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Cycling: Børøyklampen, Lyklingfjellet and Kurebu

Date:
01.08.2023
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
7:20h
Distance:
54.9km

For the third summer in a row (see the first two trips here and here ) I returned to Bømlo and once more brought the bike with me on the high-speed passenger ferry from Bergen to Rubbestadneset. Here I started the GPS tracking and cycled south towards Børøya. At the top of the last hill before descending to Nautsundet I followed a short dead-end gravel road to an unmarked trailhead referred to as Falkastigen. Here I left the bike behind and continued on foot to Børøysåta and Børøyklampen . See the separate report here . After returning to the bike, I cycled the short distance north and then southwest to the marked trailhead for Lyklingfjellet . I could probably have cycled further on the tractor road, but as it quickly got rather muddy, I again left the bike and continued on foot to the summit. See the separate report here . I still had plenty >>>

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Cycling: Ytstafjellet

Date:
27.07.2023
Characteristic:
Bike trip - mixed
Duration:
4:15h
Distance:
52.1km

After a week of minimal activity due to a cold, I was finally feeling a bit better and decided to test my energy level with a cycling trip to Ytstafjellet . Besides the climb from Myrdalsvatnet to Totland/Riple feeling slightly harder than normal, I made it to the top of the gravel road right next to the highest point of Ytstafjellet without any real issues. Here I left the bike and completed the final less than 60 meters to the summit on foot. No views or any other interesting features to speak of, hence I quickly returned to the bike and proceeded to follow the nice gravel roads southwest, which provided some surprisingly good views towards the south. I then turned north and reconnected with the main road and completed the trip home to Lønborg.

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Cycling along Barsnesfjorden

Date:
13.07.2023
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
0:48h
Distance:
4.4km

Short cycling trip along Barsnesfjorden. (Note that the road this hike follows is private, i.e. no cars allowed. There are however a couple of parking spaces down by the small wharf along Barsnesfjorden just before the road turns west and starts climbing slightly towards the crossroads at Barsnes.)

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Cycling along Barsnesfjorden

Date:
10.07.2023
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
0:41h
Distance:
4.5km

Short cycling trip along Barsnesfjorden. (Note that the road this hike follows is private, i.e. no cars allowed. There are however a couple of parking spaces down by the small wharf along Barsnesfjorden just before the road turns west and starts climbing slightly towards the crossroads at Barsnes.)

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Cycling: Fjordstien and Stedjeberget

Date:
09.07.2023
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
1:37h
Distance:
15.1km

Short afternoon cycling trip along Fjordstien and out to Stedjeberget turpostkasse .

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Cycling: Lagunen to Lønborg

Date:
17.06.2023
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
1:21h
Distance:
20.7km

After the cycling trip at Austevoll , and the short bus ride from Krokeide to Lagunen, I cycled home to Lønborg via the standard cycling routes.

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Cycling at Austevoll

Date:
17.06.2023
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
5:15h
Distance:
53.2km

A return to Austevoll to visit Adlesi . Once again I took the high-speed passenger ferry from Strandkaien, but this time bringing my bike and getting off at Hufthammar. From there I cycled south to the western trailhead for Loddo . I stayed on separate cycling/walking paths until leaving road 546 at the roundabout south of Storebø. After that I had to share the road with slightly more traffic than I had hoped for. I left the bike behind at the final fork in the trail up to Loddo and continued on foot to the summit . Back at the bike, I benefitted from having cycled up to around 100 meters above sea level and thus quickly descended to the main road. With the main goal of the day out of the way, I decided to explore more of Austevoll and headed northwest to Storakalsøy and Kalve, enjoying excellent views along the way. No cycling/walking paths after crossing >>>

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Cycling: Skjeggedalsfjellet and Litlefjellet

Date:
10.06.2023
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
7:01h
Distance:
24.3km

After getting off the bus at Masfjorden ( after first cycling to Knarvik ), it was time for the second stage of my plan: cycling northeast to Andvika and then north to Lund/Skjeggedalen. I started at 09:25 and arrived at the start of the tractor road up to Skjeggedalen about an hour later after a very enjoyable ride along the fjord. The road was paved until shortly after Ådnekvamme where it turned into a single-lane gravel road that probably does not see too many cars. My initial plan had been to cycle all the way to the final house in Skjeggedalen, but the quality of tractor road up from the fjord made me change my mind and instead leave the bike behind and continued on foot for the ascent to Skjeggedalsfjellet . Back at the bike, I returned to Andvika from where I started the ascent to Litlefjellet . First, along a paved road that later turned into a gravel road. At Storevatnet I forked >>>

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Cycling: Lønborg - Knarvik - Lønborg

Date:
10.06.2023
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
14:01h
Distance:
50.5km

As the first part of my three-stage plan to ascend Skjeggedalsfjellet and Litlefjellet in Masfjorden I got up early Saturday morning and was out the door and on my bike cycling to Knarvik shortly after 06:00. This enabled me to catch the first bus from Knarvik to Ostereidet for the connecting bus to Masfjordnes. In fact, it turned out to be the same bus, hence I did not have to load and unload my bike at Ostereidet. The bus was of a slightly older model with less room than usual for bikes and trolleys, however, as I was the only passenger for the whole ride this was fortunately not an issue. At 09:25 I got off the bus at Masfjordnes, the final stop of this particular bus, and cycled northeast towards Andvika. Given the long bus ride in the middle of the trip, I made a separate report for the cycling in Masfjorden . There are also separate trip reports for the ascents >>>

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Cycling: Våge - Reksteren - Våge

Date:
07.05.2023
Characteristic:
Bike trip - road
Duration:
7:01h
Distance:
40.8km

After last year's excellent trip where I cycled from Våge to Reksteren to ascend Gjøvågsfjellet , I decided to repeat the success and return to Reksteren for the two summits I had not had the time to ascend last time, namely Vardafjellet and Dalstuva . Again, I first cycled to the Bergen city center, brought the bike with me on the bus to Halhjem, and from there took the ferry to Våge. Here I started the GPS and followed the same route as the year before, although now thankfully only to Smievoll and Frøkjedalsvatnet (and not (almost) all the way to Gjøvåg). Here I left the bike behind and continued north on the trail along the lake. See the separate trip report for the ascents of Vardafjellet and Dalstuva . Upon later returning to the bike, I cycled back the same way, making it to Våge with almost 30 minutes to spare before the ferry. After the break on the ferry, it was time for the bus ride back to Bergen, which last time >>>

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