katie goes on a walk

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Now the pilgrimage is over.  It only struck me that it was the end when we arrived at the Trondheim Pilgrims' Hostel, and were claiming our bags from the trailer, where they have been carried every day of our 41-day walk - one of the leaders said "everything out - we won't be using this tomorrow."  

I took the train from Trondheim south to my friends' house in Hoenefoss - it took 6 weeks to walk from Oslo to Trondheim, and 6 hours to travel back by train south.

It feels strange not to pack my lunch; pack my day pack; put on sunscreen; pick up my walking sticks and start out with Ingrid, Lars, Maria, Sabina, Christine, Niels, Bente...

However, my holiday is not yet over - today I'm washing clothes; and tomorrow I travel up to Lofoten (by plane) for the weekend.  My hosts have promised me that there are places to walk there too.

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Buildings along the Nid River in Trondheim.

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Saints on the west wall.  The ones in the lower picture are unknown, and it's unclear what the heads are all about.

The four in the top picture are Norwegian:  St Eysteinn, St Halvard, St Sunniva, and St Olav (wearing a wreath in honour of his day, 29 June).

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Nidarosdomen.

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Proof.  Despite the lean in the photo, I felt quite fine.  

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No more walking, or at least no more pilgrimage.

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Our path in "bymarka" - fields and forests outside the city.

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The first view of the cathedral in Trondheim.

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A hop, skip, and a jump away.  

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The vew from Sundet Gard.  We were rowed across this river. 

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On the way to Sundet Gard.  This was our last night out from Trondheim.

We were rowed across a river to Sundet - but one of our group decided to swim (about 200 m) instead.

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61 k from Loekken; 38 k from Skaun.

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We picked cloudberries (molter).  

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On our way to Venn school (where we slept on the gymnasium floor).  A very misty morning gave way to a sunny and warm day.

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A milestone of an older type.  

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The church at Voll:  a "Y" church, with three wings.  The bird in the lower right picture is meant to be a pelican (which offers its own blood for its children) but pelicans were seldom seen at the time the artist made this alterpiece.

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