A rather later getaway
than usual, thanks to bacon & eggs then a problem with Jamie who
was having “poo” problems and fought off our attempts to help
him; we got our way in the end though (or should I say his end!).
Dull but dry and warm
we carried on south, increasingly frustrated by Sunday drivers –
Norwegians tend to be somewhat laid back – and the vagaries of the
traffic system. It also doesn't help when it is next to impossible to
overtake as the roads are very bendy as well as up and down. We
hadn't really noticed until Bren spotted the altimeter reading on
Autoroute approaching 3000 ft.
Not really needing a
lunch break we pushed on. Passing Lillehammer, another unremarkable
town, it quickly clouded over and we encountered heavy rain showers
– Terry got the blame for washing the windows and cleaning off the
dead flies this morning. We had hoped to clear Oslo tonight but the
E6 is very slow – that is until we encountered the only motorway in
Norway, and a very expensive one it is too. Serves us right because
Autoroute did offer us an alternative that was toll-free.
Around teatime, after a
quick comfort stop, we started planning our overnight. Clearly we
were not going to get past Oslo so we identified a restplatze and
programmed TomTom, who then decided to play silly b-----s, took us
off the motorway and back on the other way, which wouldn't have been
so annoying if we hadn't had to pass through a toll point a second
time. But when we arrived it was no good so turn round, past the toll
for the third time and eventually got to the one we should have been
on in the first place. It's only a parking section of a service area
but will do us fine. For entertainment, we're on the final approach
path for Oslo airport, about 3 miles by the height of the aircraft
but they won't go on all night..........
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