Today we took the first of hopefully many Inderøy walks which are registered on Trimpoeng and accumulate points. This is a walk I had not done before and an area I had not walked in before. I enjoyed the walk. My walking companions were my husband and my son.
The walk started at Vestvik Church, a small church serving Framverran in Inderøy municipality. The church was built in 1905, is of wooden construction and seats about 275 people. Here there was place for many cars to park. There was one other car there when we arrived and none other than ours when we got back to the car.
This particular walk was all on gravel or paved roads and therefore relatively easy walking. However we climbed a long way up the hill from the church, so it was good exercise. The length of the walk was about 5.5 km. It was a good walk to start the walking season with.
The walk was designed to give information about a local boy, Petter Northug Jr., who grew up on a farm in the area, became a very good skier and won two gold medals at the Winter Olympic Games in 2010.
This walk is recommended. We could walk three abreast much of the way and very few cars on the side roads. There was more traffic on the main road through Framverran (FV 191). Most of the walk was in relatively open terrain, with a few houses or farms. On one farm we saw cattle out grazing. We were lucky with the weather. It was a bit grey but the rain held off until we were almost back at the car. Views were available at various points and we could see over Beitstadfjord towards Steinkjer.
One interesting site along the way was Rognlisveet. It used to be a crofter’s cabin but has been in disuse for almost a hundred years as the last resident died in 1926. It has now been fixed up and can be rented for events. There seems to be an outdoor eating area as well as a new building that will seat up to 40 people.
