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Krusa to Lauwersoog.

Sunday 30th July. 282miles.....454km. Krusa is not the cheapest of campsites but the facilities are good and it has a good park that the boys love. Logan has stated that it is his favourite campsite as both times he has been there he has made friends, that is just Logan down to a tee. He is a people person, always wants to be outside and even more so if there is someone to play with. Callum has also definitely enjoyed other kids company too, they can both make friends wherever they go.  So, we were not away early this morning, as soon as breakfast was finished they were out in the park playing on the zip slides and climbing frame and waiting on the big inflatables to be blown up for some bouncing action. They had also befriended a boy from the Czech Republic called Oliver, he had a really fast remote controlled car and the boys had some fun playing with that also until a pin or clip coming adrift put end to play with the car. His dad did not have the spare part with him to fix it. We g
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Delaying tactics😆

Saturday 29th July. 220 miles.....351km  Our parking spot near Tversted had been good and is noted for future trips, it was busy with vans but perfectly quiet and clean. It's Saturday and was probably busy as kts the weekend and people are here for the lovely walks and cycles that can be done. We had used it as a stop off as we wanted to revisit the North Sea Oceanarium at Hirtshals, the boys had really enjoyed this 4 years ago, Callum remembered some bits, not so Logan. We were on the road just after 9 30am and at the aquarium before 10am....yet again, not exactly a racing start which always has a knock on effect later in the day...never mind. We all agreed that this is a better aquarium than Copenhagen  (though it was good also) and we were here for quite a while, we ended up having lunch here too as we had not much food in the van for sandwiches etc. I like this place as it pretty much exclusively about what lives or has lived in the local area, there are no south American tropi
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Meeting some family🥰. And leaving Norway again🥺.

My nephew Sam left Scotland just under 1 year ago to start a new job and life in Norway. Thats the reward for sticking in at school and university. He's just in his early 20's and has doors open to him that were never an option for me. That is not a complaint at all, I am more than happy with my life and career, it has been good to me and I can only thank my parents for the path they guided me on. Sam was the first Easson family member to attend university and passed his degree with flying colours and now he is reaping the reward for his hard work....well done nephew!! So, on this trip I had a hope to visit certain people and the last person on that list....purely from a geographical point of view was Sam. My trip down a "more" interesting road yesterday probably cost us an hour of time as we were further away from Oslo than I had hoped but we were up early and soon had breakfast and on the road to Oslo. The roads were totally dead, with almost zero cars on them all t
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Hemsedall Topp 20.

Back in 2019 Callum and I had climbed the Skogshorn a 1728m high peak in the area. It was a good achievement for him at the time as he was only 4. Logan did not climb the Skogshorn as be was too young....he might well (and probably would) have managed it but he didn't attempt it back then. So, I had designs on getting us all up another of Hemsedals Topp 20.  Its a bit of a tourism marketing ploy but I think it's a good one, it gets visitors exploring different areas in the valley and gives a good reason (not that you really need one...its stunning) to return to the area. Just as in ski run gradings they have given each hill a colour grading, green, blue, red and black....easy to hard. 20 hills in the area have been listed and when you climb one of the hills you can for a small fee at the tourist office buy a little pin badge. I have for the last 4 years been looking at Callums lonely Skogshorn badge hanging on the curtain in Bessie and always wanted to go back and add to it.  B
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Jutenheim to Hemsedal rally track.

Wednesday 26th July. 76 miles. The Jutenheim had been wet when we arrived, it rained through the night, and the forecast wasn't great but when we woke in the morning it was really looking quite promising. I had woke and got up earlier today after an earlier night to try and get things going at a better hour.  The plan was to get down to Hemsedal so the boys could do the aerial assault course which is good fun. But with the weather looking nice it seemed crazy to just shoot through this stunning area so after a quick map purchase I had a little hill in my sights....I got the usual faces at this suggestion but it would only take a couple of hours tonget up and down it and it would give us a better view of our surroundings as its quite isolated but also central. So by 10am we were yp the road a little bit and the boots were on and we were off towards a little hill called Gjendehøe. The road runs at 1000m above sea level here and the summit at 1257m was an easy wee peak for us. We were
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Heading south on Callums Birthday.

Tuesday 25th July. 191 miles. Frosta to Jutenheim. It was a lovely morning at Frosta and we weren't in any rush to leave. It is Callums birthday today so he had a few cards and presents to open when he got up and we enjoyed that special time. Unfortunately for him it wasnt going to be the most fun birthday as we had to head south today, he would get his fun soon enough. The boys had a fair old play on the swings with their new friend Lucas but eventually it was time to say goodbye, which as it is for me is difficult for them, they just make a new pall and then we take them away, but they understand its part of being on the road.  We headed back onto the E6 at Asen and then after an expensive shopping splurge at Malvik....my fault to be honest...loads of big packs of cured meats...beers...and a bottle of whisky at the vinmonopoly saw us fully stocked again for the next while. Back on the road we headed past Trondheim and south via Oppdal where again I had to stop for a snooze...it a
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Too nice to leave.

The Frosta peninsula and the campsite at Asholmen was a really beautiful place. Tomorrows forecast is bad so we decided to stay put here for another day. We can do our driving when the weather is bad. So, after breakfast and a little look at the campsites local walks board I had a plan. I checked out the start of a walk and all seemed fine...I knew the way. So after explaining and selling it to the boys and Joyce we headed along the shore and found the start of the red markers up through steep hillside. We had chatted to a local lady at tbe end of the road who said all would be good. I had already done the first section up and back down and it was straightforward. The route was really nice, the path was small and not always easy to follow but between the path and the red spots we made upward progress for quite a while. I had no map (which I hate) but have an App on my phone which shows our location and that coupled with the markers made me happy. But this route just kept on going. Ther
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