Day 09 - That Bridge

25 Aug

In Molde - Building needs a shave?

Another day of ferries, bridges and tunnels. The bridge that was of special interest to us was what we referred to as the “bendy” bridge. It’s proper name is Storseisundet Bridge of the Atlantic Ocean Road, Norway. It’s worth a Google search for images.

We had seen images of storm surges spraying the road surface. There have been write ups about the world’s most dangerous bridges and this was one of them, particularly in high winds.

Today the weather calm. The sea flat. Naturally the scenery was gobsmackingly beautiful. Of course, with calm winds and stunning scenery, it was time to give Minerva some exercise. Only trouble was, there was a system upgrade to download. Clint stood watching the scenery while the download seemed to take forever. It was while waiting that Clint saw his first in-the-wild otter. I went for a walk to get some photos. I'm trying out using my phone rather than the camera. Clint told me about the little fella, but he eluded me.

Finally it was time to get airborne. We have some nice footage from all around the area.

While it was a beautiful place, the flying insects - mosquitoes etc made it uncomfortable to stay for too long.

Not too far down the road, we found another interesting bridge. It’s blue and made of pipe. It warranted another stop.

The pipe bridge

Sample of the pipe in a nearby park

Next was an under sea tunnel. This was something a bit different as the tunnels we've been travelling through have been carved through mountains.  This one, called Freifjordtunnelen (all tunnels have a name) was over 5km long and decended 130 metres before flattening out then back up.

That put us on an island where we found a place to pull up for a coffee and look around. Guess what? We were at another bridge, one which was the more traditional suspension style construction.

Suspension Bridge on Bergsøya Island

Typical bus shelter in Norway.  Beyond mowing.

Our final ferry for the day brought us to our stop for the night in the town of Botngård. Breakfast is included in the price of the hotel. So we walked to the local supermarket Remy1000 and bought our dinner. 

By the way, all ferries here are pay per use.  The final one today was the most expensive in-country one yet at 238nok or about $39 for a 20 minute ride.

Managed to upload some video.