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The weather is not really getting much better although no more heavy rain, just the occasional shower today. Away by 1050 then a brief stop to top up the radiator reservoir as the warning light came on - it did it yesterday too but forgot.... All okay so shortly stopped to top off the fuel tank then head for the Hardangarvidda, the next scenic route. The road took us up into the mountains, this time with no hairpin bends, but we soon entered cloud and unfortunately we could see very little. There were some interesting tunnels however, one in particular spiralling it's way down and across itself several times. TomTom did his best but Nellie gave up and sulked!
At Edfjord we came round a corner and thought we were looking at a large block of flats but no, another large cruise liner was parked at the end of the street which had disgorged a large number of its passengers into the town which was quite lively. Continued along the fjord, in and out of more tunnels and probably because of the erratic nature of our main navigation system (Nellie) we missed a turn for the Hardangarvidda; when we realised it was too late. So we just followed the signs for Bergen, expecting a ferry but the quay was blocked off so we found ourselves in another 4km tunnel which popped out over a huge bridge then dived straight back into another 7km hole. We're sure we've spent more time in tunnels today than out in the open, especially when we noticed we'd lost a headlight. We then came upon the strangest thing we've ever seen, a full roundabout inside the tunnels! Not long after we came across a second underground which got us back onto our planned route. Norwegian engineering at it's most innovative!
Heading towards Bergen now and although we were following the shoreline the area was becoming much more populated and we were passing through more and more townships. We stopped at Voss, one of the larger, for a big shop to replenish our food stocks then a late lunch. We've been to Bergen a good few years ago and to be honest, as it was getting late as we approached, thought we ought to start heading south for our booked ferry to Denmark in a few days time. Followed a link road heading to the main E39 while Bren sorted out a nightstop. P4N suggested a quiet carpark near the tram terminus in Nesttun, a suburb of Bergen, so after a bit of messing about we found the place up a back street and considered it to be fine, if a bit tight to access. A couple of other motorhomes were parked up and no restriction signs so this'll do us for tonight. Once parked up quickly sorted the headlight, which turned out to be a dirty connection although of course we do carry spares - when we remember where we put them.............
Quite a tunnel and bridge
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