NO13 - Day 4 - Paul's View - Jondal
Arrived Jondal early morning. Awakened to the loud noise of machinery as we anchored in the fjord off the town. Good job as we may have overslept!! The mountains towering in the background are snow capped. Out of the bright sun it is very chilly. After breakfast we had a more leisurely start as we were part of the second wave of people on the Folgefonna Glacier trip. In wave two we were coach 5! So possibly the most popular of the trips to date. Firstly as the roads are very narrow we had a short trip some ten miles further up the fjord to a small village, Herand, with a harbour. Our guide today is a young guy studying in England at Warwick, but who is back home know. Very knowledgeable about the area and Norwegian history. His name is impossible to write from the sound but is something like Chirtle!! Then we set off up the mountain. Waiting occasionally for cars and campers. Plus a long wait for coach 1. Eventually we are at a height where the trees have disappeared and where the...