Trondheim

We still don't know what's going on with the batteries. No cuppa this morning even though the charge was showing as full. We decided to track down a campervan shop to see if they could help. We unknowingly drove past three to get to the one we had found online who turned out to not do repairs,  just sales. He pointed us back to the place we had passed. Only 40 kms wasted. Two of the salesmen helped us out. They tested the batteries which both passed with flying colours! So what else can it be? They suggested we are simply not charging them to max enough. The solar/driving doesn't seem to get them maxed. They also had a go at the steps but they are yet to be tested. Even though they had to take both seats out to test the batteries they charged us nothing. I gave them a little beer money, though I realised afterwards that with the price of beer over here it may not have bought one each. Oops.

Nice view across wheat fields, and look at those blue skies! Cool breeze though.

Do they not like After the Battle, or is this the Norwegian branch?

Slightly reassured we drove into Trondheim. Some reviews say it is disappointing but it was OK. One thing that surprised me is there was no mention in the information centre guff of the city's significance during WW2, despite there being two monstrous U-Boat pens there, and an outstanding fortress further north at Austatt. (It has another of Gneisenau's turrets, still in situ.) We decided against visiting the Austatt fort as it was a 4 hour round trip in the wrong direction,and the day had moved on.

The cathedral, looking remarkably like Wells in Somerset. This end was built at the beginning of the 20th C. The older church had gone to ruin.

A lovely wooden church

A caterpillar (there was a display of micro-photography)

Another caterpillar? These are busses rather than trams but they are 24m long!

Dora 1, which now contains a bowling club, a car park, offices, and storage

Presumably some kind of command bunker, now home to a photographer and a Ju Jitsu school

Dora II, never completed and now containing a number of businesses include a boat builders

There's the older history of course, and another historic quarter with wooden warehouses and houses. The main part of town was razed by fire in 1658. It was rebuilt and still contains a lot of wooden buildings including the largest wooden royal residence in Europe(?).

Possibly part of the Berlin Wall. Possibly not. No plaque or other explanation

The Bryggen. Similar to Bergen

An old bridge. The new bridge doesn't rotate or lift: it telescopes in on itself. Never seen that before!

Our camp is next to a river that is clearly a good fishing river. There's only one other motorhome here, the rest are in caravans or cabins. The kitchen stinks of fish, so someone was successful. 😃

This is the furthest north we will reach, and we are crossing the border back to Sweden tomorrow so this is the last Norwegian sunset we will see, possibly ever. (Though we did say to ourselves that a visit to Oslo in the winter would be nice.)

We have power so have plugged in everything that might possibly need charging.

Showerometer: 17