101 km - Rennebu kirke

I left Meslo gård in the rain, and it didn't really let up for the rest of the day.

I was heading to the church at Voll, one of a handful of 'Y' shaped churches in Norway. There are several explanations given for the shape and its significance.

I wimped out on climbing over a ridge and chose to walk along the road into Voll, which meant stopping for second breakfast at the supermarket and another coffee at the museum before getting to the church. I added a banana and some other stuff to my food bag for the next day or so, as I didn't expect to be at the next supermarket until late the next day.

After that, it was a relatively short walk in the rain to Ry. This herberge has been created to fill what was previously a quite large gap between Voll and Segard Hoel, where I stayed in 2012. It would have been a difficult day for me to repeat that leg now!

The accommodation is classic Norwegian, but there is a lovely cafe right beside the road at the entrance that has been built to provide things the pilgrim needs most - warm shelter from the rain, hot or cold drinks, light meals and snacks, and a toilet. The owner walked from Sarria to Santiago when contemplating running her farm as a herberge, and these were her priorities for a good pilgrim cafe.Read more