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Summary
Norway's scenery is spectacular, and the Western side epitomises the best of it.. During my first tour there in 2005 every day brought wonderful new views of fjords and mountain vistas.
Pictures - Select either ALL for everything, or select a day. Then click on the picture and scroll on through using the arrow
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Day 1 - Newcastle
Day 2 - Bergen
Day 3 - Karmoy
Day 4 - Sognefjorden
Day 5 - Ulvicfjordin
Day 6 - Fossli
Day 7 - Geilo
Day 8
Day 9 - Valdresflya
Day 10 -
Day 11 - Vagamo
Day 12 - Turtago
Day 13 - Nigardsbreen glacier
Day 14 - Balestrand
Day 15 - Back to Bergen
Rob and Patrick in Newcastle before we took the ferry to Bergen
Outside Karmoy Hostel
Colin and Linda along the edge of Sogfjorden
Neil cycles towards Nigardsbreen glacier
Colin and Linda on a muddy section from Geilo
Goats grazing the grassed rooves
Descending to Vagamo
Patrick at Kyrpring just before the descent
Outside Lofthus Pension
Norwegian Mountains from the North Sea Ferry
Rob Mortem
Bill and Ruth on climb to Beitostolen
Bergen Fish Market
Waiting at the top of the climb to Utne
Reflected House
Langefossen Waterfall. The waterfalls in Norway are huge
Lom Stave Church
Watch out for the goats
Stave Church Details
Overlooking Ulvikfjorden
Fish drying in Bergen
Patrick, Rob, Jose and Linda on the railway path from Granvin
Linda and Colin with Trolls
Jose admiring the pizza making at Hardanger Folkemuseum
Rob Morton and Rob Bishop descend from Osa
Look closely there's cyclist 2/3 of the way up that wall of rock
Double waterfalls
Even in June if you go high the banks of snow are still here
Ulvicfjorden
Neil meets the locals
Is it free? , on the way to Osa
End of the road from Osa
Jose chooses some upmarket accommodation
Ulvic
Patrick, Jose, Pete and Rob at Eidfjord
Well that's where John, Colin and Rob and the rest of us are heading, to the Fossli Hotel
Voringofossen, the Fossli Hotel is at the top of this
Eric and his grandfathers saddle that he used to haul the wood up the mountain to build the Fossli Hotel
On a cold day, we took refuge in a doorway in Dyranut
Descending towards Geilo
Evening meal at the Foslli Hotel. Quite some meal this one with a fabulous view
All at Valdresflya YHA, at the time the highest YHA in Europe
All at Valdresflya YHA, at the time the highest YHA in Europe
John and Patrick leave Valdresflya YHA
John and Wendy Sutton north of Valdresflya
Descending from Valdresflya
Houses in ice
Patrick and Pete on Sognafjellet road
Rob M and Linda on the high road
Rob waiting by Sognefjellet by Lakes
So the Jotunheim mountain was cloudy over, no matter a postcard held to the window will do the trick
The two Robs on Sognefjellets high point
Neil against 1434 height marker on Sognefjellet
Rob through the snow cliffs of Sognefjellet
Turtago Hotel. A climbers place and a great place to spend the night
View from 1000 metres, finally we got under the cloud
Waterfalls into Lusterfjorden
Reflected waterfall
Along Lusterfjorden
Dale Stave Church
Patrick had a great sense of humour, here he displayed his spats to keep the rain out
Nigardsbreen glacier
Nigardsbreen glacier
Ruth and Patrick on Glacier
Rob for some reason carried this stick all the way round, here it visits Jostedal
Cycling down Jostedalen Valley
Loading bikes onto the express ferry at Balestrand
Jose and Rob with the bikes on the express ferry
Coming into Bergen
Sailing boat and the Fjordline ferry, our passage home
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