Overnight Stop

I have officially left home.
Flight tomorrow!
Oslo Airport

An early start to avoid rush hour and angst. Had so much time at airport. Breakfast and meeting up with the other club members.
Flight was delayed slightly but not enough to ruin our plan of catchingBaca lagi
Lillehammer!!!!

Just me in .y wee room. It's nice and cool. I have a view of the railway. Tomorrow morning I will be up for breakfast and out to the shops. Ski shops! Cinnamon bun shops! And maybe if I'm lucky I canBaca lagi
Wandering Lillehammer

Cardamom bun time
Good wander around Lillehammer. Didn't make it up to Olympic Park. Saw the ski jumps from afar. No photo though.
Prepping myself for stupid long bus trip to Venabu Fjellhotel.
Arrived!

Day 1

2.5.hours.out in the snow. We started in fog and finished in the sun.
I had an awful night. Thought I was coming down with a great fever. Late dinner, hot hotel, chronic fatigue, too much coffee?Baca lagi
Coffee Stop

Wow. That was good. Challenging in parts. Chilly on my fingers. But great.
And back again.

Oh my oh my. Phew. Nothing left in my tank. Had to eat a bit cake while I was taking my boots off.
I did repeat a few hills for the thrill. Fell over going up!
7km
Venabu - Stormyra - SaltashaugenBaca lagi
Rest Day

Did not doing anything today. Just lazed about. Some chatting to others. Some dozing in room. Weather poor first thing. Wind cold low visibility.
After lunch put me togs on and wandered down to theBaca lagi
Talbot's Tours...

The fit bunch went off again. I went out with Sophie. We did about 5km. Go us.
Some bits tricky as wind had blown snow over the tracks. Quite hard going. But we made it all the way back.
Our paceBaca lagi
Dog Sledding!!!!

Wow, that was cool
Day Off, Feeling Off

Felt bit meh. So stayed in hotel. Weather was foul anyway. Snowing and windy and obliterated tracks
Instead.... Babysitting, talking to dogs, resting.
Last Day. Do or Die

Made it to the other hotel for a bun. Much faster than Monday. Guess I have better technique now and more stamina.
Better keep this up when I get home. Roller round that track. No stopping for anBaca lagi
Solo Afternoon

I could have got a train into Oslo and wandered for hours. But. I really don't have the energy or inclination for that. Also, it has just started to rain. Another time I may delay flight for a day andBaca lagi
And Flop...

Long bus trip down from Venabu to Oslo. I opted not to go into the city for the afternoon. Instead I took myself around the air museum while waiting to check in. It was a mushy walk in theBaca lagi
Home Again

Woke at 3:45. Got up and had a shower.
Wandered down to help yourself breakfast. Others arrived pretty soon after. Not easy to sleep when there's a 7:25am flight to catch.
We wandered up to cheap busBaca lagi