approx 40 km to Bergen, raining hard - Thursday evening - will we ever get there!!

We're staying in an apartment like room at a hotel, up above the coastal town of Osoyro and about 40km or so from Bergen.  For whatever reason both of us were absolutely knackered this afternoon - the legs just wouldn't work and there were lots of undulating hills - we are loosely following the E39 but the cycle track keeps taking you down to the coast and then back up to the road again, very frustrating.  Other times you will be cycling along a cycle pathway at the side of the E39 and it suddenly runs out - and you are the wrong side of the armco barrier to get onto the road - so have to trudge over grotty long grassed verges with hidden ditches and holes etc until you can get back on the road.It started raining as w reached Osoyro so decided enough was enough, even though we have only cycled 26 miles today.  The last room at the hotel, about £110 with breakfast (!!!) - but has a nice view over the sea!!!  Roger is asleep in the chair now, after watching stupid American comedy programmes on the tv.

Yesterday was a very late start - rained hard all morning so didn't actually start cycling till about 1.30pm.  Marianne(Swiss girl) arrived back at the campsite off the bus just as we were leaving - she had gone to Leirvik, the place we were heading to on our bikes that day, and bought a new tyre and inner tube - was going to fit in and then get back onto the road.  An interesting cycle, hilly but enjoyable -but daggers in my back from the dirty looks Roger gave me when we cycled 2 miles the wrong way at a junction - there was no cycle sign, or road sign that had a name on it that was on the map we are using since I don't have the detailed route cards for this section.  A couple of steep ups and downs, and we had to do them in reverse to get back to the junction again.  Turns out Marrianne did the same thing as well, which makes me feel slightly better.
As has happened very frequently recently it started raining again this evening - and once again we were 10 minutes too late to get the tent up in the dry.   Some huts at the campsite - only 350 so decided to have one - and we were very glad as it poured it down.  Marrianne arrived later and was going to camp until Roger told her that the cabins were good value.  Said our goodbyes to her this morning as she was taking a boat from Leirvik to Bergen as she had a hotel reservation for tonight there.  We may well see her in Bergen as she is there for 3 days - and we WILL get there tomorrow- honest.....  Feels a bit like a never ending dream somehow, and that we will never actually get there.  Poor Roger  still has his pulled muscle which is ok in the morning but hurting a lot by half way through the day - he insists he is going to cycle into Bergen though after coming all this way.
At least we are on the same land mass now as Bergen - we caught the last ferry of the trip today.

Have just booked 2 nights in a hotel in the centre of Bergen for Friday and Saturday night - Sunday we are booked in at a hotel near the airport.  Monday afternoon we fly to Newcastle and pick up a hire car, one way hire for a day - need to drop it back off at Manchester airport the next day.  Roger assures me the bikes and panniers will fit in .... we will wait and see.  I can see a trip to the nearest Halfords coming up to buy the cheapest bike rack they have....

Friday morning - just had a massive breakfast with lovely views, now relaxing before cycling into Bergen.  Photos not downloading quickly so will leave them till later.