Tuesday 17th July

Reluctant to leave Torghatten we dragged our heels and left late. We caught the ferry from Horn to Anddalsvagen without too much trouble. We travelled the 17 km towards the next ferry at Forvika where we had to wait for around 90 minutes before boarding as the last car! Although we had this wait we think the ferry service in Norway is impressive. The wait is only due to the large number of people who are touring up the Norwegian Tourist Route, one main road [number 17] with ferry's joining the road. Up until now the ferry's have been very slick and it is good to know that they always try to fit as many cars/ campervans on as possible.

Anyway the scenery from this ferry is spectacular and we were treated to clear views of the peaks of the Seven Sisters Mountain range. The sky is clear today and really quite warm.

We arrived at Tjotta and continued north to Sandnessjoen, climbing the impressive suspension bridge nearby with clear views to the mountains ahead. Northwards caught our final ferry of the day from Levang to Nesna. Here we joined the National Tourist Route again and were treated to incredible views. We have driven most of today with the windscreen wide open, this seems to really help the load on the engine and Monty is flying along... [although not sure how long I'll cope with flies in my teeth and a rubber complexion!!![t]] ... we haven't passed a petrol station in the last 60 miles!!

We eventually reached our campsite around 8.30pm and pitched in a record 13 minutes. The last box of wine was finished tonight! [Not good! We have another week to go. How will R cope!]

The GPS tells me the nearest petrol station is 62 miles away, I have 6 litres of petrol including the spare! Maybe we will be here longer than we planned...

The sun is still up and it's midnight, we cross the arctic circle tomorrow and then on to Bodo.