Gallery
23 Aug 1989 · Shane and Mark Burnard in the superb café above Lom’s shopping centre—now closed.
23 Aug 1989 · Lom Stave Church (c.1150): among Norway’s largest, with dragon heads and steep shingle roof; still the parish church.
23 Aug 1989 · Loar School, Lom, by the stave church—the primary then; later replaced, now the public library.
23 Aug 1989 · Common toadflax and caraway beside Ottavatnet, about a mile from Lom.
23 Aug 1989 · Common toadflax beside Ottavatnet, about a mile from Lom.
23 Aug 1989 · Marsh thistles beside Ottavatnet, about a mile from Lom.
23 Aug 1989 · Fertile agricultural lowlands of the Otta valley in Skjåk, from Bjørke—3 miles from Lom, 8 from Bismo.
23 Aug 1989 · Looking across Stensgårdøye island on the River Otta, from Nørdre Odden—four miles before Bismo.
23 Aug 1989 · Our twin bunk chalets at Skjåk youth hostel, Mogard, Bismo.
23 Aug 1989 · Shane and bike at Skjåk youth hostel entrance, Mogard, Bismo; our chalet behind.
23 Aug 1989 · Shane demonstrating the comfy wooden corner bunks in our Skjåk youth hostel chalet.
23 Aug 1989 · Michael on the balcony of Chalet 8, Skjåk youth hostel, Mogard, Bismo.
23 Aug 1989 · Bismo from the hillside behind Skjåk youth hostel on our evening walk.
23 Aug 1989 · Otta valley from the hillside behind Skjåk youth hostel; sunset glinting off the river.
23 Aug 1989 · Another view down the Otta valley from the hillside behind Skjåk youth hostel; sunset on the river.
24 Aug 1989 · The fast-flowing river Framruste from the road between Polfoss and Vuluvatnet.
24 Aug 1989 · Is this Norway’s OK Corral? Tasteful housing on Vuluvatnet’s shore.
24 Aug 1989 · Crystal-clear Breiddalsvatnet, where the road skims its northern corner.
24 Aug 1989 · Common cottongrass nodding beside the road near Breiddalsvatnet.
24 Aug 1989 · Sámi roadside stall by eastern Djupvatnet: reindeer hides, antlers and a stuffed bear.
24 Aug 1989 · The long downhill to Geiranger begins in earnest near Blåfjellbrakka.
24 Aug 1989 · The massive descent to Geirangerfjord twists and turns through Hestebrehola.
24 Aug 1989 · Looking down towards Opplenskedal from an upper hairpin.
24 Aug 1989 · Looking down to Ørjasæter from the upper reaches of the descent.