Sunday, January 14, 2007

 

The War Anchor

On the mountain, at about 400 m altitude and 3 km from Bergen harbour, there is a war memorial nearby the cabin called Ankerhytten (The Anchor hut). A ship filled with ammunition exploded on april 20th 1944, and a bit of an anchor was thrown this far from the explosion.

Today there are snowflakes in the air, but no frost. The white cover on the ground comes mostly from hail and will be gone in some hours. Ankerhytten is made of stones found on the site. I have just attained today's object and can return back home.

On the way up I passed the waterfalls in Skredderdalen (Tailor valley). The water from the rainy storm last night gush down the river. The path up here is not as steep as Stoltzekleiven nearby.

I choose the staircaises in Stolzekleiven on my way down. (Look at my blog August 29, 2006). Now I can tell everybody that I have done the steep path Stoltzen in just 12 minutes and without heavy breathing (I hope I don't have to say that the time refer to downhill time - not uphill).

I finish my hike where I started 2 hours before, at "Mon Plaisir". What a small, nice temple built just for pleasure (year 1840?) in the hillside "Fjellsiden" at Christinegaard in Bergen.

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