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Continue reading →: Day 87 – to Hemsedal Golf ClubDay 87 – to Hemsedal Golf Club The Lærdal gorge hasn’t had any sun for almost a month now, and it won’t until May. I remember one house I had, in Frankton on the outskirts of Queenstown in New Zealand was similar. Once the snow and ice comes that lingers…
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Continue reading →: Day 86 – to Galdane, LærdalDay 86 – to Galdane, Lærdal More historic trails today. There are some wonderful stories about how people got around these mountains hundreds of years ago. The section between Borgund Stave Church and Seltun was the most difficult to construct. It was eventually completed in 1793, by CJ Hammer, who’s…
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Continue reading →: Day 85 – to Vindhella, LærdalDay 85 – to Vindhella, Lærdal There was more snow forecast later today so my plan after a morning hike was to head towards the coast, a bit lower in altitude. I’m trying to get away with another week in the mountains, most likely on Sunday I’ll move to being…
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Continue reading →: Mr Bowling Buys A Newspaper by Donald Henderson
Book Review – Mr Bowling Buys A Newspaper by Donald Henderson William Bowling is a thoroughly unpleasant customer. He is an insurance agent living with his wife in London during the Blitz. After one air raid he and his wife, Ivy, find themselves partly buried under masonry. Ivy won’t stop…
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Continue reading →: Day 84 – to just west of Skammestein (Valdres Nature Park)Day 84 – to just west of Skammestein (Valdres Nature Park) The ‘Sognefjellet’, as route 55 is known as, is a 140 kilometre scenic route, a mountain pass that connects Sognefjorden in the west to Ottadalen in the east. In the summer it is extremely popular with tourists. It was…
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Continue reading →: Day 83 – at Bøverkinnhalsen Pass, Jotunheimer National ParkDay 83 – at Bøverkinnhalsen Pass, Jotunheimer National Park Some snow overnight left the surrounding mountains looking quite superb this morning. It had cleared by first light though, leaving a few centimetres on the ground. A good to for the van to stay put. Memories for me of the Falzarego…
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Continue reading →: Day 82 – to Bøverkinnhalsen Pass, Jotunheimer National ParkDay 82 – to Bøverkinnhalsen Pass, Jotunheimer National Park What has become a routine start to the day, breakfast, coffee, an hour’s reading, on a cold and clear morning gave way to an outing into the surrounding hills with Roja. Without any planning I was about to leave at the…
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Continue reading →: Day 81 – at Mysuseter, Rondane National ParkDay 81 – at Mysuseter, Rondane National Park Unenthusiastic about leaving that book, the warmth and the coffee.. that’s how the morning started. It’s understandable I guess on an overcast morning of 3C with the cloud and mist merging together to make visibility extremely limited. In one ear I could…
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Continue reading →: Day 80 – to Mysuseter, Rondane National ParkDay 80 – to Mysuseter, Rondane National Park I’m not good at goodbyes. I had been 9 days in the Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjell National Park and as I set out this morning to walk, I was already planning my return. In addition my timing was off. I wanted firstly to finish my…
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Continue reading →: Day 79 – to Hallen parking, Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjell National ParkDay 79 – to Hallen parking, Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjell National Park Part Two Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjell National Park is the last mountainous area in Europe inhabited by wild reindeer, artic fox, and wolverine. Musk oxen lived here before the Ice Age, and were reintroduced in the late 1950s. But, as I mentioned above, it…
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SafeReturnDoubtful is my alias. Rua is my fox red labrador pup, born 14 Feb 2026 and learning fast..
Where is Rua?
I was so much older then…
Quote of the Week
Alice asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, ‘What road do I take?’ The cat asked, ‘Where do you want to go?’ ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it really doesn’t matter, does it?’
Lewis Carroll
