Today’s walk started from the main road to Straumen and was basically uphill the whole way. We started with some fantastic views over Trondheim Fjord toward Verdal and Levanger. We picked a nice evening for our walk, between about 16:30 and 18:00. The temperature was about 17 degrees C.
Though the first bit of the walk follows the road to a farm, we were soon in the trees, so that even though we were climbing uphill, it wasn’t too warm.
Near the top of the trail there was a map which indicated all of the main trails in this part of the municipality. We chose to just head back the way we came as we wanted to get back to our car, but there are lots of possibilities of taking round trips through the woods, especially for those living in the area.
The goal of our walk was a “gapahuk”, which is a little shelter, often built with a view and usually made out of wood. There will be a roof of some sort. They can be very small or quite large. This one had a little iron stove in it and a place to have a fire. It was nice to sit down for a few minutes on the benches and rest after our climb up the hill.
The view was nice too as we had come over the top of a hill (“kammen”) and were looking in a different direction and seeing a different fjord. The word “bråttet”, in the name Oppemsbråttet, means that there is a cliff and very steep downhill.
