Yesterday evening, my husband and I went for an hour’s walk. It was a warm evening for us, at about 26 degrees Celsius, even at 7 pm. Where we live, we often get a two-week period of lovely, warm weather in May and sometimes it can get quite warm. This year our warm weather is also lasting into the beginning of June. It has been up to 29 degrees in the shade at our house.
As I have mentioned before, Rostad is a large property in the Utøy area of Inderøy. We again parked here and headed in a slightly different direction than when we went to Kvernhusmuren.
We headed off through the old main gates of the mansion to the road that leads to the fjord.
In the old days, access to this property, which has a large mansion and is also a farm, would have been by water. So we follow what is today a tractor road accessing fields, that would have given the residents two hundred years ago access to a quay. Certainly the tree-lined road would have been impressive.
I think these were elm trees, though there may be different types of trees. Closer to the fjord there were also pine trees lining the road.These were pine trees, but there are large gaps between the sections of trees as if many have died over the centuries. The dandelions are mostly finished blooming and are sending their seeds flying in the breezes.Now the road heads into the trees and swings down to the right.This information sign gives you an idea of what the quay would have been like in 1875.
All of the information signs on this walk can be found online, so you may want to follow this link to get a better view of the picture. The quay was built in 1823 and was in use until about 1950, when I presume the current road for motorized traffic was used more than the quay for boat traffic. Among other things, the quay was used to bring coal to the farm. The coal would have been used for heating, especially in the winter. I notice in the old pictures, that there weren’t nearly so many trees back in the 19th century. They would have been cut down for building or for firewood.
This is where the quay used to be. It is now a picnic area.In the foreground are the remains of the foundation for the quay. Now there is a little beach here. In the background in the picture is the island of Ytterøy.We are now leaving the Rostad property. We cross over a stile that is made from stones and wood.“Remember to close the gate”. Though there were no animals out in the fields here, there could be grazing cattle.This house is called Råvika and would originally have been a crofter’s farm. Today it would be a leisure property and is painted in white.Råvika was probably established in 1665 and would be one of the oldest crofts in the area. It is interesting to contrast the picture from 1855 where the house and barn are connected and there are few trees on the hillside with the previous picture of what the house looks like today. There have been a few changes in the last 170 years.Our trail leads in front of the house at Råvika which stands in an open area and we are then heading into the woods. Being in the woods was nice on a warm summer evening.The path became rougher in the woods and we had to both climb up and down the hillside.This tree was being lit up by the sunshine, but seems to have broken in the wind. There were open areas as if there had been some logging of trees.Quite a few trees seem to have been blown over in the wind. Does the wind cause the damage first, or is it logging that opens up areas so that the trees are more susceptible to strong winds?Our goal for the walk.The goal was this bridge which seem to cross a muddy area. We have had quite a bit of dry weather so there was no stream visible today.
Having reached our goal, we turned around and headed back to the car the same way we came. It was nice walking in the shade of the trees, but the climb back up the hill across the open fields was a bit warm for me. We used about an hour for this evening walk.
We could have continued along the path and gotten home that way. It is only about 4 km from here, though there are two steep climbs. But we decided to head back to the car and take it home with us.
I hope you enjoyed this walk. I would encourage you to find a wooded area and go for a walk yourself.
