Stay: Bud - free parking at museum 62.90858 6.91003
As we we left Innerdalen Valley we came upon a red deer grazing in the farmers paddock.
We then travelled up the the 70 towards Tingvoll and the clouds lifted, the rain stopped and even the sun came out to shine down on Bluey. It was a beautiful drive along the fjords.
We came across a great little parking spot that seemed very popular with fellow Motorhomers, along the E39 just before the bridge to Bergsøya Island (62.99011 7.88264) Most were enjoying fishing from the bridge.
Just before the Gjemnessundbrua bridge to come off the island there was large rest area and we were surprised to find a public weigh bridge too. We were pleased to find out that Bluey weighed 3.45ton...we have 50kg to spare...we should have bought some more beer and wine as our stash is dwindling- we only have 16 bottles of red and 39 stubbies left with 21 days in Norway to go!
We then drove through Eide and onto the 64 to Vevang where we would then drive over the iconic 7 bridges of the Atlantic Road to Karvag and then back again. Work commenced in here 1983 and during its 6 years of construction there were 12 hurricanes they had to contend with!
We took our time to have a look at the several stops along away.
A board walk around the tiny Eldhusøya Island offered great views of Storseisundbrua, the largest of the 7 bridges.
We also went to watch the fishermen on the specially constructed walkways on either side of Myrbaerholm bridge.
As we approached Vevang once again we went for a walk along the coast at Hågå. There we found quite a different sort of sculpture of bits of white marble scattered in ponds and rocks....
As we followed the National Tourist Road to Bud we came across some querky garden design.
And a nicely decorated shed
We then stopped at Farstad (62.9809, 7.15208 possible to stay in carpark) which has the most northern sand dune in Europe. We decided to walk the 2.5km to the light house, which was very pleasant. Along the way we learnt about burning kelp for iodine and how smelly it was that the fishermen complained that it was frightening the fish away!
We also saw an ancient burial mound.
We then continued on to Bud, the official start/end of the Atlantic Route and found a spot at the WWII bunker and gun emplacements museum carpark with 3 other campers. Later we went for an explore.
Great views from on top of the hill.
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