Day 20, The Man From Atlanterhavsveien!

Today was all about heading to a place we had both been looking forward to visiting; Atlanterhavsveien, or the Atlantic Ocean Road. This is another National Tourist Route, and is quite often described as one of the best roads in the world to drive.

Before we could get here, we had a long drive ahead of us. We finished the last of the coastal route in Steinjker, then flew past Trondheim. We stopped to service the van (aka known as emptying the toilet!), and Lyn got talking to a Belgian bloke who was waiting to do the same thing. It turned out he was from Ghent, one of our favourite places, and we had a lot of favourite places in common. Small world!

The weather clouds chased us all day, so we decided to bypass Trondheim and head down to the ocean road. Trusting Tom Tom to guide us, we now must be seasoned travellers as the route took us to a ferry, which we now naturally joined and sailed across in style.

We drove around Kristiansund in the rain. Kristiansund is a historic cod fishing and drying town, but also plays a big part in servicing the Norwegian oil fields, as was evident by the huge ships moored on the quayside. We took the tunnel from Kristiansund, only to have a little sting in the tail; it cost us 14 pounds and is not part of the auto pass scheme!

We eventually got to the Atlantic Ocean Road, and drove it for the first time before we camped up for the night in heavy rain, but more about this fantastic road in tomorrow’s blog.