Walking the St Olavsleden

[dougfitz]

I am leaving shortly for a long trip to Sundsvall, and plan to start walking the St Olavsleden route from Selanger later in the week. I expect to be in Trondheim for Olsok eve, and stay a few days for the Olavsfestdagene before heading back home via England and Western Australia in early August.

 

[jsalt]

Welcome back!
Jill

 

[wayfarer]

Have a great camino Doug, go safely and keep us posted.

 

[Bradypus]

God tur @dougfitz ! It is a fascinating route in lots of ways - and very different from the Spanish Caminos. After you have finished I'd be interested to hear how it compares with your Gudbrandsdalen experience. All the best!

 

[ivar]

God tur!

 

[Deleted member 3000]

before heading back home

No Longyearbyen and its polar bears in the summer sun?

 

[Bradypus]

No Longyearbyen and its polar bears in the summer sun?

No polar bears - but the route passes through one of the densest brown bear populations in Europe. I saw bear tracks on the path one morning about 10 minutes from where I camped for the night Lots of moose too and a few reindeer. And there is just a chance of spotting Storsjöodjuret - the Loch Ness Monster's Swedish cousin

 

[ranthr]

Velkommen til Norge!

 

[Purky]

I'll be following in your footsteps from Sundsvall/Selanger a month from now. God tur/buen camino, and I hope you'll keep us posted!

 

[Tincatinker]

Have a great journey Doug. Please let us know how it goes.

Buen camino amigo.

 

[jrm]

Wonderful! Looking forward to hearing all about it when you return, if you're inclined to share!

 

[Bad Pilgrim]

I am leaving shortly for a long trip to Sundsvall, and plan to start walking the St Olavsleden route from Selanger later in the week. I expect to be in Trondheim for Olsok eve, and stay a few days for the Olavsfestdagene before heading back home via England and Western Australia in early August.

God tur och lycka till!

BP

 

[dougfitz]

I arrived at Nidarosdomen yesterday (26/7). In all it took 28 walking days, a couple of adjustments to my original schedule, and the support of the many Swedes and Norwegians who run herberge, open up their houses to pilgrims, or manage to fit in a pilgrim around the other aspects of running their farms or resorts.

Many of you will know that the temperatures have been very high in northern Europe. Parts of the St Olavsleden route were closed and rerouted in Sweden a few days after I passed through, so perhaps I avoided the worst affected areas when conditions got really bad.

There is much to recommend this route to anyone wanting to walk alone or with a small number of friends.

Most questions about this route are answered on the St Olavsleden website - www.stolavsleden.com. Should anyone with a genuine interest in this route have questions about it that aren't answered there, PM me.

 

[Bradypus]

Good to hear you have enjoyed the experience. I was wondering how things were going for you when hearing about the big forest fires in Sweden recently. Not a hazard that had even crossed my mind before.

 

[VNwalking]

Well done, Doug! Like @Bradypus , I was wondering where you were with those fires happening.

 

[nycwalking]

Congratulations!

 

[NualaOC]

Well done @doug and glad it all went well for you. It sounds like a very interesting route.

 

[David]

Bra Väg!!

 

[CaminoDebrita]

Very interesting to learn about. Glad you had a good trip!

 

[Colette Z]

I am leaving shortly for a long trip to Sundsvall, and plan to start walking the St Olavsleden route from Selanger later in the week. I expect to be in Trondheim for Olsok eve, and stay a few days for the Olavsfestdagene before heading back home via England and Western Australia in early August.

OMG so jealous. Buen camino and hoping to read your experience.