26 August

I woke at 0600, rose and prepared for breakfast. I was at breakfast for the appointed 0700 and after yet another great breakfast (but NO toast), a look at hunting rifles and Lions paraphernalia, we were off. However, as I had to use my extension lead and I still had my electricals on after the luggage went out at 0700, I now had to pack the Vegemite and the extension lead in my backpack. It’s getting heavier!
We left promptly at 0800 and headed south yet again and, after an hour or so stopped at the Dolstad church. Here we found that “Peace” in Norwegian is “Fred” – otherwise we would have believed that there were many burials of people called Fred.
We stopped for morning tea at a little restaurant by a waterfall. Here I succumbed to temptation and bought a “SuperMoose”. He will fit at the moment but if I get anything more, I’ll have to post him home.
We then continued on with an overcast sky and the weather eventually turned to rain. We stopped at a town called Grong for lunch. I had to get some aspirin (sore throat – was I talking too much? – NEVER!). In the pharmacy the assistant recognised my Australian accent – because she watched Home and Away, Police Rescue and McCleod’s Daughters.
We headed off after that, inexorably, still southwards on the E-6. We stopped in the afternoon in another town and found we had hit civilisation – a McDonald’s! Here I came across an Opel Omega 2 litre 16V – which is almost identical to a Holden Commodore. There’s a photo of it.
We finally arrived at Trondheim not long after 1700. After getting our rooms (and our luggage – if you want it quick, grab it in the lobby after it’s come off the bus) I headed off into the town. I was with an American lady (still looking for a American socket to European plug) and we found some very helpful policemen who told us where a store stocking them would be. I headed off down there, found it and … they were out of stock! It was a scenic walk there and a much more scenic walk on the way back , along and across the river.
I returned for dinner at 1900 and sat with a couple from Fern Tree Gully. During dinner we had a good chat about teaching and touring Britain. After that I returned to my (not so lonely) writer’s garret (well, I am on the second level (second floor here) up to do get my blog up-to-date and to post my photos.
The weather was cooler today and there was rain at times, but not enough to dampen spirits (only outer clothes. Fortunately my sore throat seems to be getting better.
At 2130 I decided to hit the hay and let nature finish repairing my throat.