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7 am-ish wake up. Another disturbing dream involving students and my role as a teacher. Three students didn’t show up for a gathering time, so I went out in the forested area, where we were hosting the event, to look for them. As I began, a man with his hand severed at the wrist andContinue reading “July 11. Day 14 Walking.”

7am wake-up. Restful sleep. A bug bite on my heel from a take-off-the-socks break yesterday is super itchy this morning, and swollen. Sore knees. Ooof. Let’s go! Stretches and packing. 8am breakfast and pack lunch from breakfast buffet. Thankfully, the Norwegians eat sandwich things for breakfast. 9am start walking. My left foot was wet withinContinue reading “July 10. Day 13 Walking.”

7am wake-up. I am having disturbing dreams. They are often stressful. Some are about work (usually about not being heard or having absolutely no class management) and also odd encounters with people from my past. I wake up feeling unsettled. Weird and stressful dreams and aching muscles don’t make for a solid night’s sleep. 9amContinue reading “July 9. Day 12 Walking.”

25.1 km by my phone (27km by guidebook), 912m elevation gain. Finally got-up at 6:45am after disrupted sleep beginning at 1am. Weird and unsettling dreams plus leg muscle pains waking me all night/morning. The Norwegian summer light makes it difficult to tell the time without looking at the phone clock. My legs feel okay now.Continue reading “July 8. Day 11 Walking.”

20.6km, 800m elevation gain. 6:30 wake up, hotel breakfast. 8:30 am start walking. I saw a baby bird that must have fledged out of his nest…he started walking towards me and I got scared he might imprint on me. If I were a cat, the bird would definitely be dead but I don’t have aContinue reading “July 7. Day 10 Walking .”

Wake: 7am. Slept well in the beautiful bed as a thunder storm occurred outside. Took an anti-inflammatory/pain killer before bed and didn’t wake up from pain like the nights before. My feet were particularly tight last night. I self-massaged my lower legs and feet. Felt okay this morning. Start: 9:05 from Kapp. The place weContinue reading “July 6. Day 9 Walking.”

Awake at 6:40. Start 9:05 – finish 16:00 Very broken sleep on a couch of the church community hall. My muscles ache. I sensed during the night that taking the pill in the day desensitizes me to the ache and then it feels worse at night when I don’t take the pill. I have twoContinue reading “July 5. Day 8 Walking.”

7ish get up and an 8:30 start with a 3:30 finish. 21.6km, 690m elevation gain. Just before we went to bed last night, Chin-Yu was on the porch and a kind messenger (a man with a daughter and a dog) passed by and told us of a shortcut back to the pilgrim trail rather thanContinue reading “July 4. Day 7 Walking.”

12km, 640m gain. Tingelstad to Blokkhus. Hot hot today. High 20s. Not hot like Western Canada though. Lots of bugs today too with less breeze. Still, we were blessed with occasional heavenly breezes that swept away the constant droning and irritation of summer flies. I first awoke at 4:44am this morning. Then, I had aContinue reading “July 3. Day 6 Walking.”

Broken sleep last night. Should have slept with ear plugs as we left the window open and with this many people around and the happy birds and critters, it got a bit noisy. Walk today: Støvika to Tingelstad. 15 km, 690 m elevation gain. Sunny weather with some clouds and moderate heat. We met Mica,Continue reading “July 2. Day 5 Walking”