To Markastua Garlaus

I got the tram to where I had stopped walking the previous day. That took until about 10 am. It wasn't long before I arrived at a large shopping centre that had all the appearances of having a coffee shop as well as a McDonald's. Consistent with my advice to others, I decided that it wasn't a good idea to pass up the opportunity for a coffee and piece of cake.

Along the way I had been stopped briefly by a local in his Tesla, wanting to have a chat about what I was doing. He was mildly surprised that anyone would come from Australia to walk to Trondheim.

It started raining almost immediately after I set off from coffee. I made the mistake of not getting my rain pants on as well as my rain jacket, and for the rest of the morning and then the afternoon, my trousers got gradually wetter and wetter. It was well into the afternoon when I found a place for the bench seat that I could use to get my brain pants on, and at that stage, the rain started to let up anyhow. So now I had rain pants and the rain jacket keeping the sweat in and not having to do too much work keeping the rain out. It's always a risk.

The next important thing to do was to stop at a supermarket and get some provisions for dinner and tomorrow's breakfast and lunch. This meant shopping at the last available supermarket along the route, ensuring that I didn't have to carry a large grocery bag too far.

I had forgotten how steep hillsides can be here in Norway. And today was the first of what I expect to be many such climbs out of valleys. It was relatively slow going over the last couple of kilometers to get up to this really very pleasant herbage.Read more