Rather than carrying on down the coast we decided to head inland to a town called Ryukan in the Telemark region as there were several interesting things to do there and abouts. We had picked a brochure back on the Swedish border and would otherwise not have known about this area.
Our next paintjob
Sadly the weather turns British
Telemark has a number of lakes, hydro-electric schemes, veteran transport (ferries,canals, locks, and railways), and some interesting military history. Anyone seen the film The Heroes of Telemark (Kirk Douglas, Richard Harrison)?
En route we passed through some very old villages, and saw an unusual church from the 13th C, apparently a mix of pagan and christian architectural elements. We arrived just as the door was locked.
Heddal Stave Church
A collection of old buildings to show how Norwegians used to live. You can still see these storehouses around the countryside, though they are becoming less used.
Split log housing. there didn't seem to be any caulking so they must have been pretty draughty
Very ornate paintings as decorations. The painter was famous apparently.
We had a place called Gaustatoppen plugged into the Sat Nav and it took us by a direct route. What a nightmare! Narrow windey roads, weather closing in and time moving on, we headed into the mountains. We very seldom got into 3rd gear let alone 4th for about an hour.
Lovely rugged countryside
Poor Reggie was getting pretty hot and we were getting pretty worried with another climb to go, so we pulled into a shingle parking spot on a moor. With more sunshine it would have been quite spectacular...
...but there was no sunshine. It was a bleak spot to stop.
The climb yet to come. (To the left around that lump.)
Surprisingly we were not alone!
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