20230723-Sør-Hidle

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TomG

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Trail stats

Distance: 10.93 nm
Elevation gain: 3 ft
Technical difficulty: Moderate
Elevation loss: 3 ft
Max elevation: 4 ft
TrailRank: 38
Min elevation: -3 ft
Trail type: Loop

Moving time: 3 hours 15 minutes
Time: 3 hours 20 minutes
Coordinates: 3506
Uploaded: July 23, 2023
Recorded: July 2023

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near Dynene, Rogaland (Norge)

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Itinerary description

At sunrise it was still a bit cloudy and I thought the sunglasses were the wrong choice. After an hour into the tour it cleared. The summer seems to end - at least that’s what the wild geese say. They started tracking south. I passed the seabird sanctuary Hidlekjeøya. At the end of the month the season is over and one can land on the island again. Further North lies the small island Prestholmen. Nice rock formations and a few trees. Here I turned East towards the northern tip of Sør Hidle. At this location Flor & Fjære is located - a wordplay flowers and low tide instead of high (flo) and low tide. A large restaurant feeds the visitors before or after they walked through the flower park. In protected areas palm trees and lemons grow.
I rounded Sør Hidle and crossed 3km open fjord back to Egrøy. By the time the water became a mirror - no wind.

Waypoints

Roaldsøy

Sunglasses seemed the wrong choice.

Langøy South

The sun is making an attempt.

Davidsholmen

The favorite spot today.

Guleskjæret

It starts to clear

Austre Åmøy

The green Austre Åmøy is bathing in the morning sun. Rennesøy in the background.

Hidlekjeøya

Still lots of bird noise on the island.

Hidlekjeøya North

Looking to Brimse, the next inhabited island further north.

Hidlekjeøya North

Looking into the Mastrafjord.

Prestholmen

The small island Prestholmen.

Prestholmen

Looking South

Flor og Fjære

Flower park, artificial waterfall included.

Sør Hidle North

Looking northeast into Fognafjorden, which continues as Fisterfjorden - a long distance, more than 20 km.

Flor oh Fjære

Part of the park, a small bridge to Maglaholmen, left.

Tau

Looking East towards Tau and Strand. The clouds are clearing. Some fog still sits in the Tysdal valley.

Studhammaren

On the eastern side of Sør Hidle. A new perspective on the island Heng and Idse.

Studhammaren

Looking south - big boulders left by the glaciers. At the southern end of Sør Hidle there are some mountains covered with forest. Going by the sound, some sheep were bleating in the woods.