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Zagan the motorhome is having a very well deserved rest, while Jay sups an equally well deserved beer – yes a Norwegian can of beer at over \u00a33 for a single can from the supermarket, so you can tell he’s earned it. We’re parked up on a patch of land next to the E16 (N60.88406, E7.15484<\/a>), with a wonderful view out over the Aurlandsfjorden.<\/p>\n

\"Motorhome<\/p>\n

This morning we didn’t have to travel far to reach our first viewpoint of the day. The Utsikten viewpoint on the Gaularfjellet Tourist Route was only opened this year, in fact bits of it were still to be finished. That didn’t stop us from climbing up and out on the three concrete triangles it is made up of, looking out over the the many, many hairpin bends that we’d soon be taking to reach sea level and the ferry across the fjord. Down below us we could see a little blue van following some tiny sheep down the road, little did we know that we’d soon be acting as shepherds too.<\/p>\n

\"Gaularfjellet

Hidden houses on Gaularfjellet<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Utsikten

Me having a Titanic moment on the viewpoint<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Utsikten

Jay sizing up the road ahead<\/p><\/div>\n

As we wound our way down the mountainside we soon caught up with the blue van, now normal-sized, as were the sheep. He was ushering the mother and two lambs back down the road, and while they were running quite a lot of it, they were easily distracted by the plants and grass on the verge. As the group stopped for a snack, a hand appeared out of the blue van and waved us past, but as we started to overtake the sheep decided to get going again. Of course this all coincided with a narrow bit of road, so we found ourselves crawling along, shepherding the sheep down the hill much to the amusement of the farmer in the blue van.<\/p>\n

\"Gaularfjellet

Not too many haripin bends today<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Sheep

Leave it to us Farmer, now come along Dolly & Co. our brakes are cooking behind you<\/p><\/div>\n