We took the same route today as we usually do. Spring is here in the lower parts of Oslo, but there is still lots of snow in the forest. There will be skiing conditions for several weeks more I guess, but maybe one has to start further and further up, and maybe one will need to frequently take on and off skis to pass patches without snow. Anyhow, we'll probably enjoy life on the sea instead of going skiing in the upcoming weekends.
This lake is called "Badedammen", it was artificially made to "compensate" the locals when the lake above, Steinbruvann, was made into drinking water reservoir. Today Steinbruvann has again become a bathing lake.
Is the ice safe? I think it probably is, but best not to take any chances. QUICK, GET UP FROM THERE BEFORE YOUR MOTHER SEE THIS!
Quite much water in the streams and rivers. Quite much water dripping and running "everywhere". Spring is here, too, just in another shape than by the coastline.
My family is dressed pretty well. I was going in just a t-shirt, and I didn't even care to bring spare clothes with me. It was fine - though, quite big local temperature differences. Like, in this very uphill it was suddenly like the air was some 4-5C warmer than hundred metres earlier. And it was not due to my internal heat increasing while climbing the hill.
At some places the skiing track was very wet. In some few days it will be a patch without snow here. Some places like this the water is colored (other places it's clear), my children was commenting that probably someone had been peeing there. What causes the coloring?
This was the main road between Oslo and Bergen for some time (1724-1873 if I remember right). This viaduct is massive, even though it maybe doesn't look so impressive on the photos.
(not in chronological order, the photo below was taken on the return trip)
We turned around at the crossroad to Skytta. I've been here many times, but I've never realized how much civilization there is around just here. It's the borderland between "marka" and the civilization. We're just outside the Oslo municipality border.
Not much visible on the picture, but we found this signpost where it said "MÅL" (meaning goal, target, finish ... in this context, "finish line"), so we decided that was the end of our trip; time to turn around and go home.
I hate it when they start like this. The youngest decides to walk on the top of the skis of the middle one, despite I've said over and over again that she should not do that. The middle one resolutely pushes the smaller one, despite I've told him over and over again that it's not the right way to handle such conflicts.
... anyhow, it was the water I was going to photograph ....
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