Kyrksæterøra-Trondheim (101 km)

Today, I was prepared for a lot of rain on my way to Trondheim. It had been raining through the night, and the forecast was pretty bad. When I woke up, it was not raining though. So I started today’s ride in cloudy, but dry conditions.

I first followed Snillfjorden (literally the kind fjord) out of Kyrksæterøra. There was very little traffic on this road. After a while the road left the fjord and led me over a 400 metres’ pass towards Orkanger. 

The sky was, if not in fifty shades, then at least in the darkest shades of grey. The roads were constantly wet showing that it had been raining recently, and I could see rain on the horizon all the time. I managed, however, to come to Orkanger with only a few raindrops on my helmet. When I was just outside a shopping centre and ready for lunch break, a heavy rainstorm started. I enjoyed my lunch watching the rain outside. And when I had finished lunch, it had stopped raining again. 

I continued towards Trondheim along the wide Trondheimsfjorden. The zoological highlight of the day was when a fox trotted by, only a few metres ahead of me. When I got closer, he said “hatee-hatee-hatee-ho” and disappeared. 

The last kilometres into Trondheim were on nice cycling paths (way better than in Oslo). I reached my hotel, which is nice, central and affordable, at 4:30. Right when I parked my bike, it started raining. Somehow I had managed despite the very rainy weather to avoid all rain showers and get dry to Trondheim. 

Tomorrow will be a rest day. Next update probably on Saturday.