Up early today as the boat docked at Trondheim at 6.30am. After unloading all the cars, and grabbing a quick breakfast, we were ready for the long drive to Oslo.
First stop was the Nidarosdomen, or Nidaros Cathedral, in the centre of Trondheim. The early arrivals parked in front of the West Wall, but before we found them they had been asked to leave!
There was a bit of fog just as we left Trondheim, but apart from that it was a wonderfully hot and sunny day. We overtook Tom and Berit, then Martin and Yesca, just for photographic reasons of course.
It was a beautiful drive down a wide valley towards Roros, following a large salmon river. It was so pleasant to be in the cars again, and lovely to have sunshine.
We arrived in Roros at 11.30 giving us plenty of time for a walk round this UNESCO World Heritage site. Gathered around an old copper mine which operated up until the 1970s, the village contains one of the largest concentrations of old wooden houses in Norway.
Lunch was at a local hotel, and was traditional creamed moose stew followed by blueberry pie, served by the chef. This was the last time the entire group was all together so the first of the farewells started.
We then had a five hour plus drive to Oslo! The weather was still sunny which was nice at first but later we longed for sun visors as the newer cars had! We stopped for an ice cream at Koppang, then later at a rest site to stretch our legs. Mick found new employment as a wind screen washer man.
We finally got to the hotel in Oslo at about 7.30, hot, tired and dusty. After checking in everyone ended up in the bar with cold beers! We were joined by Bjarne, Tove and their daughter and all 22 of us ate pizzas in the restaurant. Good food, but not very good service sadly. After temporarily fixing a fuel leak on the TR3, and saying lots more goodbyes, we collapsed into bed at around 11pm.
Miles driven : 352
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