This week for our self organised trip Miriam and I decided we would camp on Odderoya, as the weather was good and we had been to Odderoya before this seemed like a nice idea. Here is our original plan:

Self Organised hiking trip: 2 days and nights, Odderoya and Flekkeroya Kirby & Miriam.

Monday 16th 4pm: Leave Kristiansand and walk to Odderoya Fyr (5km) Overnight in tent, camp fire and fishing.

Tuesday 17th: Leave at around 10.30am and head back into Kristiansand. Walk to Flekkeroya (14 – 15km) Following a map practise with compass work, overnight in tent and camp fire.

Wednesday 18th: Leave Flekkeroya around 11am after breakfast, take transport back home to Kristiansand

Packing list:

Tent

Gas

Stove

2 x Insulation mat

Sleeping bag

Down jacket

Spare socks

Wollen underwear

Fleece

Waterproofs

Hat/gloves

First aid kit

Map & Compass

Headtorch

Food:

Dinner: 1 x Potatoes and cheese 1 x Rice with curry and broccoli

Breakfast: Oats and nuts

Lunch: Soup, bread, bars, fruit and chocolate

Emergency: Return to Kristiansand

Numbers: Miriam 94292765

We left home at around 4pm and walked to Odderoya, we found a good place to camp by the lighthouse pretty quick as we had been here before. We set everything up and had a

little walk around the area, we knew this place quite well. In the evening some friends came also to Odderoya and we had a camp fire together where we made dinner. For me this was the first camp fire i have done completely alone and i was so happy that it was successful!.. with a bit of help! We also got chance to do a bit of fishing but unfortunately we didn’t catch anything.

 

Day 2:

In the morning we woke quite early as we knew we had far to walk. Once we put down the tent and packed our things we left Odderoya and walked back into the city where we would set off to Flekkeroya another beautiful island. Although we knew the direction to Flekkeroya we followed the map most of the way but we had to stay on main paths and roads as there was no hiking route to follow. This was not a problem but also not so enjoyable. We finally arrived on the island in the afternoon where Nadine (who lives there) met us and showed us to a good spot by the coast where we could camp. This was the first time i have been to this island and it seemed very nice. In the evening we had bad weather so we decided to stay with Nadine for a few hours where we could stay warm before heading to the tent to sleep. We had a really good nights sleep as always..

Day 3:

We woke up early again because the sun was up nice and early. This morning the weather was good so it was nice to get up out of the tent. We packed away our things and decided to take the bus back to Kristiansand as we didn’t want to walk along the main streets again.

Learning Outcomes: This was a really nice trip and we got chance to see some of the islands around Kristiansand, which i hadn’t seen before. It was nice to plans and do this trip together as we could go at our own pace the whole time and there was no one who was rushing us to be somewhere. We got chance to fish for the first time and even though it was unsuccessful we had a lot of fun trying! We stuck to our original plan and it seemed that we worked well together when planning this trip as we had the same goals and ideas which made it easier.