Rostad is a large property in Utøy in Inderøy. The walk my husband and I took on a holiday Monday was almost all on this large property. Much of the information along the trail has to do with the information about this property. However, in this blog I am only going to describe the walk itself. Another blog will be written about some of the history of this property.
Here is a map of the area we were walking in. We parked at P. We took the right-hand dotted red line down to the water, then went along to the right until we came to Kvernhusmuren, We then continued along the path until we could take a short path to the left, then up the tractor road to the stadium. Then continued along the road back to the car. We used about an hour.We are 5 km from home, but we drove to the parking area. Walking one way would be fine, I no longer like walks of 10 km.It was a warm sunny morning and the first part of the trail took us through the woods. The property of Rostad is a farm as well as a school, but there are lots of forested areas.We have now come to the first intersection. We have come from Rostad and are going in the direction of Undersåker. “Snåpveien” means a short cut and takes you to Rostad Quay.We continued through the forest, with wild flowers growing in the open areas.I’m not sure the official name of these flowers. I call them wild violets. They grow in my garden as well. They like a sunny, open area.At one point we came out into the open and are following a tractor road down to a small beach. In the distance on the right is Mosvik and on the left is the island of Ytterøy.We came to a small beach.There was a new boat house and a small boat at the high water mark. We went a few meters back up the road we came along before heading off to the right.Along this part of the path there was an old elm tree that looked a bit dead, but when one got up close one could see that there was still life in the old trunk with new shoots coming from the trunk. In addition there were many baby trees in the surrounding open area.There is still life in the old tree.Our goal is in sight. There used to be both a sawmill and a grain mill here.My walking companion is heading down to the small building with the grass roof which is almost on the beach.Here is the remains of the mills that were here. The wall was built with flat stones without any mortar. The stream that supplied the power to the mill is on the far side.The stream that would have once powered the sawmill and the grain mill.The beach here is a bit rocky.We have now continued along the path towards Undersåkerand here is a little bridge that crosses the stream that goes down to the old mill.This bridge crosses the same stream farther uphill. If one continues straight ahead one would come to Undersåker, but we chose to cross the bridge and go left so that we got back to our car.The first time I crossed here many years ago, it was just a log bridge that was very slippery. This new bridge with railing was much nicer to use.We can see some farm fields. We will now follow a tractor road up to the football stadium and our car.The walking is easy when it is a tractor road that is used constantly to get to the fields.It’s called a “stadium” in Norwegian and is used for playing soccer, which is called “fotball” in Norwegian. When bantam leagues are playing they can have several games going at once here.We are back to the main building on the property, but that will be a different blog. Our car is nearby.The leaves are out on the red beech tree. The leaves on most of the deciduous trees have just come out in the last week or so.
We had a lovely walk on a sunny day. We used about an hour, but I stop a lot to take pictures. I think on this walk I took about 65 pictures. I love having a digital camera on my smart phone so that I don’t have to think about the cost per picture. This is a walk I will do again this summer. I hope you have enjoyed the pictures.
