I have a bit of a headache (probably from fighting with the weather this morning – I am just thawing and drying out now).
Anyway, I didn’t take any photos today as we were de-worming/fluking sheep and none of them helpful.
So, in the spirit of going through more of my photos from our trip to Norway in 2017, I found the bit where we travelled by horse-drawn sleigh from the encampment to the local village.
Upon arrival, we found all the horses were resting up after their hard work during the opening procession. They had blankets on to keep them warm and were given food too.


We chatted, made friends, wandered about the camp and then it was time to go.

The horses were hitched up and our drivers made us very comfortable under huge sheepskin rugs and we sat in the back of the sleigh.

It was like travelling through Narnia or being the Snow Queen. This was the home of every fairy tale.



We were accompanied by lots of singing, jingle bells and laughing.

I could not have loved this time more. So beautiful and perfect.

After a while of sedate travel, we reached our destination.

The light was beginning to go by now and the horses had worked very hard. It was time for their rest for the nigh. It was a memorable journey.

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Nice to see pictures from the martnan, I live in Trondheim. Ps I have a brother to Waffle ( from another mother). Lots of similarities between them, their father is still going strong and lives a couple of hours south of Trondheim
Aww, what is your pony called? Is he Bergli?
Actually no, Wulfert is now owned by a breeder in a place called Oppdal south of Trondheim from whom I got Træthaugs Minttu from ( Minttu is a finnish party drink). Minttu is standard black
Waffle should be a standard size but due to the neglect he received at his weaned foal stage, he’s never grown to full height. Wulfert is gorgeous.