I took this photo from the ship as we were leaving Olden. It’s a local hotel and has Art Deco/Moderne styling but may be later in construction:-

There’s a turf-roofed chalet to the right of centre on this photo of the hillside behind the pier:-

The locals gave us a flag-waving send-off:-

There was someone in one of the higher up chalets waving a Union Jack but I didn’t manage to get the picture. The ones on the pier had a musical accompaniment:-

Looking up to Lake Floen from falls on Oldeelva river:-

On the way back to Olden village we decided not to take the road again but to walk the path on the other side of the river.

This required walking across wooden catwalks/bridges. You can see other such walkways in photos in previous posts:-

One of them had this small bird (a dipper?) perched on it

Looking back towards the falls:-

There was a path of sorts – more suitable for bikes really – but eventually after having to cross some grass we hit on a semi-metalled road. This was the view back up towards the lake:-

Part of Oldeelva river:-

Before we reached Lake Floen on our walk up from Olden we came to a bridge over the River Oldeelva just where it spills over a falls. The river is quite fast moving here. Worth a video or two I thought:-

From over the bridge:-

Both of those were shot looking up towards the lake. This one is looking down towards Olden:-

Looking down towards Olden from the falls:-

After our stroll through Olden village we walked the road up past the new Olden Church – an older church building is in the centre of the village – in search of the lake we had been told wasn’t far away. The road runs beside the Oldeelva river for a while. It reminded me a bit of Scottish rivers.

River Oldeelva, Olden, Norway:-

The new church is in a typical Norwegian style:-

Closer view:-

Olden Church from graveyard. Note guy wires. According to the information in the link above a huge storm moved the church by 60 centimetres in 1967. The wires are to make sure that doesn’t happen again:-

Altar and stained glass, Olden Church:-

Organ loft:-

Looking back to Olden from a bit further up the road. The church and the SS Black Watch can be seen in centre of picture with the Oldeelva river meandering through in foreground.:-

Reflections in Nordfjord, Olden, Norway:-

Misty mountain and reflections in Nordfjord:-

Head of Nordfjord, Norway, looking towards Olden, SS Black Watch in background:-

SS Black Watch and hill overlooking Nordfjord:-

SS Black Watch berthed, Olden, Norway:-

Most of this set of photos were taken on a walk we made from Olden towards Loen Fjord. As we were making our way a strange disturbance of the water on Nordfjord made its way in from the seaward end of the fjord. I supposed it might have been the tide coming in but we were so far from the open sea there were no waves as such.

The views and the open water to the left as we made our way westwards with the hills on the other side reminded me of the road from Helensburgh, 8 miles north of Dumbarton, towards Rhu and the Gareloch. The mouth of Loen Fjord (photo taken from Nordfjord, when sailing away from Olden) is flanked by higher mountains though:-

Olden is a small anchorage at the end of the Nordfjord, Norway. The town is no more than a village and sits at the mouth of the Oldeelva river on the southern shore of the Nordfjord.

The houses there are typically Norwegian, built of wood and traditionally constructed:-

Except some of them have turfed roofs:-

This building looks a bit small to be a house but note the mountainous backdrop:-

Mountains also line the Oldeelva River Valley:-