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Another blusky morning and a little warmer too so after a reasonably early start we were on the road by 10.00am. Today is going to be a transit day, moving from one planned tour to the next, so the scenery was not as breathtaking as the last few days. In fact it was altogether "softer" with fewer montains and lakes and a lot more agriculture including livestock. Initially we stayed with the 17 but eventually spilled out onto the E6, which is the main north/south road through Norway. Despite it's status, it is in fact quite an ordinary road, mostly 2-lane and an overall blanket speed limit of 80kph. However it does pass through many towns and villages, all with the relevant speed restrictions and occasionally "speed bumps" at 30kph too. On the whole traffic keeps up to these speeds but it does not make for a fast transit if that is your need - it didn't bother us though.
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| Think the windscreen needs a wash! |
Having decided to refill the fuel tank once we saw a reasonable price we did so just north of Steinkyer, then went looking for a supermarket to replenish the larder and pause for lunch. We did notice something very odd about fuel prices though; there didn't seem to be any competition as prices varied quite a lot depending on which brand you used. But the really peculiar thing was they all seemed to reduce after lunch, often by 1NOK (7p) per litre - we thought we saw this happening a few days ago but today confirmed that it actually does!
Lunch over, we'd noticed a free motorhome service point 5 minutes along the road so called in to empty the loo and top up the water tank. It's worth keeping an eye open for these places as, apart from using campsites, it can occasionally be difficult. On the way there Bren spotted an LPG sign, again these aren't widespread in Norway (almost non-existent in Sweden) so we went back and after driving round in circles found an automated pump behind some factory buildings (you just need to watch for the signs..........) Not sure what happened but there was an elderly Norwegian motorhomer messing about on the pump before us, I think changing his bottle, before we could get on with it. However, on checking my credit card, I'd only been charged 1NOK (7p) for 8.9 litres of gas!
So with all domestics completed we got back on the E6 towards Trondheim and had a pleasant hours drive before starting to consider a nightstop. Once again P4N made a few suggestions, a couple of which we discarded but then chose a likely place just off the main drag in Hommelvik. The app described it as a large gravelled parking area fronting the beach and we spotted it easily enough - except that there was a main railway line in the way. Once again a bit of ducking and diving and we found the way in and joined dozens of cars whose occupants had decided on a day at the beach. A few motorhomes too, in fact one corner seemed to be dedicated to longer term storage, but there was plenty of space and 50 motorhomes wouldn't look amiss. The only drawback is that the railway station is just behind the parking with fairly regular passenger trains arriving and departing, plus the occasional freight service. Not too noisy though and it'll probably quieten down later.
The beach was being fully utilised and looked very inviting even though it was really only a narrowish strip of coarse sand but the temperature was 32 deg and the sunshine strong enough to burn. We had all the windows and vents open but Jamie wasn't too keen and spent the rest of the day trying to keep cool. As I write, at around 10.00pm, it's still high twenties and the sun is heading for the sea, but it will be a while yet before we get a proper sunset and darker nights.
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