Unfortunately my time has run out and I am now off trail. I have made my way back to Oslo ready to fly back to New Zealand before my visa expires. While I did not finish the whole journey as I would have liked I did meet my revised goal of 2000km and do intendContinue Reading “The end of part one of the journey”
(0 km, rest day) Today I slept in (well until 0800) and relaxed. I started marking the 10km mark on my maps and working out resupply options for the rest of the walk. I only have 18 days of walking left before I will have to make my way back to Oslo for my flightContinue Reading “Day 60 – 26 Aug, Royrvik”
(20 km, total 1510 km, 4h 15m , 0735 to 1150) After the clear skies before I stopped last night I was expecting a nice day but it rained a little during the night and was now overcast and looking like it would rain. My tent was really wet with condensation but after wiping thisContinue Reading “Day 59 – 25 Aug, Near Dam NW edge of Lake Naamesejenjaevrie to Royrvik”
(36 km, total 1490 km, 9h 35m , 1115 to 2050) I woke up to heavy rain and really strong winds and decided I did not want to walk in those conditions so stayed in my nice warm sleeping bag reading. I had thought the weather was clearing last night so was pretty disappointed toContinue Reading “Day 58 – 24 Aug, Lake Store Kjkkelvetnet to Near Dam NW edge of Lake Naamesejenjaevrie”
(34 km, total 1454 km, 8h 50m , 0820 to 1710) It rained lightly during the night but had stopped when I woke up. My morning routine was slow today as I took my time with breakfast and had to wipe my tent due to condensation. I was quickly back on the road and walkedContinue Reading “Day 57 – 23 Aug, Harvasstua to Lake Store Kjkkelvetnet”
(38 km, total 1420 km, 10h 50m, 0810 to 2000, less one hour at hut) I had a good night sleep and was happy I managed to get all my electronics charged up. I am on a new breakfast type now which is muslea which I eat dry, with fresh blueberries, and a hot chocolateContinue Reading “Day 56 – 22 Aug, Tverrelvnes Accommodation to Harvasstua”
(21.5km, total 1382 km, 5h 5m, 0730 to 0815, 1200 to 1620) I was awake early so got up and had breakfast before packing up and giving the hut a good clean and sweep. I seems it hasn’t had a full sweep for a while. It was really cold and I needed my gloves andContinue Reading “Day 55 – 21 Aug, Krutvasshytta Hut to Tverrelvnes Accommodation”
(31km, total 1360.5km, 9h, 0820 to 1720) I had a very restless sleep and my legs were letting me know they were not happy with the distance covered yesterday. Also it took a long time for my sleeping bag to warm up and I had to keep my head covered as it was cold. ItContinue Reading “Day 54 – 20 Aug, Near Bridge over Storelva River to Krutvasshytta Hut”
(41km, total 1329.5 km, 11h 50m, 0910 to 2200, 2 hours at hut, one hour talking is not included in total time) The rain did not stop all night and I had a little fight with myself about whether to stay in the nice warm hut or venture out into the cold wind and rain.Continue Reading “Day 53 – 19 Aug, Grasfjellkoia Shelter to Near Bridge over Storelva River”
(21.5km, total 1288.5 km, 7h 30m, 0815 to 1545) I had a leisurely start making the most of the luxury of a bowl for my breakfast. After packing up I gave the hut a clean and sweep and was on my way. There were patches of blue sky but it was windy and really cold.Continue Reading “Day 52 – 18 Aug, Sauvasshytta Hut to Grasfjellkoia Shelter”