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Category: Ramblings | Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 11:14 pm

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If we go east for about an hour and a half or so, we're in strawberry lovers' paradise. Yesterday we were going to buy strawberries. Valldal has a lot of them, and they're the best you can get. *drools*

So off we went to Valldal. In case we wanted lots of strawberries we used the camping car. We got the strawberries, but only seven kilos of them, and then we decided to head up to Trollstigen to have a look, since we hadn't been there for years.

Valldal is a small community by the sea. There are a few shops, several camping sites and lots and lots of strawberry fields.

Here's Valldal:




Valldal - houses up the side of the mountain ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )






Valldal - the center ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )






Strawberries ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )


And off we went:



Up towards Trollstigen ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )






Nice little brook ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )






Yup, beginning to look like a mountain road ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )






Die-hard cyclist ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )






Some snow left still ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )






A bit gentler landscape in between ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )


The road and the place looked almost like before, but the view point and the path had been upgraded a lot.



We're getting closer ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )






The tourist parking and café ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )






Building a new café - looks exciting ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )






Small I-was-here-stone-piles ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )






Ok - lets have a look at this road ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )






We have to go over there for a good look ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )






There are people to the left by the creek - mad people! ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )






A view down the valley ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )






Oh, long way down! ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )






Tourists in thin air ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )






Those little white specks are cars ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )






View straight down from the view point ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )






The sea is over there. *points* Can you see it? ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )


We counted people from 17 European nations by the view point. We didn't listen to languages, by all means. We checked the cars' licence plates, just for fun. And then we went back down the same way we came. We're not driving Trollstigen with anything but a regular car. It's just too scary. *lol*



This autumn's sheep in cabbage. ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )






On the way back to Valldal - gentler landscape ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )






Long, narrow road with little traffic ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )






Water everywhere ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )






Very green grass ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )






Very hard rock ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )






A typical farm ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )






Not too wide bridges ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )


I hope you enjoyed the trip. We certainly did.



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eileen wrote on Mon Aug 09, 2010 10:21 pm:

Oh I did Droopy!! Your scenery is a lot like our Scottish Highlands - rugged and oh so beautiful.
You wouldn't get me anywhere near that view point though - I'm too scared of heights to contemplate going out there!!! Thanks for allowing us to share your day.
By the way those strawberries look luscious.

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Sjoerd wrote on Mon Aug 09, 2010 11:12 pm:

My goodness gracious! This posting was just FULL of visual sweets. Of course I really enjoyed seeing those strawbs. It's hard to get my head around that you are harvesting strawbs and I am planting-out next year's bed from this year's runner plantlets.

I enjoyed seeing the landscapes VERY much. Some of those pics made me wonder if you had a new camera er somethin'.

The dramatic landscapes do resemnle the ones that I have seen in the Scottish highlands as well as in Alaska and Canada. There is such a feeling of cleanliness and openness that I like.

When I saw some of the water there, I immediately wondered if there were fish in them.

Thanks for this great show. I have the feeling that if I were to drive up there to visit...I'd have to stop every fer hundred meters and get outof the car and look, listen,breathe deeply and take foto's.

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Netty wrote on Mon Aug 09, 2010 11:31 pm:

Georgeous scenery Droopy, thanks for sharing.

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Kay wrote on Tue Aug 10, 2010 1:28 am:

Droopy, I just absolutely loved your photos! I feel like I was along for the ride. What a beautiful land you live in! It reminds me of my beloved Rocky Mountains in Colorado.

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Droopy wrote on Tue Aug 10, 2010 6:39 am:

Thanks all for liking my photos. :D

The view is spectacular from the top of the road. It's also fun to drive up and down, but I prefer up. Less scary.

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gfreiherr wrote on Tue Aug 10, 2010 9:13 pm:

Thanks for the tour, beautiful scenery and quaint little town. The strawberry's look delicious!

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blackrose wrote on Thu Aug 12, 2010 2:08 am:

I felt like I was there too. Loved it!

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Jewell wrote on Thu Aug 12, 2010 11:42 pm:

Droppy thanks for the wonderful trip through the hills. Looks very rugged. That switch-back road was something.

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Droopy wrote on Fri Aug 13, 2010 6:26 am:

Thank you. :D We've got a few roads like that dotted around this country.

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