Gården Eriksburg

Staying with Tord at Gården Eriksberg in Mordviken was one of the highlights of my 2018 S:t Olavsleden pilgrimage, and I was looking forward to seeing him again. He was a gracious host then, and I was hoping that hadn't changed. It hasn't.

The work that he was doing on his house has progressed, and I have a massive room upstairs overlooking the lake. The end of the house he was working on when I arrived in 2018 has been lifted above the soil, and the timbers are no longer at risk of rotting. His workshop has a new concrete floor, and there is a much more finished feel to the house now.

His older neighbour, with whom we went to collect his fish nets, is now nearly 90 and no longer very active, which was sad but not surprising.

Tord had another neighbour over for dinner, a retired teacher. It was a delightful meal, simple as it was, and demostrated Tord's skill as a cook.

After dinner, I asked if he could look at the bracket I had made for the trolley, which had not survived the journey across intact. He glued the errant piece back in place and replaced what had turned out to be too flimsy nails with a couple of more substantial screws.

It was a very productive evening for me, and I retired quite happy with the day.Læs mere