Egersand 12 August

Sunshine first thing and a lovely beach but too cold to swim. It was very shallow you have had to walk out or ages to get over your knees.

nice view from that house

a seal in the lawn

We headed along the coast and went through some astounding scenery. Huge rock formations made from magma. Huge smooth mountains.

There was a lot of water rushing about from the rain that fell over the last few day in the mountains. I think a lot of these streams run high all the time.

We stopped to visit two houses under a huge rock overhang, there had been people living there since the stone age.

There were 3 families totalling 15 people living there at is peak.

There was also a troll cave.

There were tramping tracks all though the rocks but they involved a lot of climbing. One started with 334 steps up the side of an old cog railway. They still mine titanium here.

rocks balanced way up high

Oddly there was a camera high up on the cliff I think it must be watching a eagle nest.

We drove to the top of the pass and there was a view point a bus of tourists 

and surprisingly a monument to some New Zealand flyers who had been killed in a raid to bomb a german boat during the war.

The road had a lot of bends and tunnels and was a bit hair raising at time.

We have settled for the night next to a raging river in an official camp , hot showers and lots of electricity.

dog waiting for the tent to go up at the site opposite.