Day 10: Balestrand (Norway) → Sandane (Norway)
A relatively simple day today – but with what should be an enjoyable mountain climb.
We check-out around midday and pack up the car.
And head north – to what will be our most northerly stay on this trip – a heck of lot more south than our normal Norway road-trip!
It is a wet day – but we stop off when there are dry spells to admire the fjords.
We attach a GoPro to record our mountain climb from a unique perspective – compared to our dash cam.
Unfortunately the rain is very persistent during the climb – ah well – can't change the weather.
Mountains + hairpin turns + trees = our favourite kind of driving.
Made it!
If you'd like to see the climb – please watch on the largest screen – and highest resolution you have to experience it best.
It shows the realities of what we're facing: the wet roads, the oncoming camper vans, the 80 km/h road limits. But also how great the AWD drive system is on the Taycan, the PDCC keeping the car flat in the faster hairpins, the Pirelli's providing great wet grip even after 25,000km on them.
We stop off for a quick side-of-the-road comfort break.
The day remains wet – but perhaps that helps keep the roads quiet.
We reach our next hotel – Gloppen Fjord Hotel – for two days – and plug in for a slow 5 kW destination charge. We're living on these kinds of charges now – which was always the hope – but never planned to be relied on.
The days charging stats
| Location | Start SOC % | End SOC % | kWh added | Cost | Duration | Ambient Temp | Battery Temp | Charger Type | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gloppen Hotel | 29% | 100% | 59.4 | €35.03 | 11 hours 31 mins | 12.5 | 31 | AC 7 kW | Kople |
Today we did 210 km over 4:35 hours, with an average speed of 47 km/h, consuming 26.6 kWh/100km.
