A Fresh Start : My Norwegian Holiday Thumbnails

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Photo 337: Two final views of Shei before we leave ... Photo 338: ... setting off, as we did, at the ungodly hour of 8:30. Photo 339: We passed more lakes (not surprisingly) ... Photo 340: ... and even more waterfalls ... Photo 341: ... and hairpin bends-a-plenty ... Photo 342: ... and not forgetting snow, of course ... Photo 343: ... en route to St Olaf's church in Balestrand. Photo 344: This was built in the style of a typical Norwegian stave church at the turn of the last century but is a Church of England building! Photo 345: It's in the Photo 346: Notice the dragons on the tower? That was all the rage at the turn of the 19th century, we were told. Photo 347: There were charming views over the Sognefjord from the church, ... Photo 348: ... although you can see that rain clouds were gathering. Photo 349: We were at Balestrand to catch the ferry to Flåm from which we spotted this Viking chieftain, some 13 metres tall. Photo 350: We passed numerous other ferries - Sognefjord is a busy place. Photo 351: ... and saw the high cliffs and dramatic light we'd come to expect. Photo 352: It rained for most of the voyage, I'm afraid, so I spent most of the trip here (in the far corner, in fact). Photo 353: En route we passed the narrowest fjord in the world - Nærøyfjord. Photo 354: We arrived in Flåm on time - here's our ferry - and you'll notice that the weather was far better at this end of the fjord. Photo 355: Bicycles again? I must be exploring a new theme. Photo 356: Maybe not - back to normal with this shot of the 13:30 train leaving. Photo 357: Then again, I may have typed too soon. Photo 358: Yep, it's definitely another recurring theme. I'll add it to the list. Photo 359: All this excitement was clearly too much for some. Photo 360: I was ok as long as I stayed away from those bicycles. Photo 361: The happy throng in full - from left to right: Ken, Lynne, myself, Jackie, Mick, Wendy, Flo, Pearl and Bob. Photo 362: The Flâmsbana rises at up to 1 in 18 and is the steepest non-funicular standard gauge railway in the world. Photo 363: So steep, in fact, that it needs motive power at each end of the train. Photo 364: There was this impressive waterfall half way up but by now if we saw another waterfall we'd scream :-) Photo 365: Thanks to the Flåmsbana train running a tad behind schedule we had to race across the platform in Myrdal to connect with our train back to Bergen.

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