Midtbyen

What a difference a day makes? Yeah right...Delayed start as I had to wait for my discharge letter. In the end I self discharged so unfortunately didn't get my discharge meds including " man up" tablets and big boy hosiery: I needed both today. Cold and windy and a little bit wet to start with. Then very windy/ gusty. Then heavy rain just in time for the first big descent so I arrived in Alen soaked and freezing. Fortunately there was a cafe but it took 2 coffees ( and2 cakes) to warm up. Back off into the rain. Still 70km to Storen. The valley was stupendous ( I think) following a huge angry river- fortunately down hill all the way. Though windy it wasnt quite as bad as I envisaged- the valley shielded the wind rather than funnelled it. Just as well as the rain persisted . When it was t raining it was ... raining. Soaked through at Storen for a very uninspiring late lunch. No where to stay the first place I could find was15 km short of Trondheim (at 145km) so might as well push on to Trondheim. Look on the bright side: it doesn't get dark til 11 +.Relative lack of photos dictated by conditions- wasn't much desire to stop / get vital electrics wet. Up until this point this blog was written in a cafe 15k short of Trondheim. A bit miserable wasn't it? Now I'm in Trondheim I feel a bit more positive! Either the power of achievement , a hot shower or the Belgian waffle I had🤔
For the record, that was my longest day in the saddle- 7hrs30. And thinking numbers- my totals are now 5807km distance and 49,953m climbingRead more