Blogging at 22:30 on Tuesday 30th July from intended overnighting spot N 64.14062°, E 11.92459° / http://maps.google.com/maps?q=loc:64.14062%2C11.92459
Last night's camp was super-peaceful and early this morning was once again more than a little autumnal. Indeed, Emma set a trail camera up last night and it recorded 5 Deg C in the early hours. The camera also did its actual job and captured a red deer going about its nocturnal business.
After quitting the camp we had about an hour of bumbling through the final hills and tunnels (pic) of the northern fjordlands before being decanted onto the major trunk roads of the Trondheim area. It had to be done, but it was a bit of a chore traversing the complex of larger towns that are a feature of this area. Hey-ho. As part of the process we took on fuel. Diesel here fluctuated vastly in price from around £1.40, right up to around £1.70 per litre. It certainly pays to time refills, if possible.
A couple of hours north of Trondheim we were thankfully returned into much more rural territory and, furthermore, it was apparent there were generally fewer motorcaravans to be seen. I already know that the Nordkapp run is extremely popular so we do expect to see plenty in the days to come, but for the time being at least things aren't quite as rammed gringo-wise as they were in fjordland.
Come late afternoon, which was hot and humid, I managed a bike and Emma ran. Post self-flagellation, I then I had a wander around the area with the bins. It was surprisingly fruitful, with by far the most birdlife encountered since leaving Germany. Nothing terribly rare popped up but there was a lot about and the species list pretty long. Best / least expected were common sandpiper, yellow wagtail, tree sparrows and spotted flycatcher.
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