Last lunch in the sunshine
Bridges in the mist
Louise examines some flora
To cold to hang around
Ferry to Halsa
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Arctic Adventure - 10 to 31 May 2018 Part 3
Story by Margaret Campbell
 After
crossing the Herjestranda to Solsnes ferry, we found another nice layby
for our picnic lunch and were lucky that we still had sunshine as it
was all about to change. Moving on towards Kristiansund we were looking
forward to driving the famous Atlantic Road where a number of islands
have been joined up in a series of causeways and high bridges.
We had all seen footage of the drive on You tube but were disappointed when we  arrived
as the haar was so thick we could not see any of the crossings unless
we were actually on them. We stopped in the car park and waited for a
while to see if it would lift but had to leave before it moved. It was
only a short drive from there to Kristiansund and as the city occupies
3 islands we had to cross to our overnight stop through a very
expensive tunnel. We arrived in time to have a nice walk around our
part of the city and to watch one of the Costal Express boats (Hurtigruten) calling in for a short visit. That would be us in a weeks time.
Next
morning we decided that, as it wasn’t too far, we would retrace
our steps and go back to see the atlantic road. Ranald & Louise
went a different way to see an arboretum south of Kristiansund. We
would meet up with them again in Trondheim.
 We
were lucky as the mist had lifted and we could at least take some
photographs but it was a cold grey day and we didn’t want to hang
around. Taking a slightly different route than planned we followed a
smaller road to get us back on track and avoid the big tunnel again. We
crossed the Skjerran to Halsa ferry and travelled on the main E39
stopping for a picnic lunch but this time we had to eat in our cars as
it was cold and damp.
We arrived in Trondheim for our two
night stay in mid afternoon and discovered after all our planning that
the hotel did not have its own parking and we had to unload the cars
and then take them to the station carpark which luckily was not too
far.
 We found a nice restaurant for supper and realised that
we may struggle to get a meal the next night as it was Syttende mai,
(17th May), Norwegian constitution day, and an official public holiday
when the Norwegians attend large parades and party all day and well
into the night.
We were lucky to be in a large city where we
could attend these parades and see what it was all about. Getting into
bed that night we realised that we had come The Atlantic Road
to the end of the first
week of our Arctic Adventure.
| Published 21 June 2018
Updated 4 July 2018
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