Well, it was a pretty nippy nights sleep, but what wonderful weather we woke up to. Luckily for us too there was a petrol station literally right next door to the hotel to give us a full tank to keep heading towards Kristiansand. Heddal has a Stave church and appeared to be on route, so we headed for it.

 

We just had to stop here and take in some of the view.

 

Don’t worry – we didn’t really break down, and as were driving along we just stumbled upon this Stave church in the most idyllic setting.

 

 

Truly remarkable how these things stay around for so long made of wood. There was a museum nearby, sadly closed.

So back in the car, and on we went to the Stave church we knew about!

 

This is Heddal Stave church and as you can see, she is very grand indeed. But unfortunately, it’s very touristy and most of the structure is not original at all. shame really. Still they had some original pieces inside.

 

So onwards towards Kristiansand, and what can I say, we drove in, looked around, and drove straight on! We had some burial mounds to find and after going through about 6 farms, up small side roads which looked suspiciously private and across a railway line, we ended up here.

Quite possibly our biggest waste of time yet on the trip, so we headed back to Sandefjord and stayed the night in the Clarion Collection hotel, which has a  ‘local pub for local people’ just next door. Don’t go in! Still the city centre was rocking for a Sunday night.

Well at least the Sun had returned, lets hope it stays that way for the remainder of the trip.