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Day 2 - Vigeland to Marnardal
Norge pa Langs, Norway, Nordic Skiing Neil Pitts 1/4/22 Norge pa Langs, Norway, Nordic Skiing Neil Pitts 1/4/22

Day 2 - Vigeland to Marnardal

It had snowed in the night, then rained, then froze. The roads and pavements were like one big skating rink.

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Day 1 - Lindesnes Fyr to Vigeland
Norge pa Langs, Norway, Nordic Skiing Neil Pitts 1/3/22 Norge pa Langs, Norway, Nordic Skiing Neil Pitts 1/3/22

Day 1 - Lindesnes Fyr to Vigeland

The first 4 days of this trip are by road. As you can see, there is no snow and the summer route over the hills this one big big/marsh. So, 27km on tarmac it is.

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Packing 200kg of re supplies is not exciting
Norway preparation, Norge pa Langs, Nordic Skiing, Norway Neil Pitts 12/31/21 Norway preparation, Norge pa Langs, Nordic Skiing, Norway Neil Pitts 12/31/21

Packing 200kg of re supplies is not exciting

Fortunately it seems that a modicum of linguistic capability is not a requirement for a short term Norwegian residents permit.

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And so it begins
Norway preparation, Norge pa Langs, Norway, Nordic Skiing Neil Pitts 12/30/21 Norway preparation, Norge pa Langs, Norway, Nordic Skiing Neil Pitts 12/30/21

And so it begins

…while I patted myself down, searched every pocket and rifled through my rucksack for about the 4th time David simply disowned me and wandered off.

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Here’s to a good night’s sleep
Norge pa Langs, Norway, Norway preparation, Equipment Neil Pitts 12/14/21 Norge pa Langs, Norway, Norway preparation, Equipment Neil Pitts 12/14/21

Here’s to a good night’s sleep

The following video shows the sleeping kit I will be carrying on our 4 month Norway ski trip, the Norge på Langs.

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Overcoming Barriers
Norge pa Langs, Norway, Norway preparation Neil Pitts 12/10/21 Norge pa Langs, Norway, Norway preparation Neil Pitts 12/10/21

Overcoming Barriers

A brief update explaining how the pack of cards nearly came tumbling down around our ears.

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The ups and downs of piling on the pounds
Norge pa Langs, Norway preparation, Norway Neil Pitts 11/14/21 Norge pa Langs, Norway preparation, Norway Neil Pitts 11/14/21

The ups and downs of piling on the pounds

I need to put on weight. I don’t have a great deal of spare body fat at the best of times and, as usual, lost a bit of weight on our recent trip to Europe (I blame Mrs P’s boot camp).

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