Walking in Norway

In my second to last post I mentioned that we (me, a colleague and 9 children aged 5 to 6 years old) would be walking up Løvstakken.

Løvstakken is one of Bergen's 7 mountains and rises to 477 metres above sealevel. I guess we started at about 80 metres above sea level and walked.

The interesting thing about walks in the Norwegian mountains is that there are virtually no paths - just arrows painted on rocks or nailed to trees marking the general direction in which you need to go!  The next picture I think illustrates this quite nicely - see the path?



We all made it to the top though! It took us 2 hours, with plenty of fruit and water stops on the way to give us energy.

At the top because it was so clear there were beautiful views over Bergen and Fyllingsdalen and out to the airport at Flesland. It was fun for the children watching the aeroplanes flying in and out, like toys. 



Then, of course, we had to go down the same way we had come up. Thank goodness for my colleague who knows the route blindfold as I certainly would have mised the way across the rocks (arrows do not always occur when you think they should, and going up is so much easier as you can see your target!!)

The children were definitely tired by the time we got down, but an ice lolly raised their spirits amazingly!