Ferries and hills - 7th-8th June
The next section of the North Sea Cycle Route included several ferries. There would have been one more if it had been running. Another week and I might have avoided a not very enjoyable diversion through Brevik and Porsgrunn. Typical seaside scene with heartsease From Arendal the road snaked gently up and down and in and out, skirting rocky coves and then turning inland around the head of an inlet where I found Norway’s book town, Tvedestrand, asleep for Sunday. I have now visited book towns in England, Wales, Scotland and Norway. I haven’t bought a book in any of them. The old farmhouse at Moen Lots more up and down and woods and small farms brought me to Moen, where there was a boatyard and a campsite. There were cars parked everywhere and people wandering about. It had been open day at the boatyard, but I had arrived just too late. The campsite boasted the most opulent camp kitchen and dining area I have ever see...