A short day to Sygard Grytting

Today was a short day and at least until mid-morning, it looked like we might go around the headland along the low side. That was not to be. After sticking to some older roads for quite some time, the track started to climb up the headland. It wasn't all that far, but it was pretty steep. More the track wound up and down through littlewooded areas and other places full of tree roots rocks and other obstacles to trip up the unwary walker.

As soon as that was over, there was a stretch of the E6 to be negotiated. Staying on the roadside of the barrier so particularly precarious even when one walked into the traffic. The alternative was to slip over the other side of the barrier, which had a quite steep drop-off and very narrow walking path along most of it. I chose a combination of both, sleeping onto the roadside when the narrow path got too narrow for my liking.

I stopped to pay a visit to the pilgrim centre at Dale-Gudbrand, but at the point that I got there, it was still closed, I went to the hotel next door and got myself a coffee and a delightful view looking down the valley, before returning to the Pilgrim Centre and having a chat there. It seems my visit had been forecast by some of my friends walking ahead of me.

After that, I made my way to Sygard Grytting and settled into a lovely newer building that has power at each of the two beds. Later this evening I will dine in the main house and I'll have breakfast there tomorrow. That will be the full experience this place has to offer.Read more