18-6_Nikon1.jpg=Lillehammer [Norway]
19-6_Nikon6.jpg=Puffin viewing point - we saw Puffins, Sea Eagles, Skua and sure footed goats
19-6_Runde_Norway7.jpg=Nordfjord Folk Museum
19-6_Nikon.jpg=Our stopover at Hafslo
18-6_Nikon13.jpg=Lom Stave Church
18-6_Nikon.jpg=Lillehammer hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics and 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. The city centre enjoys a picturesque location overlooking the northern part of lake Mjøsa
19-6_Nikon12.jpg=Puffin viewing point - we saw Puffins, Sea Eagles, Skua and sure footed goats
18-6_Norway9.jpg=From Lom through the Hurrungane mountain range
19-6_Nikon10.jpg=Puffin viewing point - we saw Puffins, Sea Eagles, Skua and sure footed goats
19-6_Runde_Norway.jpg=Next day we started our journey to the island of Runde.
19-6_Runde_Norway16.jpg=Nordfjord Folk Museum
18-6_Norway17.jpg=From Lom through the Hurrungane mountain range
18-6_Norway_Pan09.JPG=Runde island - our stopover for two nights
stretch.jpg=Runde island
17-6_Norway.jpg=Lake Mjosa - on our way to Lillehammer we had planned to do a boat tour abourd the restored Skibladner but we arrived too late for the Sunday excursion
21-6_Nikon1.jpg=Runde island
20-6.jpg=Out in the North Sea in Herøy Municipality lies the bird island of Runde. The bird cliffs are the southermost in Norway, and have the widest variety of sea birds species in Scandinavia.
18-6_Nikon3.jpg=Lillehammer [Norway]
18-6_Nikon11.jpg=Lom Stave Church
18-6_Norway19.jpg=From Lom through the Hurrungane mountain range
18-6_Norway2.jpg=Gildesvollen Wood carver, beside the Ringebu stave church
19-6_Runde_Norway9.jpg=Nordfjord Folk Museum
19-6_Nikon4.jpg=Runde island - on our first day, we tried to walk over to the cliffs but it was much too windy
20180619_031422.jpg=Lustrabui bakery is in Skjolden, Norway
19-6_Runde_Norway11.jpg=Nordfjord Folk Museum
19-6_Runde_Norway22.jpg=Runde island
18-6_Nikon5.jpg=Lillehammer [Norway]
19-6_Runde_Norway18.jpg=Sognefjord ferry crossing on our way to Runde
18-6_Norway_Pan02.JPG=Nordfjord Folk Museum
19-6_Nikon17.jpg=Runde island - Skua
18-6_Nikon6.jpg=Ringebu stave church - Built in the first quarter of the 13th century.
19-6_Runde_Norway21.jpg=Runde island
18-6_Norway12.jpg=From Lom through the Hurrungane mountain range
19-6_Runde_Norway13.jpg=Nordfjord Folk Museum
19-6_Nikon16.jpg=Runde island - Skua
19-6_Nikon2.jpg=From Lom through the Hurrungane and Jotunheimen mountain range
18-6_Norway4.jpg=Heading north we stopped for lunch at the village of Ringebu - It is also home to Annis Pølsemakeri, a butcher selling award-winning sausages and meat products.
19-6_Runde_Norway3.jpg=Nordfjord Folk Museum
20180619_204938.jpg=A sod roof, or turf roof, is a traditional Scandinavian type of green roof covered with sod on top of several layers of birch bark on gently sloping wooden roof boards. Until the late 19th century, it was the most common roof on rural log houses in Norway and large parts of the rest of Scandinavia. Its distribution roughly corresponds to the distribution of the log building technique in the vernacular architecture of the Scandinavian peninsula. The load of approximately 250 kg per m² of a sod roof is an advantage because it helps to compress the logs and make the walls more draught-proof. In winter the total load may well increase to 400 or 500 kg per m² because of snow.Sod is also a reasonably efficient insulator in a cold climate. The birch bark underneath ensures that the roof will be waterproof
19-6_Runde_Norway_Pan01.JPG=From Lom through the Hurrungane mountain range
20-61.jpg=Runde island
19-6_Runde_Norway15.jpg=Nordfjord Folk Museum
19-6_Runde_Norway5.jpg=Nordfjord Folk Museum
20180617_214923.jpg=Norway, near Lake Mjosa, on our way to Lillehammer
Collages.jpg=Lillehammer [Norway]
18-6_Norway14.jpg=From Lom through the Hurrungane mountain range
19-6_Nikon14.jpg=Runde wild flowers and Skua
18-6_Nikon8.jpg=Lillehammer [Norway]
Collages1.jpg=Ringebu
20180619_013109.jpg=From Lom through the Hurrungane mountain range
18-6_Norway6.jpg=Continuing from the Lom Stave Church, our drive was to be  through the Hurrungane mountain range toward our next stay close to Sognefjord
19-6_Nikon9.jpg=Next day Joy and I walked over the "mountain" nd scrambled over the rocks to the best Puffin viewing point
18-6_Norway20.jpg=From Lom through the Hurrungane mountain range
20180617_225005.jpg=Lake Mjosa
18-6_Norway16.jpg=From Lom through the Hurrungane mountain range
19-6_Nikon11.jpg=Puffin viewing point - we saw Puffins, Sea Eagles, Skua and sure footed goats
DSC_4478.JPG=Lillehammer [Norway]
19-6_Runde_Norway17.jpg=Nordfjord Folk Museum
20180619_004254.jpg=The silt is created when rocks underneath the surface of the ice are grinding from the movement of the glacier. The rock flour is very light and stays suspended in the lake water for a long time. The sunlight that reflects off this rock flour is what gives the lakes their spectacular turquoise blue or green colour
20180619_021506.jpg=From Lom through the Hurrungane mountain range
18-6_Nikon2.jpg=Lillehammer [Norway]
18-6_Nikon12.jpg=Lom Stave Church
18-6_Norway8.jpg=From Lom through the Hurrungane mountain range
19-6_Runde_Norway8.jpg=Nordfjord Folk Museum
DSC_4526.JPG=Approximately 140km north west, we passed through Lom - Lom Stave Church -
DSC_4565.JPG=Our stopover at Hafslo
19-6_Nikon7.jpg=Puffin viewing point - we saw Puffins, Sea Eagles, Skua and sure footed goats
18-6_Norway.jpg=Ringebu stave church - a church of a type built in Norway from the 11th to the 13th century, the walls of which were constructed of upright planks or staves.
18-6_Norway22.jpg=From Lom through the Hurrungane mountain range
21-6_Nikon_Pan02b.JPG=Runde island - causeway and bridge back to the mainland
18-6_Norway3.jpg=Ringebu stave church - Built in the first quarter of the 13th century.
18-6_Norway18.jpg=From Lom through the Hurrungane mountain range
19-6_Nikon18.jpg=Runde island - sheep on the property where we stayed
18-6_Nikon4.jpg=Lillehammer [Norway]
19-6_Runde_Norway1.jpg=On the way to Runde we made a short stop at Nordfjord Folk Museum after Sogndal
19-6_Runde_Norway19.jpg=Runde island - much too windy to stay on our feet let alone scramble the cliffs
18-6_Norway1.jpg=Gildesvollen Wood carver, beside the Ringebu stave church
18-6_Nikon10.jpg=Lom Stave Church
19-6_Runde_Norway23.jpg=Runde island
19-6_Nikon5.jpg=Puffin viewing point - although we weren't able to photograph the very speedy birds, it was a great experience to see the antics
18-6_Norway11.jpg=From Lom through the Hurrungane mountain range
19-6_Runde_Norway10.jpg=Nordfjord Folk Museum
19-6_Nikon1.jpg=The Sognefjord is Norway’s longest and deepest fjord, and it’s famous arm the Nærøyfjord has World Heritage status. The surrounding mountain areas are amongst Norway’s most popular hiking areas.
19-6_Runde_Norway2.jpg=Nordfjord Folk Museum - Annunciater and Ericsson telephone
19-6_Runde_Norway_Pan02.JPG=Our stopover at Hafslo - Hafslo village is located on the northern shore of the lake Hafslovatnet and near the shores of the Lustrafjorden
19-6_Nikon_Pan01.JPG=Our stopover at Hafslo
DSC_4565b.JPG=Runde island - sheep on the property where we stayed
18-6_Norway10.jpg=From Lom through the Hurrungane mountain range
19-6_Nikon15.jpg=Runde wild flowers and Skua
18-6_Nikon7.jpg=Ringebu stave church - Built in the first quarter of the 13th century.
19-6_Runde_Norway20.jpg=Runde island
19-6_Runde_Norway4.jpg=Nordfjord Folk Museum
18-6_Norway13.jpg=From Lom through the Hurrungane mountain range
19-6_Runde_Norway12.jpg=Nordfjord Folk Museum
19-6_Nikon3.jpg=Sognefjord ferry crossing on our way to Runde
18-6_Norway7.jpg=From Lom through the Hurrungane mountain range
18-6_Norway21.jpg=From Lom through the Hurrungane mountain range
19-6_Nikon8.jpg=Puffin viewing point - we saw Puffins, Sea Eagles, Skua and sure footed goats
19-6_Runde_Norway6.jpg=Nordfjord Folk Museum
18-6_Norway15.jpg=From Lom through the Hurrungane mountain range
19-6_Runde_Norway14.jpg=Nordfjord Folk Museum
20180618_213105.jpg=Gildesvollen Wood carver -  occupies the old school house beside the Ringebu stave church
21-6_Nikon.jpg=Runde island - sheep on the property where we stayed
18-6_Nikon9.jpg=The altar piece was carved in 1686
20180619_012958.jpg=From Lom through the Hurrungane mountain range - many ski lodges in the area
19-6_Nikon13.jpg=Puffin viewing point - we saw Puffins, Sea Eagles, Skua and sure footed goats
