Saturday, August 25, 2012


Monday 25 August

It raining – and did ALL day. Decided to drive on road 7 to see waterfall and glacier. because of mist, low cloud saw neither – still scenery glorious. Neither of us had seen mountains like it. Bad road with some terrifying bends and cliff hanging narrow parts. Drove on far as Dyranut.

Coming back past some road works, a gravel lorry nearly backed onto the car – repeated horn just stopped its driver. Stopped at Eidfiord on way back and looked into very old church built about 1290 during the reign of Erik the Priest Hater by Ragna the Wealthy – a charming woman who had the church built to atone for her sins e.g. her habit of lacing her weak husband on a rock in the fiord when she set sail for town– only to save [untie] him when the tide reached him.

Parts of the church walls were 2 yards thick – because of the snows I guess. Steak and kid for dinner – small “wickey” and bed ready for 7.00am start for Oslo tomorrow. 

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