Safe Return Doubtful

Day 79 – to Hallen parking, Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjell National Park Part One With the weather holding I decided on an investigation of the Grovudalen valley just 10 kilometres away, and a rare rough road, inside the National Park. It was cold, around 4C with frequent snow showers alternating with the sun.…

Day 78 – at Storvatnet Lake, Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjell National Park Late last night, after I the 11.30 edition of The Papers on BBC World and while I was reading a suitably ghostly tale (it is October..) the dog indicated he wanted to go outside. He occasionally does this with no problem.…

Day 77 – at Storvatnet Lake, Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjell National Park Though Henrik’s gesture to offer his cabin was very much appreciated, it reminded me how comfortable and luxurious my own van is. He had a huge woodburning stove which was lit in no time, but these timber buildings have very poor…

Day 76 – to Storvatnet Lake, Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjell National Park It was a good stay with Henrik in his yellow farmhouse. He is a contractor for the hydro plant in Sundallasora and rents his land out to a local sheep farmer. The farmhouse is split into three, his mother has an…

Day 73 to 77 – at Gjøra Staying at what is, when in high season, an AirBnB apartment. It is part of the yellow farmhouse in the picture below, and owned by Henrik and his family. When I was in Varanger I met a friend of his, who suggested I…

Day 72 – to Gjøra, Sunndal On Sunday when I arrived in Innerdalen I walked into Grasdalen, but not far. This morning I ventured further up the valley alongside the torrents of water rushing down it, in light rain that became steady, though the cloud was high so the surrounding…

Day 71 – at Innerdalen (part two) ..as I’m limited to 10 photos per post..

Day 71 – at Innerdalen A grand journey on foot today into ‘Norway’s Most Beautiful Valley’. On this autumnal day with the leaves on the trees making their own individual paths between yellow, orange and red, and all those colours in between, with the waterfalls bursting from heavy overnight showers,…

Day 70 – to Innerdalen I left a sleeping Rindal and drove twenty minutes or so to a trail access point for the Trollheimen mountains. Rindal had been a good overnight stay, despite its youths disturbing the peace one their incredibly noisy trail motorcycles until after midnight. The Thai food…