Sorry about lying about updating my blog on Monday.
Today it's very rainy, grey, and misty outside. And I don't have any classes. :)
So here will be some pictures and description of a hike of Gygrestolen that I did on
Tuesday, September 14.
The weather forecast wasn't very good and I was disappointed to see it pouring rain when I woke up. But when I got out from class a few hours later, the sky was clear!
Sunny weather (for now)! Gyrestolen from the trailhead.
Gyrestolen is a hill with blocks that cracked off to make cool cliffs.
There's a legend that a gyre (troll thing) threw boulders from Gyrestolen all the way to the Bø because it was angry that a Christian church was being built. The boulders missed the church but you can see them laying near it. If I was a gygre I would also want to live on this hill.
First we rode bikes out of town and on rolling gravel roads through hilly farm country. The trail head is by Uvdal Lake, excellent for swimming and it even has diving platforms. (But unfortunately it's getting too cold for me to swim, I admit it.)
Uvdal Lake from above
Trail on the hike up
Rocks everywhere :)
A cave- once you crawl through the narrow opening it tunnels up and gets larger.
This lake is on the hill top, and there is a drop off on the far end of the lake.
The cliffy part.
I like the farm way up on the hill. Lifjell in the distance.
Cool twisty trees everywhere.
Cliffs from below.
This was definitely my favorite hike in Norway so far. I liked the variety of beautiful scenery on every part of the trip- the way there, the entire hike up, walking on the hill top, the cliff part, and the way down!
I look forward to going back there with one of my classes in two weeks.
The next two days I had some classes, did homework, went kayaking (and solo canoeing), and prepared for a weekend hiking trip to Lifjell which I decided to do. I'll report about that in the next blog!
Have a nice day!
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