Day 28 Tuesday 9 th June Torghatten to Offersoy

 

Day 28 Tuesday 9th June Torghatten

 

Day 27 Monday 8th June Holmset to Bronnoysund

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Day 26 Sunday 7 th June 2025 Holmset campsite

 Found a Spa store partially open on a Sunday.at 12 .30 pm en route to stock up on basics . 

Large sea Fjords, pristine farms , industrial areas and signs of tunneling through rock in evidence on the 2 hour  drive Dry , cloudy , ever present cool wind . 

Settled at Holmset campsite. Wi fi for campsite called - 'but you can still talk to each other' Manager has GSOH. and is very caring . Kyaks and bikes can be borrowed for free. River is tidal and swimmable. Cabin shelters with fire pits (75NOK for dry  wood and accelerant ) No nearby accessible walks sadly . Mountain walk across the road from the campsite has lots of very boggy sections to wade through. Fishing is popular here . 300NOK. Campsite manager works as a commissioning officer on an oil platform in the winter , two week on,4 weeks off , goes travelling in her time off. Living on the campsite  in winter is just too cold . Been here 19 years 

Beautiful pitches . Tranquil 

Spent afternoon reading.( Tide out ) 

Forests and skies 

And reflections 

Getting the fire going . The Finnish  family in the next fire pit cabin loaned us their lighter

There we go , fire at last. We met Andy , from the Solent who returned at 9 pm to collect  his boots  left in our fire pit shelter  whilst he went kayaking on the peaceful  river. We got into conversation on his return.A recently retired engineer based in air traffic control starting to get  involved in climate action. Son lives  in Minnesota.a truck driver.

This is what this week's weather looks like . Starting to plan our return home.

Day 25:Saturday 6 th June 25 Trondheim

2 hours of  sauna and cold  water dips  this morning -  interesting people to chat to ( a Bitcoin millionaire , 3 young men in their 20's-  gearing up for the Neon festival  later in the day - a lawyer , an oil platform  worker and a real estate student at Trondheim University.)  The young men  were all extremely well groomed and enjoyed talking about English TV they had watched growing up on Norwegian TV, including Midsummer Murders, Heartbeat and Downton Abbey😀

Havet -a floating sauna experience in Trondheim £15 pp - 7 minutes walk from the Bobilparkering aire

Very posh entrance , we think this is a large party sauna (with DJ )

There are 5 cabins to choose from , a deep plunge pool and steps down  into the harbour.We tried them all and swam in the icy waters ( very briefly). Andy had a pint. Staff very friendly .Bar and restaurant.

River into the harbour 

Best coffee in Trondheim can be found at Cafe Le Frere . As all the shops close mid afternoon on Saturday , we made our way back to our favourite haunt ( Den Gode Nabo Pubero) Comfy seats -  wood interior  inside . Too cold for us to sit out.

 We accidentally missed the kuntsmuseum art gallery as I misread the closing time on Saturday ( it was 3 pm 😏) We rested in here until the concert in the cathedral at 7 pm 

Great concert in Nidaros cathedral . Romeo and Juliet by Prokofiev performed by St Olaf's orchestra; they  were  extremely talented , created a very full sound, helped by the   acoustics  in this beautiful cathedral.

Farewell Trondheim  Left at 10.20 am Sunday am  heading 2 hours north to a  campsite on the  river Årgårdselva. NB  Just passed the spot where the  container ship ran aground narrowly missing a person's house , the captain having  slept through and missing  Trondheim harbour as a result .

More photos of the cathedral 

Day 24 Friday 5 th June Trondheim

Valsøyfjord 

 

We had a swim in Valsøyfjord before we left. 14° - quite chilly.

Long day Arrived at Bobilplassen Aire 20 mins walk from the city centre  at 4pm. £35 per night. There was someone parked in our designated spot so we had to wait for them to come back and move . Online chat person wouldn't let us take their spot  Walking around Trondheim with all the shops closed 😞 

Stopped for a beer and tonic water 

Trondheim cathedral 's

impressive facade 

Studenten! Statue

When we got back to the van, Neon, a  2 day electronic/ hip hop  festival , approx 10 mins walk away , was in full swing. Fortunately the festival finished promptly at 11 pm. The road nearby was quite noisy so we didn't sleep very well