Funners and Adam's Norway Tour 2009

[AdamA]

Video report of the trip Funners and me took at the end of June:
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I'm waiting on Funner's footage to do part 18 as my batteries went flat.
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[AdamA]

Pics if you can't be arsed watching the vids:
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v603/Abelrider/Norway 2009/?albumview=slideshow

 

[wheeledwidewebb]

Blimey Adam, you don't do things by halves, your camera must be worn out.

Seriously though, that looks brilliant. I am hankering after a trip to Norway at some stage so am well chuffed to see all this stuff.

Will there be a write-up to follow?

 

[AdamA]

Blimey Adam, you don't do things by halves, your camera must be worn out.

Seriously though, that looks brilliant. I am hankering after a trip to Norway at some stage so am well chuffed to see all this stuff.

Will there be a write-up to follow?

No, the writeup is in the captions on the vids.
But, stolen off my accomplice's posts elsewhere:

3500 miles in 8 days.... or Norway with Adam

After months of anticipation and planning,
Friday 26th finally arrived and off I set to meet Adam at the "Welcome Cafe" near Cambridge ready to ride to Harwich to catch a ferry to Norway.
I'd planned a nice cross country route to avoid main roads and ended up having a thoroughly nice ride down, the only slight issue being that I ended up being about 45mins later than I thought, but still in plenty of time.
Nik Sampson was there with Adam and was good to have a natter with him again
I'd left my waterproof liners in all the way down having seen the weather forecast and was vindicated 10 mins after arriving as the heavens opened and we left for Harwich in the biggest thunderstorm I've seen for a long time, the road was under nearly a foot of water in places an visibility was down to less than 10 yds in places....
Luckily it only lasted about 20 mins and then we cleared it back into blue skies and dry roads near Finchingfield and all the way down to Harwich.
We'd arranged to have a coffee with a member of the UK GS'ers forum and passed the time till we boarded the ferry for the 22hr crossing to Denmark.
Our first shock was Carlsberg at £5.15 a pint... and this was still on the boat !!
Saturday-Denmark, ...very flat....very straight and (sorry to any Danes) VERY BORING, it shows as we only managed 5 photo's between us of the Danish section !
we arrived in Hirtschells again in plenty of time and having fueled the bikes, we grabbed some pizza from the fuel station ( one thing about Scandinavia is they have a snack bar in every fuel station nearly)
the 2nd ferry trip took about 4 hrs and left us finally in Norway at about 00:45 on Sunday Morning, we'd already decided to push on for about an hour to clear the city limits of Kristiansand and made good time in the cool night air and clear roads, we ended up finding a clearing beside a small road at about 2am and set up with Bivvy bags and sleep mats went to sleep under the stars !
Sunday-we awoke to a swarm of Midges which took delight in eating Adam alive... so we hurridly packed and set off very early doors to escape the little bst'ds !
breakfast was partaken an hour later with lovely views accross the valley.
As you ride North thru Norway the scenery changes dramtically, theres LOADS of waterfalls, each one bigger and more spectacular than the last and the valley's and fjords are just so dramatic that words can't describe them.
we had set out to cover around 300 miles a day to keep roughly to our schedule and Sunday eve saw us bang on, and we pulled up at a lovely picnic area to make some food and we ended up stopping there.
we were befriended by a local biker and his family and he insisted on making us some hot dogs on his BBQ as he was cooking for him and his mrs anyway....top people !
the sun was hot and we took the opprtunity to wash some smelly socks and T's and let them dry in the sun !
Monday, saw another early start, on the road for about 7am, breakfast in another garage, more ferry crossings, riding up by Sognenfjord which is just HUGE, the scales involved are just immense !
Another ferry crossing and we made our way up to see a Glacier again the size is hard to comprehend tillyou realise the little black specs on it are people not penguins !
Lunch time saw us climbing up over the "snow road" which thanks to the unusually high temps (30deg C plus) was very open, one thing we hadn't been sure of, again the views were just amazing, like Lord of the Rings but for real !
our evening meal was at a picnic spot over one of the higher fells, which kept the insect life down to some extent !
Then we hit the dirt roads which are a mix of hard pack and gravel, fun to ride on on 300kgs of bike !
We finally found the hytte we were looking for and hired that for the night, again the views were just out of this world.
Tuesday, more tight roads, mixed with gravel, mountian passes, hairpins, hairpins on gravel, and as we made our way north to Trondhiem we could see an immense thunderstorm in the distance, I stopped to put my water proof liners in my riding gear and it proved to be a good move as 5 miles later the heavens opened, just as we hit another dirt section....it's fair to say that we were filthy by the end of it
At a coffee stop we decided that we would look for a hotel in Trondhiem to avoid the weather and set off looking for one.
I pitched up in the reception looking like a Paris-Dakar reject covered in grey filth from head to foot, they never even batted an eye !:smoke:
the only slight hiccup being that it took 3 goes for the bloke to undertand the difference between "twin " room" and double:wtf:, Adam nearly had to sleep on the floor !
Trondheim is a funny mix of very modern glass and stainless buildings cheek by jowel with proper old world Norwegian buildings, once we found the town proper it was a very intersting place to walk about.
Wednesday not quite so early a start, and we headed towards Kristiansund, Alesund and the Altlantic coast, where yet another type of terrain, much more rolling and the mist coming in over the sea, gracefull arching, curving bridges and over all to quickly really, worth the effort of going tho !
Next was "Trollstigen" a sinuous piece of tarmac draped over a rocky hillside and a roaring tourist trade at the top !, again, more impressive than words can convey, even photos don't do the place justice it was that good we had to ride back down and do it all again !
Next, Geraingerfjord which was breathtaking, very pretty and stunning scenery.
That night we "wild camped" just down from a frozen glacial lake at around 740 meters altitude(2428 feet), a nice camp fire, tea made and off to sleep again in Bivvy bags under the stars....well, twilight anyway, we were now so far North that it didn't really get dark at all just a kind of twilight around 2 am before the sun came back up again !
Thursday
another early start on the road for about 6:30 am, saw us covering lots of ground and we ended up in Voss by dinner time, we had the obligatory Burger from a garage again (cheapest food we could find at £26 for two !) a quick spin round Adam's old haunts before departing to do the Gudvanga Tunnel, not the longest but still 11.4 km long...they are quite chilly inside them !
We went out of our way to do a tunnel that spirals around on itself inside the mountain, quite surreal going round and round inside a tunnel TBH, but fun all the same .
That afternoon saw us climbing yet another pass of hairpins to find another view point on the top, this was a wooden one with a glass plate at the end and looked like a Ski-jump, yet once more the view over the fjord below took your breath away.
We climbed up above the tree line and eventually found our camp spot next to a stream and some snow, the view down over the valley was amazing (I'm going to run out of description before long !!)
This camp site was even higher than the previous one at 1198m or 3930 feet altitude.
again, food, Vodka were the order of the evening and then bed....

Friday early again, down thru the hills to some lovely flowing roads.
we climbed yet another pass and as we reached the summit I slowed to take a picture of the lake with the sun glinting off it, speeding up again, I saw one of the many sheep on the right side of the road now they are usually quite docile and dont seem bothered by the traffic but we'd been giving them a wide berth as a matter of course, I slowed and moved to the centre of the road and the bloody thing suddeny bolted and set off accross the road right under my front wheel !
I hit the brakes hard and swerved left to avoid it but to no avail, I hit it quite hard at about 40 mph, I was convinced from the impact that not only would I be on the floor but that the bike would be fooked as well, so I was a little surprised to find me not only still on board but still rolling as well...
I pulled up in a parking place to check the bike which seemd fine with not even a mark to show for it, so I wandered back up the road to check the sheep which hadn't fared as well....the poor bugger couldn't move, at that point a car pulled up and a nice Norwegian couple got out, checked I was OK, then started looking at the sheep, they made a few phone calls to the farmer to let hime know, moved the sheep to the shade as he wasn't sure if it would survive or not
they were very pragmatic about it and helped me sort it all out.
ARSE BISCUITS ! not a good start to the day !
Another check of the bike and I was on my way, stoped for a coffee at the next garage and had some brekky as well....chocolate croissant for the shock !

Our objective for fri was to end up at Lysebotn to give us a ride up the pass and an easy ride to Kristiansand for the ferry on Sat eve, so having plenty of time we stopped off at Voringfoss which is quite a big waterfall with a HEOOOGE drop off....and no guard rails !
More passes, more twisty roads and everything according to plan....
we ended up in Songesand half way down Lysefjord with aview to catching the ferry to Lysebotn....only to find that the ferry only caled in every thrid Wed of a new moon when the sky was green !:
A
hhh the bst laaid plans etc...we looked at taking the bikes ovr diirt tracks to Lysebotn, but decided it was too risky so we decided to go to te main fferry port at Forsand to see what times the ferry ran from there...
50 miles ater wee pulled in to find it was no better...the ferry got into Lysbottn at 14.25 only 2hrs before we needed to be in Kristiansad and 1220 miles away over twisting single track roads..
plan 2 in
nvolved getting yet another ferry, to Sandness a night in a hotel then early start to ride accross coury to LyLysbotn early doors before heading down count for ththe ferry ba to Denenmark.
This time it went to plan and after a good nights sleep in Sandness we departed for Lysebotn,
We arrived at the precariouslperched d Eagles nest cafat the t top of the pass to find it closed....with no idea when it would open....Hmmnnn I see a theme here..
so we headed down the drop into the to itselelf, a very pretty place with an excellent cafe at the campsite, Bacon, eggs, a warm baguette and coffe for £10....each !
after food we set off for Kristiansand and de ththe ferry easily,
an easy crossing saw us backn Denmark fofor 9pm, we found a campsite and got sorted for the night.
We only had 230 miles to do and all day to do it so we elected to follow the coast down to Esbjerg, called in at the lighthouse buried in the sandunes, managed aerry riride with the wildest pilot yet....he slammeinto thehe quayside so hard Adam nearly went straight over and it was only because I was jammed against the side of the boat that I didn't !
Finally we made the ferry port, booked in, boarded and set off for England
we landed in Harwich at Midday and I was home by about 4pm yesterday.
seemd strange ring on n the left again !
So...after nearly 12 months oflannining routes, sorting out kit etc it's over, seems surreal somehow,
I'm also now looking forward to the next one.
Norway, the land of Fjords, hairpin passes and waterfalls, well worth a visit !

 

[wheeledwidewebb]

Fair enough as well, takes a lot of work to put all that together.

Still, the extra information is a bonus, cheers.

 

[LivNorway]

Wow!

There is no need for going to Norway; we have ''Norway, the movie'' here!

Liv.

 

[AdamA]

Wow!

There is no need for going to Norway; we have ''Norway, the movie'' here!

Liv.

And for anyone who can't be arsed to watch all 39, here's just 2 highlight videos.
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[Lars1974]

nice vids, and norway looks stunning...
i haven't been there yet, but maybe next year!

what camera did you use to film this with as its real smooth and great quality...also did you have it helmet mounted?

please let me know.
thx Lars

 

[AdamA]

nice vids, and norway looks stunning...
i haven't been there yet, but maybe next year!

Cheers Lars. Get yourself out there. It's fantastic, if a tad expensive.

what camera did you use to film this with as its real smooth and great quality...also did you have it helmet mounted?

please let me know.
thx Lars

The camera is one of these:

http://www.vio-pov.com/products/pov_1.php
It was mounted to the LHS of my helmet with a mount they supply.
The recoding unit was in a Kriega day sac on my back.
It records to SD card (roughly 7 hours on an 8G card).
The unit was battery powered, but you can now get a battery eliminator to run it off 12v supply.
The unit has a wireless remote control:

which was velcro'd to my brake reservoir so I could record and stop easily on the fly.
The camera works in two modes.
1 - Just like any camera, Rec starts recording, and stop stops. Rec also "tags" the footage so you can easily find that spot later when reviewing/editing.
2 - Loop mode. The camera constantly records in a loop (so overwriting itself) and when you press Rec saves a pre-set time both before and after the button is pressed. So the loop mode is ideal for say green laning where someone lobs it in front of you, you can press record and you have something that already happened captured, whereas on a traditional camera you would have either missed it, or recorded hours of footage to get that one event.
Editing was Windows Movie Maker (it looks better on the original, YT buggers up the screen shape etc)