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Svandals waterfall on the approach to Sauda — 41.3 miles.
Shop stop at Sauda’s Kiwi supermarket, Torggata 3 — 44.9 miles.
Gavin and Olly start the Storelva Valley climb — a staggering 49.0 miles in.
Looking back to the bridge in Storelva Valley — 50.3 miles.
Why is this huge pipe bridged across the road rather than buried? 50.7 miles.
Tao reckons sewage, to Michael’s amusement; later we learned it’s a gas pipeline.
Enormous, delicious wild strawberries begging to be picked from the verge — 51.1 miles.
Olly hoovers wild strawberries from the Storelva verge — 51.1 miles.
Storli Lake above the valley — 53.0 miles.
Finally, a much‑needed evening meal at our Hellandsbygd B&B — 54.4 miles from Hjelmeland.
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Olly luxuriates in our cosy loft at Hellandsbygd Guest House.
Tao, post‑breakfast in the Hellandsbygd Guest House kitchen.
The ladder from the hall up to our loft at Hellandsbygd Guest House.
The woodshed doubles as our bike shed at Hellandsbygd Guest House.
Free‑range chickens patrol the grounds at our Hellandsbygd guest house.
Hydro pipes snake down the mountainside near our Hellandsbygd Guest House.
Ready to roll from our cosy Hellandsbygd Guest House; those open windows are our loft.
This hillside beauty near our Hellandsbygd Guest House caught Oliver’s eye as we left.
Looking back to Hellandsbygd from the first hairpin, a mile from the guest house.
View back to Hellandsbygd from the hairpin, a mile from the guest house.
Hairpin vantage: Hellandsbygd below, one mile from the guest house.
Unexpected goat farm, 2 miles from the guest house at 530m. The shed’s long gone now.
Another view of the goat farm, 2 miles out at 530m.