E6 south. Trying to get to Trondheim.

We woke at our wee parking spot at Nevernes and soon got breakfast out the way. And got Bessie ready for some miles south. The sat nav said 512km to Trondheim which is around 312 miles...that's a long way and we wanted to be in that area tonight. So we were on the road not long after 9am. 

Sunday was a good day to travel, there were hardly any big trucks in the road, nearly no cars also. Most of the vehicles we saw were fellow motorhomers heading north or south. The E6 is a good road, mostly nice and wide. There are a few sections which are currently being improved but we met no roadworks that caused us any delay at all. It is also very scenic. We crossed tbe E12 road at Mo I Rana which a few days previously we had used to travel from Tarnaby in Sweden to Svartisen in Norway.  One of the bigger towns we passed through were Mosjoen and not long after here we stopped in a rest area and had lunch. I ate too much and this was a mistake for me, and soon after had to stop for a sleep at Namsskogan. Sometimes a feed can just make you so tired. 20 minutes  was all that was ne3ded and soon we were on our way again down the E6. Never for a minute.did I think this would be such a stunning road. Kts interesting nearly all the way....very different from the E45 through Sweden, much more hilly and very very like Scotland at time. Some of the rivers this road follows are huge.

We made it down through Steinkjer and Levanger and found a cracking campsite on the Frosta peninsula. It's called Asholmen camping and we like it...lots of little hytte's, a really friendly owner and lovely facilities. There seem to be a fair amount of walking routes about here. The boys have already made palls in the campsite with some Norwegian kids who are here for the summer holidays.

Joyce made us a lovely curry and that was washed down with beer....I forgot to say that yesterday I had no beer as I couldn't face it after Dag and I's session. Myself and the boys have been out fishing. Its not bad for the boys casting but the water is a bit shallow. I caught a small codling. The casting went well and no new lures were lost which is a big bonus. Bedtime now and tomorrow we shall probably head further south.

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