyvsqOLKMVXTs9rvKIELGiUT6KdOX34z2FpQUw/s6000/IMG_0297.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNPYWj_whA-BGNwpxqmFs9il9gqQ1WSzi2pGbWE9y2rrLJAB-tHE2t8dWXZiECVO7CnsTVfeMoN0LnHzxpVJ1mSb4u-R2jgfEMUtnmFHGE59MqCsI7wVKwFtpRtzvnjTyfaOPkrn4dRScnM2XO74MEQSyvsqOLKMVXTs9rvKIELGiUT6KdOX34z2FpQUw/s320/IMG_0297.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnbaUcWigM6vlPpZKjKGxsUCmhUWkBX200z5hPHjaI9gClaMs3QDh42b98XFA8M0wvRDqE0Y0xPephuZQu9TlltxdsOsAjxx03WbWRvTlQ2ajXiApVm8KkvuEhvr_0G1Y5y1avhXRThhH7s-S42KRf8X3KXbyY-8blB9ssuuLA_6LzAEvc4D-X0hFKbXE/s6000/IMG_0298.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnbaUcWigM6vlPpZKjKGxsUCmhUWkBX200z5hPHjaI9gClaMs3QDh42b98XFA8M0wvRDqE0Y0xPephuZQu9TlltxdsOsAjxx03WbWRvTlQ2ajXiApVm8KkvuEhvr_0G1Y5y1avhXRThhH7s-S42KRf8X3KXbyY-8blB9ssuuLA_6LzAEvc4D-X0hFKbXE/s320/IMG_0298.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-a9bb9fe5-7fff-9869-e607-857086fcf8b7"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> One room we did not linger in was the one dedicated to the trophies Soja Heni had won. It was only after our visit when we looked on Wikipedia we discovered the history of the museum and the fact that Sonja Henry was a controversial figure in Norway owing to her tacit support of Hitler during the war. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We had lunch in the cafe and walked round the grounds before our 3 hours of free parking expired.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIlpNd7QvM0cV4JmWV1HyLtuXxSS69Gr3X75BnWsIWsNnPHh2_ED4oJs9hEckikey81b-A1R2WXcSZDMbZDSDBhI_eJudtfGc7fplZ2PZcU_p74X_BJyMqWsglyfdCSt44PiTUoVx8wkis5NSsuFP1L-LaA7Dg_vQTr5438MiTRcHnSXuuApIJWAre1ac/s6000/IMG_0325.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIlpNd7QvM0cV4JmWV1HyLtuXxSS69Gr3X75BnWsIWsNnPHh2_ED4oJs9hEckikey81b-A1R2WXcSZDMbZDSDBhI_eJudtfGc7fplZ2PZcU_p74X_BJyMqWsglyfdCSt44PiTUoVx8wkis5NSsuFP1L-LaA7Dg_vQTr5438MiTRcHnSXuuApIJWAre1ac/s320/IMG_0325.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqwf-HDO7R1pDiSD49eXF5F7xg17QwwmY8WpjdkVPsGsUiqw8PoccKy-DWJHnlQh8wTzAS_Rjcj0LopubRSnhtYHu-nn0abaNQD7OxP8UITNdH394SC_tJAyElKRsG04RWxhHnYai0l-u4TdyXsl4Cp7uDiHlJ1L3uBzRl-HhJGlIMYDMjLry1augEnc/s6000/IMG_0329.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqwf-HDO7R1pDiSD49eXF5F7xg17QwwmY8WpjdkVPsGsUiqw8PoccKy-DWJHnlQh8wTzAS_Rjcj0LopubRSnhtYHu-nn0abaNQD7OxP8UITNdH394SC_tJAyElKRsG04RWxhHnYai0l-u4TdyXsl4Cp7uDiHlJ1L3uBzRl-HhJGlIMYDMjLry1augEnc/s320/IMG_0329.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The drive to Honefoss was less than an hour. We found the apartment without difficulty and were able to park outside. Our apartment was on the top floor of a small residential block. We had a fully equipped kitchen , separate lounge area and an outside balcony that was enclosed with glass windows. There was a large Co-op opposite which we walked to to get provisions. We cooked a chicken stir fry for tea and purchased mozzarella and tomatoes for breakfast.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhicO99VWIw-DqWEm0dZhT-_5MrRbdJTzyilPNeePxU4mj9BDo_MBTacMfeyNQdC8cTO1JcUvUrTCLhujeRHMXhwNLIgSiuS_oQm0TX6QyeCgEygrWzP6IMq74RzbmQ1JW-_NdYy-aX9GMNE2GnLkvqZ6vTnjGHNuhxmweGQKGatvmAOkrsm70plgkv-hE/s6000/IMG_0458.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhicO99VWIw-DqWEm0dZhT-_5MrRbdJTzyilPNeePxU4mj9BDo_MBTacMfeyNQdC8cTO1JcUvUrTCLhujeRHMXhwNLIgSiuS_oQm0TX6QyeCgEygrWzP6IMq74RzbmQ1JW-_NdYy-aX9GMNE2GnLkvqZ6vTnjGHNuhxmweGQKGatvmAOkrsm70plgkv-hE/s320/IMG_0458.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; 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margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span>BrextonThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00411524770593172256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071744906656849803.post-75119411927100435392023-07-26T10:30:00.002+01:002023-08-25T17:48:30.474+01:00Norway Day 6 - Wednesday 26th July - Oslo<p> <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It was only a short delay to disembark the ferry an we were looking for a parking spot in Oslo by 10:30. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Our hotel was 15 minutes outside Oslo so we parked in the car park near the station. It was around £45 for the 7 hours we were in it. You pay when you leave. Your car registration is read on entry and you just have to enter your registration into the payment machine when you want to leave. Our first target was the ‘Munch’ museum dedicated to the artist Edvard Munch. The collection is now housed in a new building that opened in 2020. The museum was bequeathed over 28,000 artworks and more than 42,000 unique museum objects by the artist himself. This is probably why we spent a lot of time in there – although we did not see as much as this! W</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">e paid for a audio guide each and it was worth the additional cost.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Some of our time was spent trying to view all three of the versions on display of ‘The Scream’ which are only uncovered for 30 minutes at a time on a rota system. The pen and ink version gets more of showing which is why it took us so long to view them all. A lot of the art tends to be on the melancholy side, so we didn’t make a purchase of any items in the shop. We did have a tasty but expensive sandwich and raisin bun (between us as the sandwiches were a bit small) in the café, together with a very expensive and very poor coffee. We did look at some exhibits of other artists and also enjoyed the view from the 11</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: super;">th</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> floor.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDasWftvrMGyTL4t8UlkBuAOLgPjqFPQdDS-h-HjWeGJ9U7vy2vaal6XIVDI1IHICqMBpDf6SZ2QjcCth3dWCIeZd0VCLmICveyf6Wh4I1WD4dP5FzPZTRV75WfoaVWiS5YNqdM-15aMTl104j_yyAmLeNKXEoPa3AciJsQCn5L2DeyjX9kxrCNZCHDo0/s6000/IMG_0245.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDasWftvrMGyTL4t8UlkBuAOLgPjqFPQdDS-h-HjWeGJ9U7vy2vaal6XIVDI1IHICqMBpDf6SZ2QjcCth3dWCIeZd0VCLmICveyf6Wh4I1WD4dP5FzPZTRV75WfoaVWiS5YNqdM-15aMTl104j_yyAmLeNKXEoPa3AciJsQCn5L2DeyjX9kxrCNZCHDo0/s320/IMG_0245.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Munch Museum</div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihWvO4vEvccS2y2rJ-IWtvSb4hJqWYQtjq7686Uv9sVBbNEvvxCKrWrtnlYZImBYPUCB-fLkLJmCN6hXdtJaPiaQ3rGqD39dvi02rARDd_ZIHMVoGmT53YiFGG1JlVBvTUBgQ1FJ36jBJld4NrQu-cWzEkhDw-CX_h8qKTXB4N7CacK4IbfyKIInMqAZc/s4000/20230726_134022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihWvO4vEvccS2y2rJ-IWtvSb4hJqWYQtjq7686Uv9sVBbNEvvxCKrWrtnlYZImBYPUCB-fLkLJmCN6hXdtJaPiaQ3rGqD39dvi02rARDd_ZIHMVoGmT53YiFGG1JlVBvTUBgQ1FJ36jBJld4NrQu-cWzEkhDw-CX_h8qKTXB4N7CacK4IbfyKIInMqAZc/s320/20230726_134022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lunch</div><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtm3dq3tgNA3TwCWK590J6wTt-XE8l9uWd0a_FmtOR264s7Ug6nGKsnMGzkybzEOmgElSthg1hKTL-ug4cDJzSL6RkwhyqizZyFsoLg7VJ8jgJjjkVo3aHohQRLiV3oGe0SZ389GvcXa2wRcZE3v1a4saS3rUCkdGmIdPWydz_F9JDsJ0btD6V_Gmwm0M/s6000/IMG_0258.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ8xspVebTx4FNU-Ogx2hjT2x4MqAQz3g9v3TGqH5B7GWPutrBQTY9T3SIdAR_QbAkmvBt6qXB92f5TH_g_418j0Iu-0I3tA-M8VaL7U6Y6QKEoVBV0hrDPEb30qk0VFN_KNfvRQZ9xiEIie8TbaOiHArNDEuYQ0CNQZKHXTJVmJ0vqfDqZIQUwGmVSGM/s320/IMG_0249.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Roof of the Opera House</span><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-873b7d46-7fff-0b96-e866-82095ca02318"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Our next adventure was to walk on the roof on the Opera House – an activity that they would not allow in England due to unprotected drops and deliberate uneven floor. Some of the inclines were also quite steep. After this we ventured up the main shopping street, but did not visit any of the shops. By now it was getting late and we had to retrieve the car and drive out of the centre to our hotel. Hotel Schon turned out to be very good. Large room with twin sinks in the bathroom, work area, kettle and comfortable bed. It was also possible to help yourself to tea and coffee in the foyer downstairs. For our evening meal there was a Google recommended Thai restaurant right opposite the hotel. This proved an excellent choice and Robert enjoyed Pad Thai and Lyn had stir fried chicken, both at £16 for the one course. The portion size was large and we did not need anything else. We both tried the ‘ginger tea’ which was a powder and came in a packet which we had to pour into our cups of hot water. We think it was 100% ginger and was actually quite good.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The parking was secure and under the hotel and cost £22.50 for 24 hours.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span>BrextonThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00411524770593172256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071744906656849803.post-72765919233963300432023-07-25T20:52:00.001+01:002023-08-25T17:42:11.503+01:00Norway Day 5 -Tuesday 25th July - Ferry to Oslo<p> <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The weather improved again today for our journey to Copenhagen and the ferry to Oslo. More people in breakfast which was as good as yesterday. Took a roll each again and asked to take one of the fruit drinks with us. Vacated the B&B in good time at 9.30am so we had plenty of time for the ferry. On route we called into a supermarket for provisions for our tea on board, the on-board meal being a bit out of our budget at £42 for two courses without drinks – and we could not be sure of the quality! Our food from the supermarket came to about £33 and that included a couple of items for later use.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-a0b53ae2-7fff-4d2b-bbcd-ff74d65c13bc"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The journey to Copenhagen took us over a spectacular bridge between Funen Island and the island that Copenhagen is on. Part of this was a suspension bridge. The route took us through the city before arriving at the port just before 1pm. We were able to check in straight away, then had a short wait in the queue before embarking. Once up from the car deck it was chaos as they were still cleaning the cabins which would not be ready until 2.45pm. Lots of health hazards in the corridors like vacuum cleaner cables and parts of beds! We had to find a spot outside to sit whilst waiting. Our outside cabin with window was not too bad. Really worth paying the extra on this crossing for the window as plenty to see leaving Copenhagen, at midnight when we stopped at Frederikshavn port, and especially on the journey up the fjord to Oslo in the morning. Plenty to do on this DFDS ferry service – restaurants, disco, entertainment, ‘bubble room’ – which consisted of a set of Jacuzzis and sauna. We did intend making use of the later, but it was too full of people. Robert got asked to stop filming in the disco!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-71Cd2JQvo-7sTDNfi-viKwEnOyopDq5ANy353J4GvELWpK2-knrOeWmwg9YNtUS-YcUkmPUzrcxTsW1jaEl2shOKE_mS6LLc0bEtGZgXldVGE2GOvlYZw0d8jdDZgWcCdcGi0-KZpNPGkE_O9fr3pHJ8Rc7TrWuPrfVt6TcF6nzZfSpL1epy5_52JJ0/s6000/IMG_0128.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-71Cd2JQvo-7sTDNfi-viKwEnOyopDq5ANy353J4GvELWpK2-knrOeWmwg9YNtUS-YcUkmPUzrcxTsW1jaEl2shOKE_mS6LLc0bEtGZgXldVGE2GOvlYZw0d8jdDZgWcCdcGi0-KZpNPGkE_O9fr3pHJ8Rc7TrWuPrfVt6TcF6nzZfSpL1epy5_52JJ0/s320/IMG_0128.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JsG-zDBzSCAXixGbdM3VSGOIKTaSCjWknGcOx4Txiij9zKbsPiqpP2Xah_cBiCN6HYRa1BB9OR9CltcEex2QgIeqQzRt7qjGkpOlQt-67dZSx68g8eWmf5CXk-IY0Fjda443BlnFNy_FxRUybmEAYFNC_RXkvfRk1ymosmFNgANwlHIWw3081Hj6KB0/s6000/IMG_0138.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JsG-zDBzSCAXixGbdM3VSGOIKTaSCjWknGcOx4Txiij9zKbsPiqpP2Xah_cBiCN6HYRa1BB9OR9CltcEex2QgIeqQzRt7qjGkpOlQt-67dZSx68g8eWmf5CXk-IY0Fjda443BlnFNy_FxRUybmEAYFNC_RXkvfRk1ymosmFNgANwlHIWw3081Hj6KB0/s320/IMG_0138.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg117EuPW0higrPmyng0-mAwKcl23mqJuyCNBKAj9SLxOuHeLsJTS9AKg4asLQg5bKVA_xwfOX-vn4WB4Wt_8s8pmUgaHrEKnJuinOYDSNVl_KzPQC1pkmk_9qTnFlqhbdGXGnuG8_W4mAa9uOoSZzYv-36NQLESTr7huiS1Iua_DbbZxuunaX2ktvaMZQ/s6000/IMG_0157.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg117EuPW0higrPmyng0-mAwKcl23mqJuyCNBKAj9SLxOuHeLsJTS9AKg4asLQg5bKVA_xwfOX-vn4WB4Wt_8s8pmUgaHrEKnJuinOYDSNVl_KzPQC1pkmk_9qTnFlqhbdGXGnuG8_W4mAa9uOoSZzYv-36NQLESTr7huiS1Iua_DbbZxuunaX2ktvaMZQ/s320/IMG_0157.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSI2sou79Dl6Tu1aYMw8SgnORBNRyufQLNwciZW3vRABbWUjsW0-CyCYsOzGj-N5MCd3wjCWj-nsQQmDt8W_NRbwdI4w_9P5Z3oFOnmkfOODW9uQ8A-sGv4JMxRay34GzJwD-gAquhgAiYzgzkhVRJQpjHny-CxPSY6y1IYzNMbVoabj6QECh7zhJXcsQ/s6000/IMG_0176.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSI2sou79Dl6Tu1aYMw8SgnORBNRyufQLNwciZW3vRABbWUjsW0-CyCYsOzGj-N5MCd3wjCWj-nsQQmDt8W_NRbwdI4w_9P5Z3oFOnmkfOODW9uQ8A-sGv4JMxRay34GzJwD-gAquhgAiYzgzkhVRJQpjHny-CxPSY6y1IYzNMbVoabj6QECh7zhJXcsQ/s320/IMG_0176.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span>BrextonThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00411524770593172256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071744906656849803.post-34219576348191638722023-07-24T20:36:00.002+01:002023-08-25T17:44:39.167+01:00Norway Day 4 - Monday 24th July - Cycle ride round Odense <p> <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Breakfast at 8am where we were the only two taking it – perhaps the £12 price tag put people off! Turned out to be excellent with yoghurt, scrambled egg and crispy bacon, rolls – including homemade, selection of fruit, tomato, pepper, cheese and meat, local fruit juice in little bottles, homemade jam. We took a roll each and some cheese for our lunch as we could not eat everything in the basket they provided for us. Robert had two bike rides planned and we chose the shorter one of 37 miles as although the weather looked to have improved, it was still a bit unsettled. Lovely ride through very slightly undulating countryside on very quiet roads. We diverted into the city of Odense, looked around and had an expensive (£7) take away coffee each. The ride ended up being 45 miles with the city excursion and a diversion due to a road closure! A pity we did not have another day to do the other ride. Went back to Kerteminde in the evening for fish and chips (114 DK each) from a wooden shack, eaten by the sea.</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Interesting as the fish was coated in breadcrumbs and the chips were ready salted and extra crispy. 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Our choice included smoked salmon and scrambled egg, cheese, fruit, yoghurt and homemade spelt rolls. We were also served a little ‘house cake’ at the end of breakfast which consisted of sponge with fruit and muesli on the top. Quite a few people staying so it was busy at breakfast. Raining today and as it was a Sunday, the Lidl supermarket opposite the hotel was closed. We did however, use the wine shop facilities to buy the quota of wine we are allowed to take into Norway – 4 x 70cl bottles each, plus some for Denmark! Surprisingly for a wine shop, there were some decent wines at reasonable prices.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-3e1b42d8-7fff-95a2-b35b-08e909e440ab"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We did not have so far to drive today, but as it was raining our options were limited. Google informed us of a ‘transporter bridge’ which we drove to and then realised it transported cars over the river for free, so it was essential to try it out. </span></p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Cars a passenger are transported across the Keil canal on the road platform hanging from the railway bridge above. A smooth and quick journey and timed to avoid any passing ship. The bridge was erected between 1911 and 1913 to a design by </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Voss_(civil_engineer)" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Friedrich Voss</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> (1872–1953) and replaced the earlier swing bridges. Google also advised us of the whereabouts of a bakery that was open on a Sunday for the purchase of rolls to go with the green cheese for lunch by the bridge. After lunch we continued our journey into Denmark. Kate did not point out the lane we needed to be in when joining motorway so we ending up going in the wrong direction past the cars queuing in the roadworks we had been in the day before. The was about 10 km before the next junction and then we navigated across the country to join the motorway past the roadworks. It was then a straight forwards journey onto Funen Island for our B&B accommodation, arriving just after 5pm. Convenient for unloading from the car straight into our room, but we made an error as we did not notice that the accommodation had a shared bathroom – there are quite a lot of places with this option in Denmark. Turned out to be okay actually as two good bathrooms available. Our host advised us where to go for food and we drove 10 minutes to Kerteminde on the coast for an expensive but tasty and filling Thai meal. £54 without any drinks – sparkling water was ‘free’.</span></span><div><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjilIIYqkHAFIpRYYyMV9hESE5e2kw0BRGdBckGTw7kzizOGihReXZslF17MVIPZFeohtIz9IwTHyFjj5kGWjsnkI9LzmPhTkK-DpuQHXCd2caqB_KHSomEQagsj8oDv5A1r3fv5rwREQ4QhKvzopwo7OzfjWZDJG6x0vk__zJVRegScczlS7TPuejbMFQ/s6000/IMG_0080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjilIIYqkHAFIpRYYyMV9hESE5e2kw0BRGdBckGTw7kzizOGihReXZslF17MVIPZFeohtIz9IwTHyFjj5kGWjsnkI9LzmPhTkK-DpuQHXCd2caqB_KHSomEQagsj8oDv5A1r3fv5rwREQ4QhKvzopwo7OzfjWZDJG6x0vk__zJVRegScczlS7TPuejbMFQ/s320/IMG_0080.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We arrived in Rotterdam at 8am, but it took about 1.5 hours to leave the ship and clear customs. We drove through Holland towards Germany and a detour on route caused by roadworks just happened to take us near the cheese shop we found last year – so it was rude not to stop for some Dutch cheese. We decided to try the ‘Pesto’ flavour which was very green but was tasty. Deciding to picnic for lunch, we parked in the same car park we used last year when we explored Amersfoot by bike.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-2ee6e47b-7fff-6ee5-0713-fc0b5ea41df7"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A long journey ahead, we pressed on into Germany using motorways to Rendsburg and our hotel for the night ‘Weinbeck’ which as the name suggests, has a wine shop attached! Quite a boring journey which just seemed to get longer the more traffic we encountered! We were just in time for the meal that we had asked for in advance. Small but adequate menu and we splashed out on two courses as it was our first real night on holiday. Quite tasty. Cucumber soup with smoked salmon, followed by pan fried perch sat on pea risotto, served with a salad.</span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwvoiLw3SlorSR9YbImd5Exmyw5gt6Nzt-ReXoq_ZqA-_Ys2nbsu901mUPPhDo8MILOfOcbOjmmgWDvG8cVkNjpKy-dSziR1Z1g3YceWofxP3QH_EN-HOdXDLQO5SdxkGXiwBIXi8lM8Sz43SfNLyDkFIYHgYj81gO6lsEc5nSUI1fPJWbeSflNdXIW3U/s6000/IMG_0043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwvoiLw3SlorSR9YbImd5Exmyw5gt6Nzt-ReXoq_ZqA-_Ys2nbsu901mUPPhDo8MILOfOcbOjmmgWDvG8cVkNjpKy-dSziR1Z1g3YceWofxP3QH_EN-HOdXDLQO5SdxkGXiwBIXi8lM8Sz43SfNLyDkFIYHgYj81gO6lsEc5nSUI1fPJWbeSflNdXIW3U/s320/IMG_0043.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span> </span><div><span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span>Farmhouse chees shop</span></span></span><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLEY5sHizzUNlPDIZ4Vtfgy-XxsJh5G4cRv1EBbA4h8JmDyWOyV2H_fYW7ftlP4h442EmytbHenF8JU93t4Rdc5PLBBT-xWCbkfUoYhxYsHcYubLdPYyTcESg0jMJCWnuY1tTbqPb9vVXZ5pVyyLD4InXldolpwCCCKFW6DeZXxgA_C17E_RjD9eTN7KU/s6000/IMG_0048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLEY5sHizzUNlPDIZ4Vtfgy-XxsJh5G4cRv1EBbA4h8JmDyWOyV2H_fYW7ftlP4h442EmytbHenF8JU93t4Rdc5PLBBT-xWCbkfUoYhxYsHcYubLdPYyTcESg0jMJCWnuY1tTbqPb9vVXZ5pVyyLD4InXldolpwCCCKFW6DeZXxgA_C17E_RjD9eTN7KU/s320/IMG_0048.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span> </span>Green Pesto Gauda</span><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9AdcE0Kw9sRLuqVExZFiLl0rWHmvrf-_BghjrVOwr6_psil4uG0U8R-e4glCH_1k_gtFMRxMrAGOccjbeh7bhzJzDio4gjJoQTzFHXhPnuUB510VrebqNMagrP3fNBN3QvlqRcD_Q8zzrxc8-uLqgv6SE20stSwp8Y9a81asGoI8m9eDZxujWAY9EX6U/s6000/IMG_0051.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9AdcE0Kw9sRLuqVExZFiLl0rWHmvrf-_BghjrVOwr6_psil4uG0U8R-e4glCH_1k_gtFMRxMrAGOccjbeh7bhzJzDio4gjJoQTzFHXhPnuUB510VrebqNMagrP3fNBN3QvlqRcD_Q8zzrxc8-uLqgv6SE20stSwp8Y9a81asGoI8m9eDZxujWAY9EX6U/s320/IMG_0051.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Brexton coffee stop on route</div><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span>BrextonThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00411524770593172256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071744906656849803.post-71225783548071684722023-07-21T20:07:00.001+01:002023-08-25T17:42:41.843+01:00Norway Day 1- Friday 21st July - Ferry to Rotterdam<p> <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We set off early in the afternoon for the drive to Hull to catch the night ferry to Rotterdam. There were quite a few delays on the M62 but we had left in plenty of time . The cabin we had booked was tiny, had bunk beds and without kettle so we made use of the upgrade facility and for £20 we changed cabins for a four berth one which gives extra room and a sea view – a first for us on this ferry as we do not usually bother with the view! It was well worth the additional cost and we will ask again on our return leg. We took our own food on board for the evening meal so eat in the cabin before wandering up to the Sky Lounge Piano bar.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguwy9WBlpLCCGebty8abkPlzV5Z92ljWRz71zSWxdx9s6Te0i8OoH-0MzS4Nnh69_Bac30a5Hc7-8WJ-q2grTkLpq4KPl6KcL85YEe-Bz76-s11izQw_ebroFDsEMprsNyizBOhRCBWVohKzw80eA3fvxafTImL2O3ksMXq65J1VWLV_1CwQ7JPLfMzmE/s6000/IMG_0025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguwy9WBlpLCCGebty8abkPlzV5Z92ljWRz71zSWxdx9s6Te0i8OoH-0MzS4Nnh69_Bac30a5Hc7-8WJ-q2grTkLpq4KPl6KcL85YEe-Bz76-s11izQw_ebroFDsEMprsNyizBOhRCBWVohKzw80eA3fvxafTImL2O3ksMXq65J1VWLV_1CwQ7JPLfMzmE/s320/IMG_0025.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Dinner on board<span> </span></span><br /></p><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-aUsiEaMqG3ZnK4ZCfWYwBtW54XsSLmyZPR6LGLUyNPq1fXDHXRqAiEKE-QK8rPxYA2e2o-dmMS2eyjN32H000RdEYcnI-yISjCkiTHxfszDnceExyJsgXqnCftXsjt655L70pS0Jq1e_U__44DraF43UwirKyVFJ4jDtqP5rsYsNtOU3vKhGz3Jxo5U/s6000/IMG_0041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-aUsiEaMqG3ZnK4ZCfWYwBtW54XsSLmyZPR6LGLUyNPq1fXDHXRqAiEKE-QK8rPxYA2e2o-dmMS2eyjN32H000RdEYcnI-yISjCkiTHxfszDnceExyJsgXqnCftXsjt655L70pS0Jq1e_U__44DraF43UwirKyVFJ4jDtqP5rsYsNtOU3vKhGz3Jxo5U/s320/IMG_0041.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Arrival in the Netherlands</div><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p>BrextonThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00411524770593172256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071744906656849803.post-44301579284001016992022-10-08T20:57:00.004+01:002022-10-08T21:00:06.468+01:00 Commonwealth Games, Birmingham, 2022<p><b>A look back to the Commonwealth Games</b></p><p>Following the pandemic, we tentatively booked a few tickets to the Commonwealth Games to take advantage of them being on home soil once again. We secured all the tickets we asked for over consecutive days, and therefore could travel to the area and stay. They were Beach Volleyball (a new event for us), swimming (we have applied for this before but have never been successful), lawn bowls (we watched this in Glasgow 2014 and it was very pleasant, also it is out of the main city at Leamington Spa) and men’s gymnastics (again an event we have previously had no success in gaining tickets for).</p><p>We booked an Airbnb in Bourneheath near Bromsgrove which was a suitable distance from both Birmingham and Royal Leamington Spa. This turned out to be excellent accommodation, with very friendly hosts. We arrived from two parts of the country and enjoyed a cup of tea in the back area of the little one bedroomed cottage, situated behind the house of the hosts. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsq4Bkl8fe30kuVzxrr_UY48xKBcvQ8S-yipmYuKNIIVbON2zD-vgeYDNzfvXdDg72_aV4W1hc_DEGmDtn6nEtXhx_JHyRJf4ETeKOkggykwXsAhzscYp9t4wHnHTMQdLsokSJCHpP0ROHi5v8Y_q9ldTstn-mxf4IyBtWmv1ZcJyJr4SlGliJEd8f/s4128/20220729_184007.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="2322" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsq4Bkl8fe30kuVzxrr_UY48xKBcvQ8S-yipmYuKNIIVbON2zD-vgeYDNzfvXdDg72_aV4W1hc_DEGmDtn6nEtXhx_JHyRJf4ETeKOkggykwXsAhzscYp9t4wHnHTMQdLsokSJCHpP0ROHi5v8Y_q9ldTstn-mxf4IyBtWmv1ZcJyJr4SlGliJEd8f/s320/20220729_184007.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI89mhQYmXbPdfXQry-mauNYK_boTJV0o798WilH2zp9UJKxM5G5wMXCOoYzBM1PsCZxJUeavCIZRfbWKWiIsb1ng9rlmQkY9wAqx5wLZKk5e1N3caxMztmD9Bh9V4NTqdM5AcqCWqqK-twQJIIiZ4qtRP7B2lmHd3lcw0CfUVs8EUDuTWk7SWhilP/s4128/20220729_194928.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="4128" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI89mhQYmXbPdfXQry-mauNYK_boTJV0o798WilH2zp9UJKxM5G5wMXCOoYzBM1PsCZxJUeavCIZRfbWKWiIsb1ng9rlmQkY9wAqx5wLZKk5e1N3caxMztmD9Bh9V4NTqdM5AcqCWqqK-twQJIIiZ4qtRP7B2lmHd3lcw0CfUVs8EUDuTWk7SWhilP/s320/20220729_194928.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Homemade sourdough loaf and a bottle of local wine greeted us, together with many other little treats and basics such as a little milk, butter and honey. The cottage is well equipped for cooking and even has a small dishwasher and a washer/dryer. It would be a good base for cycling or walking in the area.</p><p>There is a lovely view of the main garden from the eating area Saturday 30 th July. Our first event was beach volleyball and actually turned out to be more interesting than Lyn was expecting! The festival area itself was not too interesting, but has decent, if expensive food. However, we only bought very expensive coffee in the area as we had just eaten a tasty lunch in Wagamama. We were disappointed with the merchandise stall as the clothes looked a bit dull. We saw two whole men’s matches, with one in particular between South Africa and Ruwanda that was good, with Ruwanda winning to the delight of the crowd. We only had time to see the start of the women’s match before needing to head off to the swimming.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA2jfaY7DgtjRGmn2676qTR23wmR4LKUs-IbEh2DbL0WEiC3QdK5A-rXMYPidfC-vNNPKfx9BQdFRvV4Fp0EhAN8GVFTQ82B44E8b9WnwVYUTZoG_NoQJshWHjj4StzbWNCQf_bVYwbsABGU1nbmxe0KJ2uBN9f1WC6YHGzaZC4B8xw0Yziw2FqGkb/s1490/DF06DC28-EDE6-4B3F-880B-A5DFB24C4086.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1133" data-original-width="1490" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA2jfaY7DgtjRGmn2676qTR23wmR4LKUs-IbEh2DbL0WEiC3QdK5A-rXMYPidfC-vNNPKfx9BQdFRvV4Fp0EhAN8GVFTQ82B44E8b9WnwVYUTZoG_NoQJshWHjj4StzbWNCQf_bVYwbsABGU1nbmxe0KJ2uBN9f1WC6YHGzaZC4B8xw0Yziw2FqGkb/s320/DF06DC28-EDE6-4B3F-880B-A5DFB24C4086.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqmXvAlsi0wpKoQxjRKzS5es8J7d3SG-EuXH0248OrriXKGyN8r3KB2GL15a9VRX4t_Y1bJfvuJyUiAWdwUahqShcWLo7CETk2Ad1y8g83etoVGJwFqusVJ9wxNkA8x8gEz7u01jA8Gh5nHb_x4cvoqvQgiwczKls356ECZ1a0F-uuEkuaZYRC65aB/s4128/20220730_153103(0).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="4128" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqmXvAlsi0wpKoQxjRKzS5es8J7d3SG-EuXH0248OrriXKGyN8r3KB2GL15a9VRX4t_Y1bJfvuJyUiAWdwUahqShcWLo7CETk2Ad1y8g83etoVGJwFqusVJ9wxNkA8x8gEz7u01jA8Gh5nHb_x4cvoqvQgiwczKls356ECZ1a0F-uuEkuaZYRC65aB/s320/20220730_153103(0).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGHxen_Scu8Qcwjp0n7kdx98-_5gFWpDl82GGIrRKAE9sWgpZtcCm1VyRmUDAu8jAdZ4L2oZxRV6dlSBjGYhaxozEwwU2O_W0HOm6Y0jXgiS9xtmg4FAx3K3voECbMSRQ7ZcPFCUYvki-3fQ_UFBDCRULgIo2iGR6gX4xQ8gdkBj5Q_iwPRCggohpw/s4128/20220730_153128.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="4128" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGHxen_Scu8Qcwjp0n7kdx98-_5gFWpDl82GGIrRKAE9sWgpZtcCm1VyRmUDAu8jAdZ4L2oZxRV6dlSBjGYhaxozEwwU2O_W0HOm6Y0jXgiS9xtmg4FAx3K3voECbMSRQ7ZcPFCUYvki-3fQ_UFBDCRULgIo2iGR6gX4xQ8gdkBj5Q_iwPRCggohpw/s320/20220730_153128.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>We arrived in the car park at 5.30pm so only had to pay 40p to park the car for the evening (free after 6pm). As we were early, we decided to take advantage of one of the local takeaways and devoured a vegetable pizza between us in the car. It was a decent walk to the Sandwell Aquatics Centre and mainly up hill – although we later discovered that we could miss out part of this. We managed to escape the entrance queue as Lyn was using her wheelchair due to the long walking distances and we were ushered through the ‘accessible entrance’.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiURR3XGF8Nj33iBUu6SjqtalHiikbsfuxLfUqMKekV0T27zXcGSxR4a0r_WpEhgLHxM34256_Sih9sJ5-KEzOlhji0izsLZdDszZepWasdP2Um25vCcQdyfvHqyyCS9MNloeUvjnm6KnxQpG2mJk1366UZK9aaLXBi0e-xa7MwWN7654yJvt8Mgqms/s3264/20220730_175507.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3264" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiURR3XGF8Nj33iBUu6SjqtalHiikbsfuxLfUqMKekV0T27zXcGSxR4a0r_WpEhgLHxM34256_Sih9sJ5-KEzOlhji0izsLZdDszZepWasdP2Um25vCcQdyfvHqyyCS9MNloeUvjnm6KnxQpG2mJk1366UZK9aaLXBi0e-xa7MwWN7654yJvt8Mgqms/s320/20220730_175507.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOSLkhyafVdTzpkT6-iZA9v2g4uc7uPAfD5Z0EJcOG7wQD9bkLEDFAoHtlS7-viVTiZEioKItaforFENSyewxu5pASG5d2wyzlJpdGxw9uQcPjKCXZk0We7lE_-IGfWxLO9lYq6ly_UX8HVrtqmuG33zdIQ-h6DT-TQff7BOXmyTFL6ZGyhpOdyDXq/s3264/20220730_190055.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3264" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOSLkhyafVdTzpkT6-iZA9v2g4uc7uPAfD5Z0EJcOG7wQD9bkLEDFAoHtlS7-viVTiZEioKItaforFENSyewxu5pASG5d2wyzlJpdGxw9uQcPjKCXZk0We7lE_-IGfWxLO9lYq6ly_UX8HVrtqmuG33zdIQ-h6DT-TQff7BOXmyTFL6ZGyhpOdyDXq/s320/20220730_190055.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNKBHG3AyCi6GYeYTnk49P96fCwHFjO7DXlJSYA3dCqwp3u6WW4N1zgvwWi-neOcyp4zQTo6yERFE8lMVcqAdGuIAKqsL438b8WJrcCc7PjSbyZORvIx-63jRRyTc_h9cAGy_ViZnXJjHLA70-o6pBsI8IZ0SKMgWPdzJ_95S2TEA0qYXqYdOSCIj/s4128/20220730_200512.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="4128" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNKBHG3AyCi6GYeYTnk49P96fCwHFjO7DXlJSYA3dCqwp3u6WW4N1zgvwWi-neOcyp4zQTo6yERFE8lMVcqAdGuIAKqsL438b8WJrcCc7PjSbyZORvIx-63jRRyTc_h9cAGy_ViZnXJjHLA70-o6pBsI8IZ0SKMgWPdzJ_95S2TEA0qYXqYdOSCIj/s320/20220730_200512.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2U6b3GAX3nUk8sNp13rmjWm-uBw5MYX0g1UOGXXjnhPK7Qqt9fVhOb7L2dRvqOD2dOP6QcHB8lrZ9Czt6nxZfeobK17wM-U1vcciMV2Zh5gJSDZc4awU3fE9xb9v5MMoKWRMJiDJ_gOh2Q5f4fot18ObuiiuneO4orUI6HcwwwmRjKA9wrSBKaZ2t/s4128/20220730_210057.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="4128" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2U6b3GAX3nUk8sNp13rmjWm-uBw5MYX0g1UOGXXjnhPK7Qqt9fVhOb7L2dRvqOD2dOP6QcHB8lrZ9Czt6nxZfeobK17wM-U1vcciMV2Zh5gJSDZc4awU3fE9xb9v5MMoKWRMJiDJ_gOh2Q5f4fot18ObuiiuneO4orUI6HcwwwmRjKA9wrSBKaZ2t/s320/20220730_210057.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This venue proved to be the worst for access to facilities as there were just too many people and not enough space. Once inside the swimming centre it was okay – but as we were seated right in the middle of the row, we didn’t move for the next few hours. The swimming was interesting, as were the medal ceremonies! Plenty of standing was necessary for national anthems. The walk to the car seemed a lot faster on the way back, but we got back to the cottage quite late so made do with beans on toastfor supper!</p><p>Sunday 31 st July. We were thankful that we didn’t have to have an early start today, due to our late night on Saturday. We headed to Royal Leamington Spa, parked in a multi storey car park and went to The Aviary café in Jepson Park. Delicious wholemeal vegetable pasties were eaten, washed down with coffee. A short walk took us to the Lawn Bowls area which turned out to be the nicest venue due to it’s size, the fact it was grassy, and the laid back atmosphere. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9rCwfYGbiXjUayPjioaXyKelZpUVyIrHND54ZCCEjXK4Cb1l8xZnQ2pDSNOxGM4c_r2DdGVXd2dlF_9_YQcu_00RrUX4QE6B9bVmIrMF-u18t2f2Sua3JHM8rFa2965HvBawSIELueyvmfwNxaEaV4VhyRF6Z71fTRHbPcJfDtqn5wDwxh1oAxoDQ/s3648/IMG_8674.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9rCwfYGbiXjUayPjioaXyKelZpUVyIrHND54ZCCEjXK4Cb1l8xZnQ2pDSNOxGM4c_r2DdGVXd2dlF_9_YQcu_00RrUX4QE6B9bVmIrMF-u18t2f2Sua3JHM8rFa2965HvBawSIELueyvmfwNxaEaV4VhyRF6Z71fTRHbPcJfDtqn5wDwxh1oAxoDQ/s320/IMG_8674.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>There were two sessions and we watched matches that included England, Jersey, Scotland and Wales in the first session. In the second session we watched matches involving visually impaired players. On the way back to the cottage, we bought a Chinese takeaway to eat for our evening meal.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmWyz4_yWyzwlhZwQaeHP12uuu7f66LRxbXVVtSfwFoRkT2m8gbQ7MgqAk5QjBzEvZWcHed3POV8I0idciE_2pBolE6oElq_Ka2UzhLCL-1sy3Rr64IPi_MPEE-KaXRjQ4r7i9UW3nakp5_OaUzw4dGHzOKtj6i6H6Q228cob-MtVY4N8of1kBUQmg/s3648/IMG_8678.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmWyz4_yWyzwlhZwQaeHP12uuu7f66LRxbXVVtSfwFoRkT2m8gbQ7MgqAk5QjBzEvZWcHed3POV8I0idciE_2pBolE6oElq_Ka2UzhLCL-1sy3Rr64IPi_MPEE-KaXRjQ4r7i9UW3nakp5_OaUzw4dGHzOKtj6i6H6Q228cob-MtVY4N8of1kBUQmg/s320/IMG_8678.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjduYp5SVnwV87Kurx0fUH_K1yLOtwX6D7RWMUwHRw0vdfYadZo-s8gXMzpTkxVJWcEMxrZOI5_na77hST5hfPX6BT1u501KBXupasW_SXBKDjkcnXqNNRKRXXNhCYAre4-Cne7g32uRXt0kqXN1P36FvPghXBGGgik3D8JZ86NRufy0S2g-wylmUTw/s3648/IMG_8679.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjduYp5SVnwV87Kurx0fUH_K1yLOtwX6D7RWMUwHRw0vdfYadZo-s8gXMzpTkxVJWcEMxrZOI5_na77hST5hfPX6BT1u501KBXupasW_SXBKDjkcnXqNNRKRXXNhCYAre4-Cne7g32uRXt0kqXN1P36FvPghXBGGgik3D8JZ86NRufy0S2g-wylmUTw/s320/IMG_8679.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Monday 1 st August. Time to leave our accommodation and set off to the final event – the gymnastics in Birmingham Arena. We took one car and left Lyn’s on the drive of the accommodation. We had time to have lunch in a Mexican restaurant by the canal which was not the best, and ended up being a bit rushed. Once in the venue, we were treated to a variety of final events. The men’s floor, men’s rings and pummel horse. Also, two women’s events, the vault and the uneven bars. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS5SEj3iSjo2v62y-EpuL3GM4RYsZe5pBvK7_nH2Creqc9Npu13luqx8hvA3r9f2Yke9ydC_T6o3jjl9nsUF-psdD-Xan_tj3fK-1fI0SsC3TxxIfmZ2YcJ68TjqWiEh06rkVbYw68yqo9pGmZNF00-dHW979HD477cmtJEgC0tEgCE6hZqkPTTIVm/s4032/26E52D23-C0EA-4B19-BFA6-5070964DD5A4.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS5SEj3iSjo2v62y-EpuL3GM4RYsZe5pBvK7_nH2Creqc9Npu13luqx8hvA3r9f2Yke9ydC_T6o3jjl9nsUF-psdD-Xan_tj3fK-1fI0SsC3TxxIfmZ2YcJ68TjqWiEh06rkVbYw68yqo9pGmZNF00-dHW979HD477cmtJEgC0tEgCE6hZqkPTTIVm/s320/26E52D23-C0EA-4B19-BFA6-5070964DD5A4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Tc3yhnf3wWkSIA7TLyZbDLjkbyIqdn1kniAWujjm0Rxj5AxgNaNtbEo6c_6ghgMWJpsWvHzRoScfz9CbW_ohvR_neOjcyExShT4guDrSkaFJxvJzT3LwatQNRw_AW4IyfhMmjmrGJ96p2H8oLeniJeWEzrZ3e49YlZJA8amlxK96tqJD8lvOAwCU/s4032/C386771D-053D-4699-8DA8-C2E532CD5775.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Tc3yhnf3wWkSIA7TLyZbDLjkbyIqdn1kniAWujjm0Rxj5AxgNaNtbEo6c_6ghgMWJpsWvHzRoScfz9CbW_ohvR_neOjcyExShT4guDrSkaFJxvJzT3LwatQNRw_AW4IyfhMmjmrGJ96p2H8oLeniJeWEzrZ3e49YlZJA8amlxK96tqJD8lvOAwCU/s320/C386771D-053D-4699-8DA8-C2E532CD5775.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVx3zcLRpU-NopnorAb6MaiJy1SgrRghSVvYFWFamm8-wRO_U2hJ9jX3EdCJGKQx-lvIv-WR5B__AUr0Rp6b7pd-LmWT4tDdKtBDqZPnk92odPfK-INL5dfWpx5p9NQT-4BBggpg4g7F98FFMBy9xnn8zh-yimXGoyu5KC2NUrIQS7rKrhwHJp5nW/s3648/IMG_8684.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVx3zcLRpU-NopnorAb6MaiJy1SgrRghSVvYFWFamm8-wRO_U2hJ9jX3EdCJGKQx-lvIv-WR5B__AUr0Rp6b7pd-LmWT4tDdKtBDqZPnk92odPfK-INL5dfWpx5p9NQT-4BBggpg4g7F98FFMBy9xnn8zh-yimXGoyu5KC2NUrIQS7rKrhwHJp5nW/s320/IMG_8684.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3JuhjGSfXkMqum5H_EspkCVhwkyThDi9o5KyQtVZjHO6Nu20_5bKlrgMW1J4JeLre_OIeeluDhX0T8-k6RUmTVOiAeq9Z5hfouKDBjKPeDrH8RK5mS0cHgGHH7DXfl5IWHMooEFxXpYSaDigNWiu4dES3K90xMpfY-D7z9i9lVH2NpWV7N2q8Yo1I/s3648/IMG_8685.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3JuhjGSfXkMqum5H_EspkCVhwkyThDi9o5KyQtVZjHO6Nu20_5bKlrgMW1J4JeLre_OIeeluDhX0T8-k6RUmTVOiAeq9Z5hfouKDBjKPeDrH8RK5mS0cHgGHH7DXfl5IWHMooEFxXpYSaDigNWiu4dES3K90xMpfY-D7z9i9lVH2NpWV7N2q8Yo1I/s320/IMG_8685.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Quite interesting and entertaining, with yet more medal ceremonies. It took us a while to leave the city, but once back in Bourneheath we collected Lyn’s car and reconvened at a local pub for our tea prior to both returning home in different directions. All in all, a good weekend and worth the effort.</p>BrextonThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00411524770593172256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071744906656849803.post-83807101389329550462022-09-28T20:21:00.002+01:002022-09-28T20:21:39.124+01:00Drive to Europort and Morning Coffee in Hull<p> <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">After another good breakfast the car was packed. The back seats were put down so we would have more room for German beer.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4QkBacD9dyRkoEQanMf9pQmMDJjPk0myDZ8Xk7UH1jMIqbSORz3I9vH_4lOlMKRH8d7mKTxur2Wz4e2Y6_NTKv7x3l2ZlTsqoTMW-GeLZ592VM75gaT-ojDpADMqtQdEhJJD6UE3rUjDGrQrT33iZI9wEIlX-P-_gfSAycKUAu5pC5wWsMsIMtfo/s4128/20220924_095909.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4QkBacD9dyRkoEQanMf9pQmMDJjPk0myDZ8Xk7UH1jMIqbSORz3I9vH_4lOlMKRH8d7mKTxur2Wz4e2Y6_NTKv7x3l2ZlTsqoTMW-GeLZ592VM75gaT-ojDpADMqtQdEhJJD6UE3rUjDGrQrT33iZI9wEIlX-P-_gfSAycKUAu5pC5wWsMsIMtfo/s320/20220924_095909.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> We left the Gasthof just after 10:00 and drove into Buren and </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Google Maps</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> directed us towards a beer cellar Lyn had found. Beers and wine were selected and an empty crate taken to pack them in. We will need another visit to Germany to get our deposit back. The lady on the till was very helpful especially when I tried to return our Dutch beer bottles rather than the German ones. *1. The correct empties were </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">retrieved,</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and the bill paid.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYjoSxqrNv_ouE67Lz4ey4n4MT6n1BS4NME2EcuDYzNxVoeDehKp8S49cTj2bXIRkAa4LsP42vF0J64NDGMg8MJJM1PtHCUzAVzf_Aop8sth80vh4NXGAIqK1PScxPYQIOdrcVG5vxnokDtbfdPIEKpoIRQ16kuO-HWFUqUQQuKcGObsgq5oj6Du6L/s4128/20220924_102823.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYjoSxqrNv_ouE67Lz4ey4n4MT6n1BS4NME2EcuDYzNxVoeDehKp8S49cTj2bXIRkAa4LsP42vF0J64NDGMg8MJJM1PtHCUzAVzf_Aop8sth80vh4NXGAIqK1PScxPYQIOdrcVG5vxnokDtbfdPIEKpoIRQ16kuO-HWFUqUQQuKcGObsgq5oj6Du6L/s320/20220924_102823.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">The car was </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">repacked,</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and we set off around 11:40 driving to the </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">EuroPort ferry terminal</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Kate selected a route via Arnhem and Rotterdam. </span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-0296e8e0-7fff-7490-1663-88d087bb13fe"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There was a slight delay in some road works, but we arrived in Holland without incident. We stopped in Tiel to visit a Dutch Jumbo supermarket. The one we found on the way into town had restricted parking outside and a car park underneath which would not be ideal with the bikes on the back of the car. We continued to a second Jumbo supermarket on the outskirts of the town. That had free parking but some viscous speed bumps which caught the bottom of the towbar. Food for our evening meal and breakfast was purchased and empty Dutch beer bottles returned. It was now after 4:00pm and we had not had any lunch. The café outside the Jumbo did not look inviting so we decided to drive towards the port to see what we could find. A McDonalds was spotted just before we re-joined the motorway. A last resort. An expensive Fillet-O-Fish and fries were purchased. A medium fries costing 3 euros. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkEQYlbovvr1y20vVLJkyV_X75UrcUXUm5ViU6C1wjgrnx_aetuafQk2Xk5nuqFgXvKC-kBvRC681Ju_BxLakkGv4ztiGaVDyM4xi6FN7ZtnIPykJEJQFqDyNQYm-R-f5x0ldWRId3vZMSyZ6kBbyLfrYw8wxn7JN1FSIXgW2CVNqBiNOtX3zJF9wF/s4128/20220924_162216.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkEQYlbovvr1y20vVLJkyV_X75UrcUXUm5ViU6C1wjgrnx_aetuafQk2Xk5nuqFgXvKC-kBvRC681Ju_BxLakkGv4ztiGaVDyM4xi6FN7ZtnIPykJEJQFqDyNQYm-R-f5x0ldWRId3vZMSyZ6kBbyLfrYw8wxn7JN1FSIXgW2CVNqBiNOtX3zJF9wF/s320/20220924_162216.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We continued to the port, arriving just before 18:00 to join a very slow-moving queue of cars. When we finally got the desk they wanted us to check in in the terminal but that changed when we explained Lyn could not walk very far. We drove onto the boat and were helped with our luggage to the cabin when they saw how much we had to carry. The largest items being the Brexton set and cool box.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We had booked a four berth cabin to get a little more room. The upper beds were stored in the ceiling and the blog and diary was updated and tea eaten.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMcqNu1jaauyUJeqHZIBfzULI1uFDLmz7dsSut4pxkCJ2yevA0wDqe4DOYVKuM54ydJEGLLuN043zh7m1u_7z7NB_Hobi5YOnWrzKksxhxvnnAuMqipx99PmYF-NLEyfswKJbtVS638lNaP5MwnZMavSCpnmMi55hKD7UvJ0ckyXRNUnr41_sft5ax/s4128/20220924_211027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMcqNu1jaauyUJeqHZIBfzULI1uFDLmz7dsSut4pxkCJ2yevA0wDqe4DOYVKuM54ydJEGLLuN043zh7m1u_7z7NB_Hobi5YOnWrzKksxhxvnnAuMqipx99PmYF-NLEyfswKJbtVS638lNaP5MwnZMavSCpnmMi55hKD7UvJ0ckyXRNUnr41_sft5ax/s320/20220924_211027.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">We wandered up to the Sun Lounge before retiring to bed. We awoke by the usual early morning call to tell passengers breakfast was now being served. We had ours in the cabin about an hour later. We docked before 8:00 am but were the last level to be called down to the car. When we finally go off the ferry we joined a long queue of car waiting to clear UK customs. We were one of the last cars though. We departed the port and stopped in Hull for a bacon sandwich and a coffee at “Next Door by Nibble”. An excellent find and popular with locals and dog walkers.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWEnR7szHlBz_mJWwvMEHH27c4x95rht0uLGVx-LWN8pQTX17Ybu9SFMyQTBSue6wJ01o03gOpnAwSYUuDgaulvJMD-1h7Z7M-JtOf4j6_nXGdkgviJ3fr1o3d5yOM6aQhq3XPSPTW3HSjeaVuuIGJQc4jFL2khBGvd509VeXNCAbCczSUSGYnJsj7/s4032/Next%20Door%20by%20Nibble.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWEnR7szHlBz_mJWwvMEHH27c4x95rht0uLGVx-LWN8pQTX17Ybu9SFMyQTBSue6wJ01o03gOpnAwSYUuDgaulvJMD-1h7Z7M-JtOf4j6_nXGdkgviJ3fr1o3d5yOM6aQhq3XPSPTW3HSjeaVuuIGJQc4jFL2khBGvd509VeXNCAbCczSUSGYnJsj7/s320/Next%20Door%20by%20Nibble.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We had our coffee and roll watched over by the "security guard" from the building site next door.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-iZ9M9FloKQjZTWYvWDEVoeFVww0TY3uDPkeVUDJh0rI05DWhVWA_Mx6Sodw3RkdciVbDDUYaGfwsUP3yPs-6pnfZcn5zwpR3FJVPo8Ar5ZnzTaSrN3-M5TYGLGat1qDQgX6zta5xZKP_vqse_VRxEiD-I_3MW6bheGZkUaHNkJQ3ks7dbmlzC1g/s1280/Security%20Guard%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-iZ9M9FloKQjZTWYvWDEVoeFVww0TY3uDPkeVUDJh0rI05DWhVWA_Mx6Sodw3RkdciVbDDUYaGfwsUP3yPs-6pnfZcn5zwpR3FJVPo8Ar5ZnzTaSrN3-M5TYGLGat1qDQgX6zta5xZKP_vqse_VRxEiD-I_3MW6bheGZkUaHNkJQ3ks7dbmlzC1g/s320/Security%20Guard%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">We then continued to drive back and completing a round trip of 1626 miles.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">*1 - The lady on the till was helpful but it was only when we got back to England and checked the receipt, we found we had been charged for 2 crates of 6 bottles of wine instead of 2 bottles. Something we are in the process of trying to rectify.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><div><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>BrextonThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00411524770593172256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071744906656849803.post-84175387867514858632022-09-28T07:23:00.000+01:002022-09-28T07:23:28.499+01:00Day 15 - A ride to Mohnesee<p> <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">We went down for breakfast at 8:00am. The breakfast was not included in the room rate, we knew that when we booked the accommodation but had decided to have it. </span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-97b7c0d7-7fff-5271-bb60-9a2be548635b"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The previous evening we had to choose what we wanted to eat and our host seemed surprised we did select any meat. The breakfast turned out to be excellent value for £6 per person. The fruit included fresh plums from their garden. We were also presented with a large selection of cheese including fresh mozzarella, a couple of hard cheeses and a cream cheese and a large basket of warm bread rolls. That would have been more than enough but we had also asked for scrambled eggs and a large plate of which duly appeared.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> We were fueled for the day. The ride we had selected was a selection of the </span><a href="https://www.strava.com/activities/7855006469" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Old railway radweg along the </span></a>Mohne valley cycle path. <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">The start of which was a Round 5 miles from the accommodation but it did involve a long climb up the hill from the Gasthof. At breakfast our host lent us a book of rides describing a ride along the valley and Robert was able to improve the planned route by taking a track through the woods rather than going on the minor road he had planned to take. Just before setting off our host lent us a detailed map of the area which we took as a backup to the Garmin. We climbed on the road out of the village then we turned onto a gravel track. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7GjAd-Eh4mVpXQvPcqZgL-xAQthsw7k-n1BTQwqhWRA8Msf8uze1JVMP6I2JY7EkprIoVxMutyeq1sFwSGU2z_RqnQrtkwVQjXP_lRV2fPkDZCDpZtGCQTHXyD7p1Yy5Ldty_oUnS0UlvK2GPybZzopMplcuwt4FxFO_iwLS8gbDQbH_auimwmwZ5/s4128/20220923_101213.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7GjAd-Eh4mVpXQvPcqZgL-xAQthsw7k-n1BTQwqhWRA8Msf8uze1JVMP6I2JY7EkprIoVxMutyeq1sFwSGU2z_RqnQrtkwVQjXP_lRV2fPkDZCDpZtGCQTHXyD7p1Yy5Ldty_oUnS0UlvK2GPybZzopMplcuwt4FxFO_iwLS8gbDQbH_auimwmwZ5/s320/20220923_101213.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It climbed gently through the woods. Reaching the top gave good views of the surrounding area . </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">We had joined a minor road and had a fast descent to the route. There were a couple of minor bumps but the path was mainly a gradual descent to Lake Mohnesee. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Nm3n2kZutyg6oFeKK_9-r8e66OjEkYutksDexVO4b9rOElkykWLE6FcnkyJXzAiyn73fGTynZIdWNAnBewF4qYaSbpsT3NmhDNO0x6gPMmUI7PEyFDuGeZxl-lE8Tx9CpkfwTQKf01e0d_Lqrj3nML3KdmrJUco-UBGWH7MirwGFbSK8qe59g3Vl/s4128/20220923_110541.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Nm3n2kZutyg6oFeKK_9-r8e66OjEkYutksDexVO4b9rOElkykWLE6FcnkyJXzAiyn73fGTynZIdWNAnBewF4qYaSbpsT3NmhDNO0x6gPMmUI7PEyFDuGeZxl-lE8Tx9CpkfwTQKf01e0d_Lqrj3nML3KdmrJUco-UBGWH7MirwGFbSK8qe59g3Vl/s320/20220923_110541.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We started in open countryside but the route did go through a couple of towns. It was well signed and the route easy to follow and Garmin not required for navigation. It was around 20 miles of cycling before we reached the lake. </span></p><div><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2BjI2Dx2St39HmL2hGtaLQ99dS25oXrGUO9mXoLY5O5sm0FSV9yq3wJEYPU_5w8-L6PIe5sCq2kPR_0NxhOSXUC_XpcAOv-WPsmGNM6QqAldNcmvai_Yp89W3SyWG9dPB-Br38JjuKVDZ_pjWSdWRWEMdxRzp9ITzhP8FoyLDnjISFssCjL3btXu/s4128/20220923_111220.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We kept on the </span><a href="https://www.strava.com/activities/7855006469" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">radweg</span></a> <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and decided to continue to the first crossing point which turned out to be temporarily closed to cycles so we continued to round to the next cross in point. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; 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margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">An Italian restaurant with good views of the lake provided a tasty snack for lunch before we continued, crossed to the opposite bank and started to return. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRRS3VimKkytYg8EaojM_cXMwmuhiiB_U7hSiYWsK-7NQAbze3cn4u8TR1GurdfV57TayFTba56u5Z-8o_3VoKV8uc5_q69GsUet_0f67JAZOmAm4iZscl6lxxFqPbMVzUj8TRAkYEKzSblGrF_ZomF2tttDuI9KZpExvoG35Y0mRm3SGBjiJZSMRz/s4128/20220923_133655.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRRS3VimKkytYg8EaojM_cXMwmuhiiB_U7hSiYWsK-7NQAbze3cn4u8TR1GurdfV57TayFTba56u5Z-8o_3VoKV8uc5_q69GsUet_0f67JAZOmAm4iZscl6lxxFqPbMVzUj8TRAkYEKzSblGrF_ZomF2tttDuI9KZpExvoG35Y0mRm3SGBjiJZSMRz/s320/20220923_133655.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When we got back to the first bridge the road was closed but we continued up it for a short distance following another cyclist before he stopped and we could see the road works were still in progress with a lorry tipping stone. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP3v-JqoJxq2TfAPQWVdje7U5YsKOCPbLPY4z4W-JjSpSrHzX3AJNAXhYxHjqnJ4UVSzYr_c8TM2Op6j5J-qTsbrluxsIxIeU6J0Hisy9S0HSj31BikS-HLmc1zNKEMqDJYKehPNug2rExBY6R5hsPZl82k3TrqMZvsaKXomuDIWHtkDxFQiPYlEuT/s4128/20220923_142914.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP3v-JqoJxq2TfAPQWVdje7U5YsKOCPbLPY4z4W-JjSpSrHzX3AJNAXhYxHjqnJ4UVSzYr_c8TM2Op6j5J-qTsbrluxsIxIeU6J0Hisy9S0HSj31BikS-HLmc1zNKEMqDJYKehPNug2rExBY6R5hsPZl82k3TrqMZvsaKXomuDIWHtkDxFQiPYlEuT/s320/20220923_142914.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We returned and followed the cyclist across the first bridge ignoring the no cycling sign.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We then retraced our steps, stopping to take some photos and try out the exercise equipment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0qq6Flx8twRG4Uyixi0O9YDVQo4pEv0mO0HUbL9yLshcTHl-t5OFoeE95dfybUVvG3h_5l6a6ayrjoYZVDIk5_Sa5C4P8ltxUFEyj-FmbIeWcS_kBTgAKfmPlYWbJ91w87jgypH6gEwXRwXLCivXXfFkibAYoVBlTxXToUtqEL65QPzrr__ZnUo5/s4128/20220923_151056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0qq6Flx8twRG4Uyixi0O9YDVQo4pEv0mO0HUbL9yLshcTHl-t5OFoeE95dfybUVvG3h_5l6a6ayrjoYZVDIk5_Sa5C4P8ltxUFEyj-FmbIeWcS_kBTgAKfmPlYWbJ91w87jgypH6gEwXRwXLCivXXfFkibAYoVBlTxXToUtqEL65QPzrr__ZnUo5/s320/20220923_151056.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>And looking at "hanging stone "weather </span>station.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkFXC57Pdt1i-lqI45JcjserBJLyfxPA6rdSWdOAMowPFvM07AuyD2RkgmAgtHrSy1KKYL4ct_cCqsO8yAq0h4ZS10sUDYgr7vBKW2YeKfOAzw4GcgH3kJCXGTK_6UpHVKR5V39sB4LRk8qje-A5OL2BKCpEABwMqd4e35428Yujrs8oNJWWOEV9zU/s4128/20220923_152358.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkFXC57Pdt1i-lqI45JcjserBJLyfxPA6rdSWdOAMowPFvM07AuyD2RkgmAgtHrSy1KKYL4ct_cCqsO8yAq0h4ZS10sUDYgr7vBKW2YeKfOAzw4GcgH3kJCXGTK_6UpHVKR5V39sB4LRk8qje-A5OL2BKCpEABwMqd4e35428Yujrs8oNJWWOEV9zU/s320/20220923_152358.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; 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margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><br /><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">The route had several bike cycle repair stations which fortunately we did not need to use.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy54vXmFdhUDvcDaFjjC0_SZqG2vtMTDSv4AmqnibvKLJxqkytRow4zLHF651ae5qvDKe78NRfUDGhUJ4d_bEJhwhHLYZWlgygjl5PFNBbDMMXvIqdpTStsiCmk6jGvhJ63KJOJNR5DzzfAQ9ZxxMEshtl8qUP6i9r-emrMMoacEJluxmSljyhjluR/s4128/20220923_152248.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Part of and old engine near a small museum located in a couple of railway carriages which was closed on the day we past.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjE5hXs4gFMpy8PY2h_W6EQM4Uv6S9y0p2umOxSD4Cd1adZKlfR_p7UhSEHq6wdvT3ssv4DALO-Z667wE92GZBTYROZhuDasYQJTAtefOjQVPJ-UA_jGsOvAge2EqWrssiTMO-eZq5i1SjorUvQTvDb2viwvjd3uW6HB4Wkc7bLIK5FQ0ip4O-9jL/s4128/20220923_154321.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When we were a couple of miles from Ruthen we decided to follow a marked trail to Buren. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidGtmv34neM9ugVE1EN3f-fVrg4dR3Dxu4gwteMpO2Uyfu3JHYH7D6Z873f_W7S2rKe8aF2QF8Z2okzhJNEUD3OzZYUnMbI5lU0aWaWAM9q0eXKm9EtNpwQ5U_Njb_X7jxSYbViDGRJGCS6OFC01gQRRtEnlqh83wsyRkr4-DBxkVo5O1xmW5na40/s4128/20220923_164449.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidGtmv34neM9ugVE1EN3f-fVrg4dR3Dxu4gwteMpO2Uyfu3JHYH7D6Z873f_W7S2rKe8aF2QF8Z2okzhJNEUD3OzZYUnMbI5lU0aWaWAM9q0eXKm9EtNpwQ5U_Njb_X7jxSYbViDGRJGCS6OFC01gQRRtEnlqh83wsyRkr4-DBxkVo5O1xmW5na40/s320/20220923_164449.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; 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font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It should have been a straightforward diversion. We climbed the hill to Ruthen and followed the signs in the main square. We then dropped down the hill following the bike path signs and we found ourselves heading towards the route we had followed in the morning in the opposite direction to the one we wanted to take. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZTa89muDvYiWSvekbscmvfpNUmFFMBGAGbF_9gPu2C5M8cu7-lBLXqtR2s8nSAxFhJ-E64Bi5nRL0tJtib2fszn_5-NZ6tWPbH5HF_cqtm9572qs23PyJlorWhsC3y3EaGHc1aqi1BJpfhDhkGo-Vlprj7RU3gF34KpaVsNwi6T0YNhCZYcDaNDw/s4128/20220923_171433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZTa89muDvYiWSvekbscmvfpNUmFFMBGAGbF_9gPu2C5M8cu7-lBLXqtR2s8nSAxFhJ-E64Bi5nRL0tJtib2fszn_5-NZ6tWPbH5HF_cqtm9572qs23PyJlorWhsC3y3EaGHc1aqi1BJpfhDhkGo-Vlprj7RU3gF34KpaVsNwi6T0YNhCZYcDaNDw/s320/20220923_171433.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">The hill was reclimbed and the Garmin successfully navigated to Hemmern and back onto the route we wanted to take. It was then a long decent before riding up the valley to the Gasthof. A round trip of 53 miles.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZW_ZPH7tN0WQIbHEkiubDRNFg6Vq5w0OoKW70Q__95_ucEOb-iOE8z65-4vI6NFuz3W3LV5hDZITQpzhHElAGxRKKQQgYtqh8n5_5jPjvBdFSJV6fbTlN_vGedn11qWIaVAIOPxwfTOkBoE9U68w45UHQMi25_4tCZKqL4oFJTiyTxHgoR4rbzgZZ/s835/Mohnesee.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="433" data-original-width="835" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZW_ZPH7tN0WQIbHEkiubDRNFg6Vq5w0OoKW70Q__95_ucEOb-iOE8z65-4vI6NFuz3W3LV5hDZITQpzhHElAGxRKKQQgYtqh8n5_5jPjvBdFSJV6fbTlN_vGedn11qWIaVAIOPxwfTOkBoE9U68w45UHQMi25_4tCZKqL4oFJTiyTxHgoR4rbzgZZ/w484-h251/Mohnesee.JPG" width="484" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">We eat the Gasthov, vegetable pancake for a starter and pork schnitzel for a main. We shared one with mushrooms and one with a red pepper sauce. Both were excellent. They were eaten with spätzle noddles and a side salad. A dark Duple beer was sampled before glass of </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5f6368; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Warsteiner</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>BrextonThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00411524770593172256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071744906656849803.post-91252089133947003472022-09-23T20:41:00.000+01:002022-09-23T20:51:28.042+01:00Day 14 - A late breakfast and a Long Drive to Gasthof Hillebrand<p> </p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">We were up early and got everything packed and started
loading the car before breakfast. It was a good job as Zdislava had overslept
and packing the car probably woke her up. She apologised when she brought us
our breakfast 15 minutes after the time we had asked for. We each had an omelette
with peas and shared a plate of cheese some of which was saved for a picnic on
route. We left around 9:30. </p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">The first stop was the Tesco in Chodov for Czech
beer and wine. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgaRAwtfQmjucaHc0crl9Cl-J50fcZGHGNCNUF4p1Dtxs7ahG2jNavabZQOTvfBO6is3cfHkBb5hno6U0N6uphmCZHn4V3S7ydWRqOBReN2klKW04awZDrIv2Ot2cgLZVmgEHI3oXzXCqmvQutSrBFiKIUW3SfxIL5PSF8ZBhCD2ikttfRXaN994QF/s4128/20220922_095910.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgaRAwtfQmjucaHc0crl9Cl-J50fcZGHGNCNUF4p1Dtxs7ahG2jNavabZQOTvfBO6is3cfHkBb5hno6U0N6uphmCZHn4V3S7ydWRqOBReN2klKW04awZDrIv2Ot2cgLZVmgEHI3oXzXCqmvQutSrBFiKIUW3SfxIL5PSF8ZBhCD2ikttfRXaN994QF/s320/20220922_095910.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">We then went round the corner to Libl and finally filled up with
petrol. We headed north to the border town of Zweibach around a 40 minute
drive. We needed to avoid the motorway as we had not purchased the required permit.
A post office was located in a small village we passed through and postcards
posted. </p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBE4xoJn06oJXJp6tmyJw06ggD62ES7y0CUhBfEBp6896--vPj7rIKZ5No8mHrmldpaq2wOYEgxqBPJrsCC8viHUUcXsoyrQh4-OyiYPcbza-rUgUvKvJ1E4kIOWyADH4Lu-_-Nhc4JFID2TEKRJaJNq0PJcdCtW6IK5NPjrCQb-zxdNzzgQr-HEAV/s4128/20220922_112425.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBE4xoJn06oJXJp6tmyJw06ggD62ES7y0CUhBfEBp6896--vPj7rIKZ5No8mHrmldpaq2wOYEgxqBPJrsCC8viHUUcXsoyrQh4-OyiYPcbza-rUgUvKvJ1E4kIOWyADH4Lu-_-Nhc4JFID2TEKRJaJNq0PJcdCtW6IK5NPjrCQb-zxdNzzgQr-HEAV/s320/20220922_112425.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">We will see how long they take to reach their designation. As soon as
we crossed the border Kates displayed a map and was programmed to take us to our
destination of Gasthof Hillebrand just outside Buren. We followed the route she
suggested but might have been better heading across country to Gera. A Brexton
lunch was taken on route.</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqdYjtMhul21x1iJqx5yASbreNOzof9Xop0fWCEDfW38qd8ClqztB8ea_7uNeF3t4gpIw9CJTf166G5qUnttB1-ic9WprD5DSgl1gkZfyt2RJvhC46IWiegQKurRkn6TcBWb2G4_nHD-ID38VUsESNSNL8FhT6yI_p4n8yKKzzRn4sYyApy8a3iSWn/s4128/20220922_131934.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqdYjtMhul21x1iJqx5yASbreNOzof9Xop0fWCEDfW38qd8ClqztB8ea_7uNeF3t4gpIw9CJTf166G5qUnttB1-ic9WprD5DSgl1gkZfyt2RJvhC46IWiegQKurRkn6TcBWb2G4_nHD-ID38VUsESNSNL8FhT6yI_p4n8yKKzzRn4sYyApy8a3iSWn/s320/20220922_131934.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"> There were only a couple of minor incidents on route. A lorry
had shed a tyre and left large remnants and a mud guard all over the road which Lyn had to avoid and roadworks at Bad Hersfeld cause a long delay We had to avoid this by leaving the autobahn and going through
the town. We arrived at the Gasthof at 18:10 in time for a cup of tea before
our evening meal. We each had the same 2 specials from the board, onion soup
followed by pork medallions in black pepper sauce accompanied by several
glasses of Warsteiner the local beer.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftspNJLZs74bOY48ZfxqYiIAtjW61W5df59s43Q3BcLFz-6WdUlr30j9m_SJBraFOF2AtMx5DFDvaJrW4QDI570K5yOQxRJnKh04PZ2Uc7jqAiNoV7o7kjwOonLTgyd3gOg_nz1lFEdjQgKIyfSmg2koaFc-NmBhbmahipABePCMu5eMX8oQRwP35/s4128/20220922_193028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftspNJLZs74bOY48ZfxqYiIAtjW61W5df59s43Q3BcLFz-6WdUlr30j9m_SJBraFOF2AtMx5DFDvaJrW4QDI570K5yOQxRJnKh04PZ2Uc7jqAiNoV7o7kjwOonLTgyd3gOg_nz1lFEdjQgKIyfSmg2koaFc-NmBhbmahipABePCMu5eMX8oQRwP35/s320/20220922_193028.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTG605M9ifG3r4q2UqwOcAKzIJnAqe1yJ6ACwliI8zGgaMWbM2GIHuqcPwfRUw_tDpH7CthEthFhQMFU8ofOWyQ9MZ3yPM17Xa66AwWTdF5TcwFsaN1H7VH0v6I4lLMr3l-6rLRbv1HD-n4V_TjsOPFmsnD3lOXZpYItFS5CJXJQQ6nV_3cZVtUCCo/s4128/20220922_201024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTG605M9ifG3r4q2UqwOcAKzIJnAqe1yJ6ACwliI8zGgaMWbM2GIHuqcPwfRUw_tDpH7CthEthFhQMFU8ofOWyQ9MZ3yPM17Xa66AwWTdF5TcwFsaN1H7VH0v6I4lLMr3l-6rLRbv1HD-n4V_TjsOPFmsnD3lOXZpYItFS5CJXJQQ6nV_3cZVtUCCo/s320/20220922_201024.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p>BrextonThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00411524770593172256noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071744906656849803.post-60015443493108842242022-09-23T06:58:00.004+01:002022-09-28T22:05:15.494+01:00Day 13 - Loket and Karlov Vary<p class="MsoNormal">The weather forecast of the day was much improved. A shorter ride and some sightseeing planned, visiting picturesque small town of Loket and the Spa town of Karlov Vary. We left the car at the apartment and followed a bike path to Loket. The word Loket meaning “elbow” in Czech. The town owes this name to the fact that it is surrounded from three sides by the Ohře river and the shape of the river resembles an elbow. The town is dominated by the 12-century castle. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW7F3BDFMCf1qugrj4juenC1eXYAdiQOoxN5tFjeSpsglaOnKSk5K6RUupLNPDmQTKJX5YjmNGDPiqNm1C_DdeDtk4MFJ0KZZmxyWBBsKjdiOk-JafBFhN824iw7ZLUmNktHcN_0B-2e7Et2lqpJ_avIRWREzkzXSxu8lWwVkvRM_NNQJRFfNNJBCE/s823/Loket.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="823" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW7F3BDFMCf1qugrj4juenC1eXYAdiQOoxN5tFjeSpsglaOnKSk5K6RUupLNPDmQTKJX5YjmNGDPiqNm1C_DdeDtk4MFJ0KZZmxyWBBsKjdiOk-JafBFhN824iw7ZLUmNktHcN_0B-2e7Et2lqpJ_avIRWREzkzXSxu8lWwVkvRM_NNQJRFfNNJBCE/w366-h184/Loket.JPG" width="366" /></a></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXgKnZVc6ih-W2GnSj-MIYtMkxKny8w24bWe6fFKAYtz_cvzwmvmrxjOMxULsT6dLr7NKBISsc7vQAMRbppJIoDf0cexjNJ0y06rxWNiFh8MmdB4e284j7tthobEsSanMMIJ5RNL1lixolg8FFCt3RORpc2upuwP_SJvO8KO0n91sbJuNtWz7RZZS/s4128/20220921_101314(0).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">After lunch we cycled along the bike path following the river
to Karlov Vary. This time we were following the path of the river downstream and
the path stayed close to the riverbank. On reaching Karlov Vary we cycled to
towards the centre and followed the directions towards the tourist information Some of the roads had been pedestrianised and cycling was
not allowed so Lyn scooted her bike whilst Robert walked. The tourist
information was located, and map obtained of the centre obtained. We last visited the spa over 20 years ago and could remember very little of it.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV7TD0wftMjBqhroKLgxJ7MiJ-0tAg1IKr2oL6-5OsXhnD7ob-Dqmh-Ydo3I5CnujqlzCSVS9FndkNjNnMLAu3PLsNcCHvHP-VtVvJDc2efm4agmXZaCkoBl6uJPUiHUyPMLYidq3G-2TI-vWhS58C65PbjffJqWofsGcuNiLxs_mhgbtXy7FCl9dp/s4128/20220921_174008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV7TD0wftMjBqhroKLgxJ7MiJ-0tAg1IKr2oL6-5OsXhnD7ob-Dqmh-Ydo3I5CnujqlzCSVS9FndkNjNnMLAu3PLsNcCHvHP-VtVvJDc2efm4agmXZaCkoBl6uJPUiHUyPMLYidq3G-2TI-vWhS58C65PbjffJqWofsGcuNiLxs_mhgbtXy7FCl9dp/s320/20220921_174008.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ0FzpYMD7jrrj0eLEWkSieXjoVaPEHYC11Xq4LfnbhSa-IIW6LMDJ5_7Nz0JnCyEyCor2cEyFGB7t0CPx6CPxc3d_PHlcHQK6Vlp9Xb0kxO1QFsKdYOUkQdU7hnlSPf_nb9yHYlPZAstRms2Bbf2LTLYpm12pnJsFGdObbLIVHcJKvl-BzWCY8OCI/s4128/20220921_152209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ0FzpYMD7jrrj0eLEWkSieXjoVaPEHYC11Xq4LfnbhSa-IIW6LMDJ5_7Nz0JnCyEyCor2cEyFGB7t0CPx6CPxc3d_PHlcHQK6Vlp9Xb0kxO1QFsKdYOUkQdU7hnlSPf_nb9yHYlPZAstRms2Bbf2LTLYpm12pnJsFGdObbLIVHcJKvl-BzWCY8OCI/s320/20220921_152209.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifS-OWUSDZrcoxtCWYX5JnEfjrzIf5mAGzRQ-O47b0tkhxBN_cmMbxGaI65Dveds080ejDmHE0eLGW0hYEDG3xvdGXL-ZvJUEZhjOyOEOSOujbRz2pKD6674QRconJoMM5lia_sauDtoWJEe0Mvi2862FWnI6eKSdfAWhy8EgRw-41AKx-C6gmCFci/s4128/20220921_152546.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifS-OWUSDZrcoxtCWYX5JnEfjrzIf5mAGzRQ-O47b0tkhxBN_cmMbxGaI65Dveds080ejDmHE0eLGW0hYEDG3xvdGXL-ZvJUEZhjOyOEOSOujbRz2pKD6674QRconJoMM5lia_sauDtoWJEe0Mvi2862FWnI6eKSdfAWhy8EgRw-41AKx-C6gmCFci/s320/20220921_152546.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">The town is famous for its spa and mineral springs. There are
13 main springs which range in temperature from 30 to 72 degrees centigrade. To
sample the water special cups can be purchased where the water is cooled by
drinking it thought the handle. We managed with a plastic cup from the Brexton
set, although Lyn would have like to have bought a cup, and sampled most of the springs.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyVJh3bsar-4F8q27IvNDqFSOR0uErqcUQZAffohRjFcrPFVpCG6JcQEInMlMwoU0p1qoej8fnqxAuaeUStbA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #232323; font-family: Open Sans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Hot Spring Colonnade 72 degrees C</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #232323; font-family: Open Sans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #232323; font-family: Open Sans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">It was starting to get cooler so we went into a cafe for a coffee and shared 3 small mararoons. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU54gG-myp0T0zcht4Z0bPAIzGNACpFZHmIEy4z4ya8uRbED9Yvgh6GPnsroRO9tDBIZq06CL5olshb-2Q99I5F5DFDLjG4EvFmbm4L3doxub0uP7MgemIVoOb0UTL0bpNnbL0EO30CsxrTXm_-e0SKwPKKbXS-I0qoD6-owD-r7MxlxCPP_ywaHJa/s4128/20220921_170529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU54gG-myp0T0zcht4Z0bPAIzGNACpFZHmIEy4z4ya8uRbED9Yvgh6GPnsroRO9tDBIZq06CL5olshb-2Q99I5F5DFDLjG4EvFmbm4L3doxub0uP7MgemIVoOb0UTL0bpNnbL0EO30CsxrTXm_-e0SKwPKKbXS-I0qoD6-owD-r7MxlxCPP_ywaHJa/s320/20220921_170529.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lyn phoned her mum from a quiet spot before we started back to the apartment. We stopped at Lidl again on our way out of town to buy Salmon and gnocchi for tea. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We were back in time for Lyn to log into her French class whilst Robert cooked tea and wrote the postcards.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A round trip of 27 miles</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div></div>BrextonThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00411524770593172256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071744906656849803.post-40534325284476788392022-09-21T07:14:00.007+01:002022-09-21T07:59:33.222+01:00Day 12 - A 45 mile cycle ride avoiding the rain<p> </p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">We awoke to rain but as the forecast was for it to clear
up after 10:00 we decided to do the 38 mile ride I had planned the previous
evening.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p>Breakfast was brought to our room on a tray at the time
we had selected and left outside. We each had a pea omelette and shared a plate
of sliced cheese and basket of toast.</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p>The car was moved off the drive to a parking spot just
round the corner and despite the dark clouds we set off. 1.2 miles later the
rain started and we sheltered by a church under a tree before moving across the
road to a block of garages that provided better shelter.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikyKXjx4ntd39_2YQRFcuHQV0rACRWwngrh9NWSr9RAriul09Ku8OJJ7OBEy6f3tDziigpG4hlBH7zzPd0AVUX4J3gAJRBCqTMiCAQ98ksRhBdI-N0O8fU6W8xc_ypt1bAlnUCWD5E41pkVxTdj3BVMUuYQu8-ZQRAk818Bk5Q3d1t5acXQ5GWUq60/s3264/20220920_120618.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikyKXjx4ntd39_2YQRFcuHQV0rACRWwngrh9NWSr9RAriul09Ku8OJJ7OBEy6f3tDziigpG4hlBH7zzPd0AVUX4J3gAJRBCqTMiCAQ98ksRhBdI-N0O8fU6W8xc_ypt1bAlnUCWD5E41pkVxTdj3BVMUuYQu8-ZQRAk818Bk5Q3d1t5acXQ5GWUq60/s320/20220920_120618.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"> </p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">After around 30
minutes it was dry enough to continue. The Garmin had difficulty find the path
but we eventually found the marked trail and followed it. We thought we were
making good progress until we arrived in Karlov Vary and realised we had been
cycling in the wrong direction! We retraced our steps but just before we got
back to where we went wrong the rain started getting heavier and we had to seek
shelter again by a different garage block. </p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">When the rain stopped we located the
correct path. The numbered bike trails were excellent. They were clearly signed (once located) and were on dedicated cycle tracks or minor roads.</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFk3EqJ3pGHuzej8TUexaQrAmH_y8ashTeMQEzbvF0dM4ENu_Z2w-iD1pYvI6gBoJAgcfKCh5kKFt2HMv33K8ANVN6D78Pw7Xl1556_cih8rCxfV6DtfMM6hTlTi7jkZNhd1pD2LqRJxhzvdKntD_DisvkvXvzEGvxenlQV3Nw1bJUN2Utg7wv9jm3/s4128/20220920_122159.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFk3EqJ3pGHuzej8TUexaQrAmH_y8ashTeMQEzbvF0dM4ENu_Z2w-iD1pYvI6gBoJAgcfKCh5kKFt2HMv33K8ANVN6D78Pw7Xl1556_cih8rCxfV6DtfMM6hTlTi7jkZNhd1pD2LqRJxhzvdKntD_DisvkvXvzEGvxenlQV3Nw1bJUN2Utg7wv9jm3/s320/20220920_122159.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjySXFTsTrB4Q_h6pqyRXlCW2MuMZcJn6ku2A0SWDgMO0-skF8bC2Mu2jdN9qPLHpRIQ9yHnYxYRgaTj0XCk9wP9EQHU1ZWFgnRgQNufg1Q2NmClqQdSQC5jv5kQzg6sAghrcdL3lz9emp1VOg1sZgaUrGM2Q6ERgrMaGJr-2aS7GBZM307PzGbI9Aq/s4128/20220920_125054.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjySXFTsTrB4Q_h6pqyRXlCW2MuMZcJn6ku2A0SWDgMO0-skF8bC2Mu2jdN9qPLHpRIQ9yHnYxYRgaTj0XCk9wP9EQHU1ZWFgnRgQNufg1Q2NmClqQdSQC5jv5kQzg6sAghrcdL3lz9emp1VOg1sZgaUrGM2Q6ERgrMaGJr-2aS7GBZM307PzGbI9Aq/s320/20220920_125054.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p>
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we had hoped to find a cafe but there was nothing suitable. The post office was
open and I took the opportunity to purchase some stamps. I was the only customer and it took two members of staff and 15
minutes. It was raining when I came out and we had to <a style="mso-comment-date: 20220921T0656; mso-comment-reference: LB_1;">seek</a> shelter in a bus stop. The larger town of Ostrov provided more options for lunch.
We could not find a café to get something savoury so had to settle for a cake for
Koruna Pralines. The cakes looked good but were disappointing and not a patch
on the ones we had had in Plana. Lyn made the wrong selection and should have had the one with fruit on the top.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsL5Srnma-g9s941dcYvSAq4vdzt4QjcbZflnFZzfAznII9tLvSbyYYrnv3s1uO9T-rppyqyi9ke86RhA4ymYemGy7v58lYyMcXFjTwFiJYU3Rff4jVO7vFvCg-TS3CaHrVgHE4IXOQJ-mYLkvvjCQLxQobzEtn5EE6x_VTY3kVsYh2RbVaDDPPbLl/s4128/20220920_152749.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsL5Srnma-g9s941dcYvSAq4vdzt4QjcbZflnFZzfAznII9tLvSbyYYrnv3s1uO9T-rppyqyi9ke86RhA4ymYemGy7v58lYyMcXFjTwFiJYU3Rff4jVO7vFvCg-TS3CaHrVgHE4IXOQJ-mYLkvvjCQLxQobzEtn5EE6x_VTY3kVsYh2RbVaDDPPbLl/s320/20220920_152749.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p>
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miles to go. It was a 300 feet climb before we dropped down to the river which we would follow back to
Karlov Vary.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7xSEPG0Z1Fln2JOLdXAEBXVgtbKlT8ymrLdD_3USFOcW04XYQWyKNGCB7ziEtXEusmFPNsyUzLLRzVrhclVAD-JRZRuhbpglHu2HlBoXNtbASzQDN9Qj_w1fN8YlIZgZMvx4foWWQjEHIBc7leZ2oqXwVx7HHKwsHtFOP8P-D4YbsjOaDu7bzD3cR/s4128/20220920_161925.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7xSEPG0Z1Fln2JOLdXAEBXVgtbKlT8ymrLdD_3USFOcW04XYQWyKNGCB7ziEtXEusmFPNsyUzLLRzVrhclVAD-JRZRuhbpglHu2HlBoXNtbASzQDN9Qj_w1fN8YlIZgZMvx4foWWQjEHIBc7leZ2oqXwVx7HHKwsHtFOP8P-D4YbsjOaDu7bzD3cR/s320/20220920_161925.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> </p><br /><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMLFHxF_G5wgsD0pN9bAn4_fFA4cuzooPCaS01wTMXFO_DKCzDzAK1vJXjMUQeNv4HW-mUjSSk9h1LSScC6gaIaQFBE1VpO6L1ibo3fjfXALy15VKoUBd0AtZLrH6DmOOjhTn1caEcURz0iK7iZcbvcPlgALGqE063aW9jnaHYCzssyKWs9f64uTel/s4128/20220920_160958(0).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMLFHxF_G5wgsD0pN9bAn4_fFA4cuzooPCaS01wTMXFO_DKCzDzAK1vJXjMUQeNv4HW-mUjSSk9h1LSScC6gaIaQFBE1VpO6L1ibo3fjfXALy15VKoUBd0AtZLrH6DmOOjhTn1caEcURz0iK7iZcbvcPlgALGqE063aW9jnaHYCzssyKWs9f64uTel/s320/20220920_160958(0).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGmh2Cixue8PXUS3SYQ235ksKMODhQHbS7atemuZMVizmK7GzU3Yu9I-1IQqg9kwuXZtHw3r2G2jtC5yEJE99WEgX4kO-GuJN7jy5WkgV400tE-RGt0Y_3SfsKKtaydOi0DoND0ChVhTpA8AqUUEfLDkqOFESrBgdE4zOhmvaIVP4C1nFeG4VTbLJ/s4128/20220920_163330.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGmh2Cixue8PXUS3SYQ235ksKMODhQHbS7atemuZMVizmK7GzU3Yu9I-1IQqg9kwuXZtHw3r2G2jtC5yEJE99WEgX4kO-GuJN7jy5WkgV400tE-RGt0Y_3SfsKKtaydOi0DoND0ChVhTpA8AqUUEfLDkqOFESrBgdE4zOhmvaIVP4C1nFeG4VTbLJ/s320/20220920_163330.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Cup Storage Rack?</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"> The cycle path initially followed the road but diverted off it
before the point I had mapped and rather than follow the road in the valley climbed
on a pleasant track though the woods adding another 300 feet of climbing. It was then back down to the river were the
undulations continued until we reached Karlov Vary. A Lidl we passed provided
ingredient for a prawn stir fry.</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p>
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45 miles with 2343 feet of climbing.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</div><br /><br />BrextonThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00411524770593172256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2071744906656849803.post-82933946658046625742022-09-20T19:12:00.002+01:002022-09-29T22:10:51.215+01:00Day 11 - A short drive and a tour of Cheb <p> </p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">We awoke to rain. It was forecast but to unfortunate as
it was too heavy to enjoy a bike ride. The car was packed, bill paid and Google
Translate used to inform our hosts of the small wet patch that had developed on
our ceiling.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">We decided to visit the city of Cheb, our route took us
close to Mariánské Lázně a spa town we had visited 20 years ago but the heavy
rain meant we decided to continue rather than stopping to explore the town. On
arriving in the town finding somewhere to park was a problem. Most of the
parking seemed to be limited to 1 or 1.5 hours and was full. After exhausting
the options on Google Maps we eventually found a space. It turned out to be
only a short walk from the town square. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_l352mtF2taVNamggfeUwzMr4CoG-XJ_cdJB7AsrbMSEhrhsVQxW8Cu02sKReLnbHnlQcwJPjh4uBjwk4RmWy2D-T485WvIf285MP5-yMfOWj9Q7dQ1ODfgtarEJ1SD-844WviCspc-kqYYvWegL45jE04pdnDbsZuEq_8VtdofSVf9SacigW-IrP/s4128/20220919_124556.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_l352mtF2taVNamggfeUwzMr4CoG-XJ_cdJB7AsrbMSEhrhsVQxW8Cu02sKReLnbHnlQcwJPjh4uBjwk4RmWy2D-T485WvIf285MP5-yMfOWj9Q7dQ1ODfgtarEJ1SD-844WviCspc-kqYYvWegL45jE04pdnDbsZuEq_8VtdofSVf9SacigW-IrP/s320/20220919_124556.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">The Tourist information provided us with
a map of the town and we also got and excellent free 1:75000 cycling map of the
area. The rain cleared as we explored the centre but started again just before
lunch which was taken in Botenik Bistro on the main square. The turned out to
be an excellent choice and we ended up having 3 courses. Fish soup, a spaghetti
with a black pepper sauce and small dumplings filled with soft cheese served
with stewed prunes and cream. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7NkGbdA2iJZCFZoTdPuAUteq0q7rm6553syp_aurh2eENgyS9TZool18j3EaMgo_GDBoPbXE0d2jV6xZOIgXLhT3lIWUfxKRJmb56UaRno2PVgQKYjbtsWToBHjjb_KVY6YOKLczeoWAuoczfyFuM7m9FA4Nmo1RUno23bRs_1gD4wiVN78gkcWc4/s4128/20220919_130157.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7NkGbdA2iJZCFZoTdPuAUteq0q7rm6553syp_aurh2eENgyS9TZool18j3EaMgo_GDBoPbXE0d2jV6xZOIgXLhT3lIWUfxKRJmb56UaRno2PVgQKYjbtsWToBHjjb_KVY6YOKLczeoWAuoczfyFuM7m9FA4Nmo1RUno23bRs_1gD4wiVN78gkcWc4/w175-h233/20220919_130157.jpg" width="175" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFPdxG4RWv9KR3bwxur3-uAPeWjx9VCSQWV2sfLI6fOa6Dg0bCvW0e2vlkUnTMa3_wRGIXLDvSkW0qDkib3fVvAl3QNSeFugHpQN-mPn6P2zGgl1iZdVPts8X51yAh7_QMpoJgoJNAsumAKveLTk5QBMIElWDMQBvW7pIoYVsiORUGuMhvxKGZlb4q/s4128/20220919_130640.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFPdxG4RWv9KR3bwxur3-uAPeWjx9VCSQWV2sfLI6fOa6Dg0bCvW0e2vlkUnTMa3_wRGIXLDvSkW0qDkib3fVvAl3QNSeFugHpQN-mPn6P2zGgl1iZdVPts8X51yAh7_QMpoJgoJNAsumAKveLTk5QBMIElWDMQBvW7pIoYVsiORUGuMhvxKGZlb4q/w172-h229/20220919_130640.jpg" width="172" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNoSpacing"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPPze8pjWYJElDmkNvW6afCfsZDbWuoMiwGd4LGcguulnheeBrnfOQ5EO9H-qanBHSvBY4RGMlT3mEogNmvDUgGQ9FYeYGUOJdug1_SNhi4XuUHSSFGtq6JjqWkbdW4AlVtMXytBNVD7UOx3ptDlMFOcH7QwnH7XxAugZwWXBIA-q6t8iKEdPv0qL/s4128/20220919_132841.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPPze8pjWYJElDmkNvW6afCfsZDbWuoMiwGd4LGcguulnheeBrnfOQ5EO9H-qanBHSvBY4RGMlT3mEogNmvDUgGQ9FYeYGUOJdug1_SNhi4XuUHSSFGtq6JjqWkbdW4AlVtMXytBNVD7UOx3ptDlMFOcH7QwnH7XxAugZwWXBIA-q6t8iKEdPv0qL/w229-h172/20220919_132841.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">We would normally share a desert but were told
the portion was small. It was not.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p>After lunch we walked to the castle which was closed on a
Monday and then to the monastery gardens. We returned to the main square but
did not make it back to the car before a heavy shower.</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p></o:p></p>
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ticking the options to avoid Motorways and Toll road tried to take us the
shortest route onto the motorway. As we had not purchased a permit for the
Motorway and as we did not want to be fined, we made a quick U turn before joining
the motorway and with the help of the cycling map we had been given navigated a
route using more minor roads. We needed food for tea and stopped at the local Tesco’s.
We arrived at Violets at 16:45. Our host Zdislava lives below and we have the top
two floors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wanted us to park alongside
her car but a telegraph pole in the middle of the drive and the length of my
car even with the bike carrier taken off made it an almost impossible task. We
gave up before any damage was done and parked in front of her car for the night.
A tea of vegetable curry was prepared and we watched the footage of the Queens
funeral on Czech TV.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA0ehb1hX3c2pL6RbaLuTHozoGihWnsQhMgqfuCFwj2IJl83fvMhN_ow0bqr95cGvl0Mzmkaa1vlQGs6GFC9E1ezEMpCm56jaO-DG1SMVIfeEbZzCZcLiVDOjvY2dfWNa0cw0PW8oi3t7hY5X95E2QMdThZ8DlfHqV9TP-nK0ceStPgnj-BYdh7x1d/s4128/20220919_162617.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA0ehb1hX3c2pL6RbaLuTHozoGihWnsQhMgqfuCFwj2IJl83fvMhN_ow0bqr95cGvl0Mzmkaa1vlQGs6GFC9E1ezEMpCm56jaO-DG1SMVIfeEbZzCZcLiVDOjvY2dfWNa0cw0PW8oi3t7hY5X95E2QMdThZ8DlfHqV9TP-nK0ceStPgnj-BYdh7x1d/s320/20220919_162617.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p>BrextonThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00411524770593172256noreply@blogger.com0