Monday, July 14th. I woke up very early in the morning around 4:50am just to be ready to leave around 6am towards the Stavanger harbor so I will be on time to leave to Nedstrand at 7:15am. I got there on time but had only very little time to photograph interesting stuff on route. The fast ferry arrived on time and brought me to Nedstrand, where my tour continued. The costs for the ferry were 177 NOK (around 15 EUR) when ordered on-line via internet. The harbor terminal Stavanger Fiskepirterminalen was easily to get to, and the crew helped me to get the bike on board. The transfer time was 1h45m.
The route from Nedstrand to Haugesund was actually fine for cycling: no steep hills, just regular county roads with the usual hills. There was not much traffic going on that day and the weather was very favorable. I reached Haugesund in the afternoon around 5pm and after checking out the famous spots, I kept cycling towards Buavåg, where another ferry would transfer me over the fjord. I started panicking how to get a ticket, but luckily, the ferry was free of charge and transported me to Bømlo in about 40 minutes.
I found myself ahead of my schedule and found a shelter just 10 km away from the harbor. The shelter was close to a nearby lake where I could get a bath. I was alone there and enjoyed the time before being forced to retreat into my tent by endless flying insects and mosquitoes.
95.65 km, 8h00m, 11.95 km/h average, 49.14 km/h max