After descending about 600 meters in elevation and cycling roughly 30 kilometers from the mountain pass, I arrived in the town of Rødberg.
I had covered about 110 kilometers that day. I camped out in the woods on the outskirts of town, with a lake right in front of me. After finishing dinner and lying down in my tent, I felt even more surrounded by the trees in the forest. So I took a photo.
峠から標高差約600ｍ、距離にして30キロほど下ると Rødberg(ロードベル)の町へ到着。
この日の走行は110キロほど。町外れの森の中で野宿、目の前は湖です。晩飯を終えてテントで横になると、森の中で木々に囲まれているのが一層感じられました。そこで写真を一枚。
The next morning, I woke up to the cold, even though it was still late August. When I crawled out of the tent, I saw the lake shrouded in early morning mist right in front of me, so I snapped a photo.
翌朝、まだ８月下旬だというのに寒くて目が覚めました。テントから這い出ると目の前に早朝のモヤにかすんだ湖が、そこで写真を一枚。
Norway is said to have a relatively mild climate for its high latitude, thanks to the Gulf Stream. As a result, the fjords never freeze over. However, here in the mountainous inland region, the morning chill is a different story. It felt as though the temperature had dropped below 10°C.
The valley on the eastern side of the Nore Mountains, which I drove through the day before yesterday, is called Hallingdal, while the valley on the western side is called Numedal. The river flowing from the vicinity of Rødeberg is called the Numedalslägen, and it flows into the Oslofjord. A railway runs along the river, following its course back to Rødeberg. Although this railway was later abandoned, part of the track has now been converted into a cycling path.
As the railway and the river alternate between the right and left sides of the valley, I continue south on Route 8. Just under 100 kilometers from Rødeberg, I arrive in Kongsberg. From there, I head east on Route E76. I planned to ride a bit further and camp for the night, but finding a spot was much harder than it had been until yesterday—probably because I was back in open country.
From here, I’ll take Route E76 to Drammen, then Route E18 to Oslo. It looks like I’ll be back in Oslo by early afternoon tomorrow.
This round-trip tour ended one day earlier than the planned week, but I managed to camp out every night. I achieved my original goal of “spending as little money as possible in expensive Norway while waiting for my letters to arrive.”
ノルウェーはメキシコ湾流のお陰で高緯度の割りに温暖な気候だといわれています。そのためフィヨルドも凍ることはありません。ただし、ここは内陸の山間部、朝の寒さはそうもいきません。体感的に気温は10℃を切っているように感じられました。
一昨日走ったノーレ山脈の東側の谷はハリンダル、こちら西側の谷は Numedal(ヌメダル)といいます。ロードベル近郊から流れ出る川は Numedalslägen(ヌメダルスラーゲン)と呼ばれ、流れの先はオスロフィヨルドへと注いでいます。その川を遡るようにロードベルまで鉄道が走っています。後にこの鉄道は廃線になりましたが軌道の一部が今ではサイクリング・ロードになっています。
谷あいを鉄道と川が右に左にと入れ替わる中、さらに８号線を南下していきます。
ロードベルから100キロ弱、Kongsberg(コングスベルグ)へ到着。そこからE76号線を東へ、もう少し距離を伸ばして野宿となるのですが、昨日までとは打って変わって場所探しが大変でした。開けたところに戻ってきたからです。
この後はE76号線を Drammen(ドランメン)へ、そしてE18号線でオスロへ。明日の昼過ぎにはオスロへ戻れそうです。
この周遊ツアーは予定の１週間より１日早く終了しましたが連日野宿で過ごせました。「手紙の到着を待つ間、物価の高いノルウェーでなるべくお金をかけない」という当初の目的はクリアできました。
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