Moose sighting! St Olav Ways: Day 5 on the Gudbrandsdalsleden

[@theeurasiaproject8497]

Your stand-off with the sheep was priceless!

[@NadineWalks]

Haha I know! It went on a little longer... but eventually we crossed paths!

[@helenvwalker7919]

Thank you for your reply to my query. I wanted to say how much I am enjoying this series..😊

[@kaichristiansen7404]

I'm watching every video, they are so nice und lovingly made. Thank very much for these great impressions of this beautiful landscape🙏

[@NadineWalks]

I'm so glad that you're watching and enjoying! The landscape really IS so beautiful :)

[@helenvwalker7919]

Don't you just love the way Norway caters for tourists, whether they are walking or campervanning? Toilets were always clean, often heated and well supplied. There was usually Fresh water available and in our case places to empty too.❤

[@AidaJof]

Wow, Nadine - 36 km walk, amazing. I am glad to see you are eating well. You are walking a beautiful country which at times appears surreal. Thank you for taking us along. Buen Camino🙋‍♀️

[@NadineWalks]

I'm so happy to take you along! And haha yes, I tried to eat as well as I could (though some days I was definitely tired of instant noodles!)

[@glennwojcik2342]

36 km is a good walk. It would be nice to find a Nadine or someone to hike.

[@Kate_Pilgrim]

The farm stay looks lovely!

[@NadineWalks]

It was so nice!

[@Martinarigney]

So idyllic ❤, be safe . The accommodations are so unique!

[@vintagevirgoT]

How awesome! Thanks for sharing

[@dathang]

Opting for thee food looked like a really good idea. That is a fine looking stick. Moose sighting! (Though I think they are known as Elk in those parts.) Another beautiful day... Cheers and adventure on!

[@pikeshike]

No, it is called elg in Norway 😊

[@joniirvin1469]

Love the scenery Nadine!!

[@NadineWalks]

It was so beautiful, I really loved it!

[@suzannamlambert]

Hello 👋🏻 I love following your walking vlogs! You are so knowledgeable and informative and inspirational. Wondering, are there bears in Norway?

[@pikeshike]

Yes, there are a few brown bears along the border to Sweden

[@NadineWalks]

But luckily bears weren't a concern in the area that I was hiking in!

[@pikeshike]

@@NadineWalks No, bears are never a concern in Norway. They are extremely shy and stay away from people. I have never done a bear hang in Norway, even in the bear region 😊

[@jonnor6883]

Really great. "Hedemarken" with Stange and Hamar are a very beautiful area, with wideopen landscape of fields and big farms. Enjoy because from Lillehammer will this change to deep valleys. Also enjoy Norways biggest lake Mjøsa. It was a moose you saw, or "elg" as we would say. I guess you will see more of them specially in the morning or in the evenings. Maybe even roe deer

[@NadineWalks]

Yes, these open landscapes and big farms were so wonderful to see, it was a landscape that I really, really loved! Some who have done this walk have started in Lillehammer because they say the landscape isn't as exciting before this, but I really love it!

[@arlenebaltrus9709]

Loving your videos of Norway - both my parents are from there. My mom’s maiden name is Tangen - the small villages you passed through. The G is pronounced like in the word ‘long’.

[@NadineWalks]

Ah, thanks so much for the pronunciation help! I'm sure that I've butchered just about every town/village name that I passed through... Your parents are from a wonderful place!! I loved it so much.

[@Abilovesjack]

That burger looks yummy.

[@NadineWalks]

It was good and filling and easy, which checked off all the boxes!

[@rickhough]

Hi Nadine! I have been watching this series and it looks awesome! Did you find it easier or harder to find accommodations as compared to Camino's. I did complete the San Salvador and Primitivo in Sept/Oct and liked it more than the Frances. In fact, when I hit Melida I wanted to turn around lol! Thanks for sharing this adventure. Maybe one I'll do in 2025!

[@passionatelifeproject]

I'm glad that was only a moose and not a bear!! The sheep looked like they were after a treat from you.

[@NadineWalks]

Those sheep were definitely curious! We stood there for awhile, ha!

[@nahcusiruk]

6:17 😁 yes it is❤

[@elizabethwestwick7401]

Nadine...you're an amazingly long walker, which is so cool. I guess I better start with walking my dog. I am inspired, but it's hard to pull the trigger on taking the time to actually do the walk. None of my friends or family want to join me on the Camino and I am a social person, so it scares me to be completely isolated. May be a good video topic on your Q&A's.

[@NadineWalks]

That's a great topic for a Q&A video, and I know that many others feel the same as you. But yes, starting now with getting out and walking your dog is great!! Plus, I walk some really long days, and you definitely don't have to walk that long or far on most of these routes (even here in Norway... I did some long stages because- for one, I like it- and two, it was an expensive trip and I couldn't afford to stretch it out too much more! But the beauty of a lot of these walks, especially the Camino, is the opportunity to meet people. A common saying is- "You'll never walk alone" and I find that to be very true :)

[@elizabethwestwick7401]

@@NadineWalks Thank you for the support and taking the time to respond to my concerns. You really do bring me joy when I watch the channel. Keep on keeping on...

[@paullandman]

Love your videos! Would you say there's a big difference in budgetting for this trip vs a Camino?

[@NadineWalks]

Yes!! Haha, Norway is definitely more expensive, so you'll be paying more for lodging and food, probably at least twice as much as a Camino in Spain or Portugal. I hope to do a separate video sometime, comparing this route in Norway to the Camino, and budgeting will definitely be part of that!

[@larserikrst4333]

Do you think it is possible to do this route on a mountain bike? Norway's national cycle route #7 is also called the pilgrims route and is quite similar to the one you are following but it sticks mostly to paved and gravel roads.

[@jenninstitches]

@@larserikrst4333 if you look up Pilgrims path Norway there is a whole website and the detail all the routes and which are accessible by what mode of transport. I think you could do most but not all of it by bike because of the terrain. I live here and most of the cyclist Pilgrims come from the Sweden way in.

[@ValerieReninger]

Do you ever have interactions with locals?

[@michaelpowell2717]

Good morning! Good distances, how level is the landscape? I assume Norway to be hilly.

[@churra8257]

Is it possible to do shorter days? Less than 36km? Would you go back to Norway?

[@jenninstitches]

Yes, you absolutely could. If you did 20km a day it would take you about 32-35 days. There might be areas where there are some long stretches between little villages, but you could break that up by wild camping as we have "right to roam" here. As long as you don't try to stay somewhere that is clearly designated a protected area or unsafe area, you can camp pretty much anywhere.

[@NadineWalks]

Yes, what @jenninstitches said is absolutely correct! I did some longer days mostly because I couldn't afford to stretch the walk out much longer than I did (but I also really like walking some longer days, so I knew it would be okay for me)

[@ThePhantomMajor]

More likely to be Elk, slightly different species to the North American Moose. 🤔

[@jenninstitches]

It is technically a European Elk, however it is a moose. Slightly different species here in Norway (I live here) from the North American one (I am from here). I've seen enough of them to know they are not like elk in the Rockies and very much like the moose in my backyard in New Hampshire.

[@pikeshike]

@@jenninstitches They are European moose, which are a bit smaller than the American moose. I actually think the name in British English is elk

[@jenninstitches]

@@pikeshike that's what I was saying. They are a moose and their technical classification is European Elk. Moose is an indigenous North American word, so Elk is the European term for moose, hence Elg in Norwegian.

[@NadineWalks]

I love how I'm learning from these comments!

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