1 Norway - the good and the bad Sun Jul 29, 2018 6:18 am
indian036
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Not really a ride, but I’ve just spent 2 weeks campervanning with the French family. Two camper vans, one for Lynette and I and one for the daughter, son in law and 3 kids.
The good:
Spent our time mostly in fjord country, the wilder and steeper parts in the South of our range and the softer and greener parts further North. We didn’t go as far as the Arctic circle, sadly, but I have quite brightly lit photos of the landscape at 11:45pm.
The roads, particularly in the wilder parts were steep and winding, and reminiscent to me of pictures of Stelvio Pass. Lots of very narrow roads with frequent passing points. People in both directions were courteous and helpful in letting people pass, with friendly waves of acknowledgement.
We saw lots and lots of bikes. Not many Ks, but lots of BMWs with R1200GS being prominent, and not a few K1600s. Funny, but we saw very few Harleys and their clones until we got to the softer, less tight parts. I did see a Spanish registered K100RS SE at one of our overnights. A brief chat with the owner - very brief because of his lack of English and my lack of Spanish.
English was almost universal, even though many started with Norwegian until they realised I was English monolingual. For a few, basic but most were very good.
We went to Hell and back, though it wasn’t frozen over. It’s about half an hour East of Trondheim.
The bad:
I’d hoped to be able to catch up with the venerable Inge K, but the family women weren’t up for a deviation to Fredrikstad. Their information on our actual itinerary came too late for me to be able to take up his offer of a meeting in Hønefoss.
All the fault at our end, none at Inge’s end.
I really have to come to Europe some time, perhaps in advance of a family visit, to do some bike time, catching up with people and also to ride some roads I’ve only done on four wheels.
Bill
Not really a ride, but I’ve just spent 2 weeks campervanning with the French family. Two camper vans, one for Lynette and I and one for the daughter, son in law and 3 kids.
The good:
Spent our time mostly in fjord country, the wilder and steeper parts in the South of our range and the softer and greener parts further North. We didn’t go as far as the Arctic circle, sadly, but I have quite brightly lit photos of the landscape at 11:45pm.
The roads, particularly in the wilder parts were steep and winding, and reminiscent to me of pictures of Stelvio Pass. Lots of very narrow roads with frequent passing points. People in both directions were courteous and helpful in letting people pass, with friendly waves of acknowledgement.
We saw lots and lots of bikes. Not many Ks, but lots of BMWs with R1200GS being prominent, and not a few K1600s. Funny, but we saw very few Harleys and their clones until we got to the softer, less tight parts. I did see a Spanish registered K100RS SE at one of our overnights. A brief chat with the owner - very brief because of his lack of English and my lack of Spanish.
English was almost universal, even though many started with Norwegian until they realised I was English monolingual. For a few, basic but most were very good.
We went to Hell and back, though it wasn’t frozen over. It’s about half an hour East of Trondheim.
The bad:
I’d hoped to be able to catch up with the venerable Inge K, but the family women weren’t up for a deviation to Fredrikstad. Their information on our actual itinerary came too late for me to be able to take up his offer of a meeting in Hønefoss.
All the fault at our end, none at Inge’s end.
I really have to come to Europe some time, perhaps in advance of a family visit, to do some bike time, catching up with people and also to ride some roads I’ve only done on four wheels.
Bill
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1985 K100RT VIN 0028991 My original ROB the Red Old Bike (Historic rego)
1985 K100RT VIN 0029036 BOB the Blue Old Bike (Historic rego)
1990 K100LT VIN 0190452 Work in progress
1984 K100RT VIN 0023022 Work needing lots of progress
1986 K100RT VIN 0090542 Work needing lots and lots of progress
1993 K1100LT VIN 0183046 Work in progress
1993 K75S VIN 0213045 Tom the Triple (now on Historic rego too.)