Stiklestad

This was a short day, although it still had a reasonable amount of climb as the route left the bottom of the valley and went up onto the valley wall for quite a long time. It started to rain, enough so that I got my pack covered and my rain gear on, at which point it stopped. But it had that look that said there would be more, and the next time it started, it settled in for a good hour.

It was still raining when I found a nice spot for lunch at a lookout over the valley, with signboards explaining a 19th C disaster when a layer of mud gave way on the hillside, and filled the valley below in the landslide.

A couple of cows were curious enough to come wandering down the hill to see what I was doing, and there were sheep bells tingling from all directions.

While most of the day was on ashphalt, there wasn't much traffic, and what there was was generally being driven sedately, so it wasn't as unpleasant as the previous two days of road walking.

I came into the back of the cultural centre, past one of the chapels, and around to the front entrance. Once settled in my room, I got my washing done, had a nice meal at the restaurant, and called it a day.Read more