In July 2003, 12 of us went to Norway to paddle. We paddled some fantastic rivers. We had a few epics, but no major injuries. We had a fantastic time.

The motley crew consisted of: Tony Barrass, Conor O'Neill, Lisa Gunton, John Leopold, Richard Gunton, Baldrick, Dominic Morgan, Lisa Fitzsimons, Steve Ramsden, Alamo Spaargaren, Matt Frost, and Gwen Hinde. We had a selection of 17(?) boats, ranging from the minute play-boats to the mighty 'Phats'.

Our sources of information were a copy of the very old Elvepaddling guidebook, plus various miscellaneous write-ups from the web. Mostly unreliable...

We took various turns at writing up each day's activities; so you can try to guess the author of each of these day's write-ups...

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Day -1 - Friday.

Travel to Newcastle and ferry. Rough crossing, expensive bar, appalling music. Steve wobbles to bed late.

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Day 0 - Saturday.

Ferry. More ferry. Tony got seasick, and fed the fish. More ferry. Bored. Arrive in Bergen 5pm ish. Drive to Heidal (near the Sjoa). Long drive, long tunnels. Arrive 11pm ish, to see Tony, Rich, and Dom emerge from the sauna. What a wonderful sight! Knackered. Still daylight.

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