Hellberg gård

It rained heavily last night. I'm not sure that woke me or something else, but I got up and opened the door to enjoy the feel of the air.

It had abated this morning, but not quite stopped, and it kept threatening to rain for almost all of the day.

By coincidence, I was leaving at the same time as the group of Americans. I was ahead of them for a while, then dropped behind until they stopped, and I could get far enough ahead so I couldn't hear their chatter. They passed me again when I was having a break, but they were doing a guided tour of the WWII POW camp at Falstadcentret, and I didn't see them on the road again after that.

There is a group of three Finnish women walking from Laberget to Hellberg as well, and we passed each other as each of us took breaks in different places.

About a kilometre past the Falstadcentret building, there is a memorial on the side of the road to POWs of various nationalities that were killed by the Germans. It is a sombre place.

The trail continued past two idyllic looking lakes before returning down to the coast. The cloud band was moving away, and for the last hour or so of walking, the sun was out.

Tonight, I am staying at Hellberg Gård in the Pilgrim House, downstairs on a dodgy looking portable bed that sinks substantially just sitting on it.Read more