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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