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A TRIP TO THE JOTUNHEIM. 
(Illustrated by the Lantern). 
By SAMUEL POPE, Esq., March 28th, 1916. 
Recorder oj Burnley. 
The purport of the lecture was to indicate by a series of 
views the character of the scenery to be enjoyed on the 
high plateau of the Jotunheim and the suitability of the 
district for a walking holiday. For a first visit, a steamer 
journey direct to the selected point of entry to the mountain 
country was not recommended, and the lecturer in fact 
began ‘the story of his travels at Stavanger. From this 
point the journey was made up the beautiful Bukken Fjord 
to Sand, a charming resting place at which to recruit from 
what has gone before and for what will come after in the 
way of travel. 
From Sand the well-known overland route to Odde, or 
the Sor Fjord, was followed. The scenery on this route 
is of the most varied and attractive kind and includes the 
Suldals Vand with its precipitous rock walls and the gorge 
scenery of the Bratlands valley. The road through the 
Brattansdal is the pride of Norwegian engineers, and the 
scenery has justified the expenditure. Pleasant upland 
country is reached above the gorge and the road, after passing 
by the side of several lakes, is carried to the snowline by 
a notable zig-zag ascent at Breifond and an even more strik- 
ing descent to the Laatefos waterfalls and Odde. This part 
of the route was adequately depicted by a series of views. 
From Odde down the Sor Fjord to Fide and thence to 
Ulvik was the next stage. I'lvik is deserving of notice as 
a charming resting place. From Ulvik a long drive past 
Gravensvand to Vossvangen and thence to Stalheim, the 
Naerodal and Gudvangen, brings the traveller once more 
to sea water. The traveller should time his arrival at Stal- 
heim for the afternoon as the lighting of the. famous Naerodal 
is then the most favourable for viewing it. At Gudvangen 
