When nosotros were inward Oslo , nosotros got started looking at some of Norway’s amazing together with bewildering geology. We’d hoped that nosotros would hike some of the fantastic rocks Kingdom of Norway has to offering , similar Trolltunga , Pulpit Rock together with Kjerag Rock , but the seasons were working against us , together with non all the necessary buses were running. As a compromise , nosotros had decided that on our agency upwards the coast , nosotros would brand a halt at Kannesteinen stone inward the niggling town of Måløy.
We woke upwards simply later on 5 , packed upwards the tent together with rapidly walked dorsum downward the mount to regard our ferry. The Sun was good together with genuinely upwards , fifty-fifty though it was together with thus early on , together with the near-cloudless heaven lit upwards the fjords together with thus they looked brilliant together with green.
Those clouds!
The limited boat zoomed through the Sognefjord together with nosotros switched boats simply on our agency out of the fjord. What appeared to move a whole school’s worth of children boarded the boat inward our house , together with nosotros were glad to move changing. It floated off looking really total indeed.
Eventually nosotros got to Måløy together with , at offset glance , it looked similar an isle covered inward ferry ports. I was nominated to larn into the local Kiwi together with inquire which concluding nosotros were to larn the Hurtigruten from inward the morning. I mightn’t’ve mentioned our early on morn predicament: nosotros arrived on Måløy simply earlier 1pm , together with had decided to accept the Hurtigruten to Ålesund , our side yesteryear side stop. The Hurtigruten exclusively stops yesteryear Måløy at 4.30am , together with thus this was to move the fourth dimension nosotros left.
I popped into the Kiwi together with asked the friendly man child at the counter where nosotros could board the Hurtigruten inward the morning. He seemed a niggling baffled yesteryear my query together with had to larn together with inquire soul out back.
“It doesn’t exit from a ferry port ,” he said. “There’s a edifice over in that place called The Bring. You board there.” As an afterthought he said , “I didn’t know they picked upwards passengers here.”
I came out of the store non fully convinced , together with this fourth dimension Nicholas was nominated to larn over to some other ferry port together with try in 1 lawsuit again for answers.
“So nosotros create board from over there. It’s to a greater extent than of a loading dock than a concluding , though.”
So Måløy was an isle where nobody actually boarded the ferry (I gauge they had a span hither now). Our prospects weren’t looking super , but nosotros decided to caput to the rock. Did I advert how far the walk was to regard the rock? About 10km. Each way. With packs (which nosotros had instantly weighed) of closed to 30kg on each of our backs.
The route wasn’t designed for pedestrians , or multiple cars actually , together with thus nosotros walked along the single-laned route beside trucks together with buses for virtually iii hours. I wondered if whatever of the buses were going where nosotros were. They in all probability were.
It was simply later on 5 when nosotros arrived at the stone together with sat downward for lunch. We had been sitting for perhaps one-half an hr when a immature Norwegian twain showed upwards together with nosotros got to agree their domestic dog spell they posed amongst the rock. Nick took a plough jumping atop the stone for a photo. I was quite happy to await , together with the rocks were super slippery.
Nicholas 'being Kannesteinen Rock'
Monster teeth (shells)
All this was done yesteryear one-half 7 , together with nosotros weren’t certain what to create next. Walk the iii hours dorsum to the ferry concluding together with slumber at the loading dock until the ferry came? Nap at the stone together with start the walk dorsum at midnight? It was getting chilly together with thus I broke out my sleeping pocketbook together with had a lay downward on the wooden platform that led to the Kannesteinen Rock.
Just later on 10pm , Nicholas roused me together with nosotros made the trek dorsum to the ferry terminal. I want I could tell it was a glam ferry concluding , or at to the lowest degree 1 amongst decent heating , but this wasn’t the case. Nicholas together with I took shifts staying awake to guard our gear – for such a little town , in that place were some boozer creeps hanging some – but slumber won out inward the destination together with I ended upwards breaking out my sleeping pocketbook together with napping for most of the wait.
Just earlier 4am , nosotros caput over the loading dock where nosotros were to board the MS Richard With. We climbed aboard , stowed our luggage , together with cruel asleep on the viewing deck. We were completely wrecked.
We were yet wrecked when nosotros crawled ashore at Ålesund , picked upwards the keys to our bird , allow ourselves inward together with cruel asleep for most of the solar daytime , waking upwards to indulge inward hot nutrient (can y'all believe nosotros hadn’t eaten hot nutrient for nine days?!) together with download quondam movies.
