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20.8km and about 864m (288 floors) gained. 8:30-5:30. The sun was shining again. So beautiful!! It was cool in the morning but warmed up in the afternoon. Not too hot though, but I was tired by day’s end. My feet get hot and tired! My blister required a few stops to readjust the coverings. PainContinue reading “July 1. Day 4 Walking.”

20.3 km (though guidebook says 24km) and 284 floors. The kms on my phone is consistently less than the guidebooks so who really knows. Felt like more anyway. 😂 Blister 1: left foot, second toe from baby. I thought the first victim was going to be my baby toe, which I’ve been nursing but IContinue reading “June 30. Day 3 Walking.”

We walked 20km today, but my Dog!! I was tired. We went up 300 floors according to my health app on the phone. I started the morning with a 4am wake up. I was stiff and sore yet had a calm feeling, as though I was shifting into another state of mind. I wanted toContinue reading “June 29: Day 2 Walking. 20km.”

We walked a total of 19.4km today and started the trail at the Pilegrimssenter (we walked from the hotel). Now, we are staying at a basic hytta (hut) called Sæteren Gård. The weather was perfect (overcast in the morning and sunny in the afternoon). My leg muscles are tired but aside from that, my achyContinue reading “June 28. Day 1: 19.4 kms”

We left Trondheim this morning on the 8:20am train. On arrival in Oslo, we dropped our bags at the hotel and found the starting point of the trail and walked the first four kms. Overall, we walked 11.8km today, but only 4 of the trail, and without our bags. We will begin tomorrow at theContinue reading “Travel day Trondheim to Oslo”

April 21, 2021: I told Carmen (my massage therapist) of my intention to walk a pilgrimage route, likely Oslo to Trondheim to begin my sabbatical. I had also been looking at ones in the U.K. but Covid-19 is in charge at the moment, and with its guidance, a walk in Norway was the easiest option.Continue reading “How it came together”