Ski and Paddle Norway 2009

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I got up at around 0830 and Hartmut had cooked a sumptuous breakfast. Eggs, bacon, sausages- the full works. Delicious and well appreciated.

After that I was obliged to do yesterdays diary and pictures before the other 2 drove and I walked the km into Otta itself. Ovind, ever the joker, had stencilled “James Baxter Support Team” onto his old Mercedes beside the picture advertising his gallery in Asker. See www.hebbelille.com for a selection of his light-hearted artwork of cartoons and animations.

We did a bit of supermarket shopping and then I went to the library to find out about the masacre of a ragtag army of 320 Scots merceneries here some 400 years ago hired by the Swedish king. This army was led by a Shetlander called Sinclair. All 320 came to grief just south of Otta.

I bought a few food items and a ski wax scraper in an outdoor shop and posted a memory card with photos. I then walked back the km to the cabin outside Otta. Here Ovind and Hartmut started a cloths wash.

In the evening Hartmut cooked another delicious meal of reindeer stew which hit the spot. I then spent ages sorting out my equipment and getting rid of the things I was unlikely to need. I managed to whittle away at least 2 kg.

It had been nice to have a rare unhurried day of social interaction among the weeks of mountain winter wilderness. Well rested and fed again I looked forward to the next stretch through Rondane to Roros.

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