Uttakleiv to Hauklandstranda

After hiking Mannen we continued on to Uttakleiv Beach which was in a big valley with lots of rocks all over! So that was fun. On the way down from the Mannen trail junction we saw these signs with numbers and QR code (they started at 20 and went down to 16), so I scanned them and they had facts about things. The one where Raymond is sitting in the cave just said this is where a troll comes out when the music plays. It was kind of fun as you never knew what it would say!

Then we spied on the beach and started the walk back to Hauklandstranda (the beach next to the one we camped at) out and around the edge of the water which was really nice.. and we got some more QR codes! But they started at 1 there and went up to 15 which didn’t make sense as if you continued on it would go 1-15, then jump to 20 down to 16? It was odd. But we learned some fun facts like the one place had a landslide and the children had to walk over it to meet the school bus on the other side. Or there was a guy who lived on the island, but after losing too many sheep to the sea he switched to goats who were better with the steep cliffs (which we have seen so many sheep on the steep cliffs here so I don’t know why his sheep couldn’t hack it!). So it was a weird, but fun walk back and Hauklandstranda was gorgeous! All these light colored rocks and light color water were beautiful! Plus all the mountains and everything. I think Uttakleiv is more popular, but I like Hauklandstranda way more!

It was a very long day of hiking, but so sunny and gorgeous we were also not in a hurry to be anywhere. We only got back to the car around 5:30 which was almost time to start making dinner! We had talked about driving on after the hike, but since we got back so late we decided to just stay here another night. Tomorrow will be a more relaxed day which I think we need after these past 3 days of crazy hikes!Read more