Eventually the rain, winds and cold 5º nights sent us back to sunny Setesdal valley. East of the mountain range that catches all the weather coming over the North Atlantic.
Just North of Byglandfjorden, near Valle we found one of our favourite wildcamps to date. A rocky river bed that must be an incredible sight running rapid with the spring thaw.
Still there were clouds, but importantly we weren't in them for a change.
The Norwegian mountains are wet... There were only a few moments in between the clouds with some good light for photos of the granite massifs.
The tourist centre at the base of Kjerag faces granite outcrops across the fjord
The gopro clips from Kjeragbolten can wait for another day...
Up out of the Setesdal valley and West over the mountains, reserved for reindeer (Elk also? We won't see them until later, just sheeps for now).
Water, water everywhere, and all of it good to drink.
All elements of the mountain roads here shown in roughly representational proportions.
Most of these photos come from the mid-level around 700-950m altitude, where I find my favourite landscape so far - the bushy, scrub, low birch woods with moss & lichen barely covering the granite. Overflowing with wild berries and fresh wind.
Most mountains reach a tumbled, broken and boggy granite plateau at 900-1000m and peak not much higher than 1500m here. Up on these
A lonely lakeside wildcamp... Until the 12 Poles, 2 Swiss, 6 German, 7(?) French and 4 canines nationality unknown turned up in the rain.