Rob-n-Hild Take the High Road!

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Valle

Our day started off with Adelheid working out at the local gym, while Rob and Hild took the low-intensity option to go for a morning walk. We walked the loop from Adelheid's apartment in the centre of Valle, across the Halland bridge and back home across the suspension bridge. At Halland bridge we noticed a large number of lifebuoys - and it is indeed a risky place to fall in.

It was a very sunny morning for a walk, and we enjoyed many different flowers on the road verges.

On our return back across the Otra river we used Prestefossen suspension bridge. Always a nice photo opportunity.

Yet again we needed to stop by the shop and stock up on milk. We grabbed a photo of the horrific situation on the jam shelf. Plenty of strawberry, raspberry, marmalade, and blueberry jams. But there has been a run on lingonberry jam. The supply-chain problem has now lasted 48 hours. Oh the horror!

We packed picnic lunch with sandwiches, tea and coffee and set off to Bjørnevatn (bear lake) for today's hike. The route took us up Linjedalen as our family calls it. Basically it means the valley where the powerline runs.

There were plenty of frogs jumping out of our way today. This lemming was not as jumpy, poor guy. He had seen better days.

After much huffing and puffing we made it to the top of Dammenuten at 1,048 metres. The location marker looked as tired as we felt.

The wind was quite strong today so we chose our picnic spot carefully on the sheltered side of Dammenuten. The view over the valley below was beautiful.

Adelheid helped Hild with a refresher lesson in which lake is which.

The trail down the other side of Dammenuten was very steep and narrow at times. We walked slowly and carefully. Kristin will remember this route once she visited here recently. She'll have sympathy with our tired knees!

Hild made the cruel choice that after we had climbed down Dammenuten we should climb back up Slettestøylsnuten. More huffing and puffing and then again tired knees down the other side.

To make things even worse, we came across a scary sight for Adelheid: lots and lots of ferns (ormegras). She has been part of a project where they try to eradicate ferns from parts of Hege's farm. It is scary to then see so many ferns. It is as scary as if Edvard Munch was Home Alone!

Adelheid helped find a trail back to the car. The trail included this very helpful bridge. We did see how the moose crosses a marsh - just walk straight through it!

At the car park we discovered, and giggled a bit, how each cabin owner has a wheelbarrow to help offload their stuff from car to cabin. Then they toss their wheelbarrows into the bushes. Funny!

We also found this over-the-top building which houses equipment used to make cross-country ski trails. They make it easier to have fun ski trips in the area.

Finally, back at the car, we enjoyed well-deserved cold soft drinks.

We hiked 6.18 km including 380 metre ascent. It took us 3:10 hours of which we walked for 1:26 hours. Max height of 1,048 metres was on the top of Dammenuten where we enjoyed our picnic lunch.

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