Saturday 31st July milage 2815 Mosjoen Norway

Weather good all day.   Great nights sleep in hotel, went down for breakfast, cereal, yoghurt, eggs, bread etc.  Stole margerine and "normal" tea bags for journey ahead.  Savi had given me a collection of coffee and teas but they are all fruity types not ordinary tea.  Still I love her !!
Washed clothes in hotel and they dried overnight OK. except socks which I attach to the luggage and they quickly dry in the4 breeze.
Decided to press on so set tomtom for Mo I Rana, but ended up some 30Km short by time to camp.
No incident today except for the dickhead in the open top alpha romeo who was cutting the corner.  Not going fast but well onto my side.  I shook my fist at him  That told him eh!!!!
Quite as lot of industry on the way up, didn't recognise the names, but one was called Norsk Sok so it might have been part of ther huge Nork Hydro complex before it was split into Yara etc.

The landscape has changed from the western fjords and now seem to be mostly rolling hills with conifer forests and rushing streams.  The perfect country for white water rafting.  I am expecting to see a bear fishing for salmon whilst stood in the middle of one of these streams.Very different to the Geranger and trollsten passes.   There is much less traffic and less bikers but still lots of camper vans.  It seems Dianne was right and in line with the current market designs by getting a camper van.  For every caravan being towed there are 30 camper vans.

Stopped at a bridge with rushing water through a gorge similar to Howstein Gorge but  x 10.  Very good steel structure to let you see the rushing waters.  Bike stayed upright all day again, quite an achievement for me !!

Stopped at another place with rushing water, it's amazing the power of water at times.
Met an Italian biker travelling on his own.  He had come from Rome and was doing a similar thing to me but anti-clockwise.  He said I should extend my trip and go to the North Cape at the tip of Norway.

Arrived Mosjoen by 18:30 and decided to camp, had already purchased the compulsory mushrooms, onion etc to complete the perfect pasta meal.  When I arrived also came a couple who were travelling on a 900cc KTM adventure bike.  After setting up tents and cooking a meal we got talking and they had been on the road since April and had already done 16,000Km.  They were from Switzerland and had travelled down to Italy and then Greece, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Germany,  Denmark,  Norway and were going to the North Cape.  He was called Daniel and she was Silvia.  They had been producing a blog like me and gave me and we exchanged blog addresses  ( http://www.2on2wheelsaroundeurope.blogspot.com/)  have not had chance yet to look at their blog.
Daniel told me somwe stories about Romania:
1) Beware the wild dogs, they ignore the passing cars but as soon as hey hear a motorbike they come out running and trying to attack you.  Don't try and kick them or they will biteyou. Just keep your legs close to the bike.
2)Watch out for your belongings, especially beware the gypsys.  They watch people going into the supermarket and then they will steel from your bike if you have left anything removable.
3)Camp Vampire is the place to stay near Bryn??
4)The tranverragen highway has a lot of potholes, More potholes than road.
5) There is a delta on the URMa ??? river which is very beautiful.
6) Turkey was superb for biking. The people are very friendly and helpful.
7) Avoid Sweeden it is just flat and full of mosquitoes.
8)Romania is very very poor, they have no farm implements everything is done by hand, and most transport is by horse and cart.

So I'm really looking forward to Romania, not frightened at all !!!

TOR