Day 3. Bergen to Lervik.
This ferry was a long one around 50 mins and we spent most of that sitting on the deck simply enjoying the sun and the scenary. Damae was in 7th heaven, and we both ended the day with sunburned body parts. Here are a few pictures. This ferry reminded us of the trip from Victoria to Vancouver in BC, not only the ferry itself but also the landscape, forests and the colours not to mention the little wooden houses. We both had a coffee as a pep-up to get us going when we got off the ferry.
We hadn't really decided where we were going to end up that day. The big climb south of Bergen had tired us a bit, but after the ferry we felt refreshed and headed off with new vigour in the direction of Lervik Our first choice of campsite (a field centre) at Litlabo was completely deserted when we arrived. The idea of no shower that evening meant that this was a no go. Although it meant another 10 km or so we decided to go for the next nearest campsite at Lervik itself.
Stopping at a local supermarket to pick up a few more supplies we finally found the campsite. There was a gotcha with this site and that was that it was round the bay from the town, which in this case meant going up and down a lot in the last 2km. We were to have this end of day tiredness feeling frequently. It was however worth the effort, with beautiful location, light and acceptable facitilites. Lovely it was!
We put up our tent for the first time on the trip, without any rush and I started making supper whilst Damae unpacked sleeping bags and mats and organised the tent. You might notice the lack of organisation around our tent. An art we still have not yet perfected :)
As we started eating our tea, a German family arrived with children between the ages of 8 and 15. Remarkably they had been touring round Norway for several weeks doing similar distances per day as we were hoping to be able to achieve.
Instead of a tag-a-long they had a tandem with a third chainwheel mounted high on the frame, that the smallest child shared with the father. We chatted during the evening about many things but mostly about cycling. It was very interesting to meet a family with relatively young children cycling in the comparatively hard terrain of Norway. It shows it can be done.