05.05.18, Training, Orkdal-Svorkmo-Hølonda-Gimse

166 km, 5 hours 15 min cycling, 20,3 km/h, 1046 m total ascent

Nice easy trip, starting with a drizzle, weather getting increasingly better and ending in shorts!

Visiting my friend Tore in Fannrem and finalising in Gimse seeing the grandchildren ☺

In Svorkmo there is a sign to "Nidaros", the old name for Trondheim.
 Temporary, changed again to "Trondheim" (from previous "Trondhjem")
after about one year of massive protests.

Lunch at Gåsbakken skole

A few km of gravel road in the end, newly "improved", not good for cycling...

30.04.18 Training, Jonsvatnet - Selbu

So I changed the title of my blog! I intend to bike to Nordkapp in June, finally completing the whole tour, hopefully. To be better prepared than last year, I try to take a couple of longer trips.

Today, a nice round to Jonsvatnet, Selbu and back, partly on roads I never had been on before! And interesting contrasts in the early spring.

126 km, 7 hours 02 min cycling, 17,9 km/h, 1950m total ascent and descent

Incredible amount of ascent here. One Mt Ventoux in fact

Still ice on Jonsvatnet, at only 150m

The gravel road not yet very suitable for biking. Fortunately only 6 km

Snow melting gives great waterfalls

Fortunately I did not need to take this side road at 450 m. Lots of snow here!

But further down spring is coming

Selbusjøen

Back in Trondheim, the old iron railway bridge is open