Tunnel into Moria?
May 4, 2026 Filed under Curious
Narrative pending!
Still cold in the middle of the night. Gotta keep working on the clothing layers.
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Still cold in the middle of the night. Gotta keep working on the clothing layers.
Drying the tent with the wind and occasional sun.
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Drying the tent with the wind and occasional sun.
Let’s head into town and get some breakfast!
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Let’s head into town and get some breakfast!
Very festive.
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Very festive.
Two-tone bike slung with empty cans. Why?
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Two-tone bike slung with empty cans. Why?
Honestly, the most surprising thing to me is that it hasn’t been converted to an e-bike yet.
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Honestly, the most surprising thing to me is that it hasn’t been converted to an e-bike yet.
Parked outside the cafe for a stroll around.
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Parked outside the cafe for a stroll around.
"The Paddler" in Flekkefjord. Sculpture by Annasif Dahien, unveiled June 2005.
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"The Paddler" in Flekkefjord. Sculpture by Annasif Dahien, unveiled June 2005.
The Paddler needs a scrubdown.
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The Paddler needs a scrubdown.
Civil engineer Øystein (Eystein) Berg, and Kiki
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Civil engineer Øystein (Eystein) Berg, and Kiki
So that’s where he opened his ice cream shop!
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So that’s where he opened his ice cream shop!
Pizza sandwich. Pretty good!
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Pizza sandwich. Pretty good!
Hangin’ with ma dude Ola.
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Hangin’ with ma dude Ola.
Sculpture of Ola Dekksgutt, given to the city in 1985 by the Flekkefjord Art Club.
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Sculpture of Ola Dekksgutt, given to the city in 1985 by the Flekkefjord Art Club.
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The birds have been busy here…
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The birds have been busy here…
Some pretty serious lakes and rocks up here.
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Some pretty serious lakes and rocks up here.
Time to cash in all this altitude, all at once!
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Time to cash in all this altitude, all at once!
Time to bust out the good stuff.
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Time to bust out the good stuff.
The town of Ana-Sira, at the bottom of my downhill zoom.
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The town of Ana-Sira, at the bottom of my downhill zoom.
A sign I like!
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A sign I like!
Strange name for a store, but a handy place when you’re hungry.
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Strange name for a store, but a handy place when you’re hungry.
Well of course it’s a thing here. Why be surprised?
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Well of course it’s a thing here. Why be surprised?
The state of the world! Well, according to VG and Dagbladet.
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The state of the world! Well, according to VG and Dagbladet.
See ya later, Ana-Sira…
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See ya later, Ana-Sira…
Moss-tastic!
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Moss-tastic!
Pretty big earthworks project to make a hydroelectric station.
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Pretty big earthworks project to make a hydroelectric station.
Kind of a tight squeeze!
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Kind of a tight squeeze!
Lots of downhill all of a sudden. Way in the distance you can see a tunnel I’ll eventually reach.
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Lots of downhill all of a sudden. Way in the distance you can see a tunnel I’ll eventually reach.
I bet it takes a lot of work to park a boat this big…
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I bet it takes a lot of work to park a boat this big…
Docking procedures from the other side.
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Docking procedures from the other side.
Yaaaaaay! A little tunnel! More to come…
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Yaaaaaay! A little tunnel! More to come…
So much climbing. But… What’s that weird scar across the mountainside over there?
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So much climbing. But… What’s that weird scar across the mountainside over there?
The tunnel, the bypass tunnel, and the earlier road way below to the left.
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The tunnel, the bypass tunnel, and the earlier road way below to the left.
Am I entering the lair of some group of bandits in Skyrim?
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Am I entering the lair of some group of bandits in Skyrim?
Really heavy doors, sealing one end of the tunnel. To cut down on noise and wind?
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Really heavy doors, sealing one end of the tunnel. To cut down on noise and wind?
The rest of the bike path out of the tunnel.
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The rest of the bike path out of the tunnel.
There’s that big ship. way down there…
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There’s that big ship. way down there…
Getting late. Good thing I’m almost to the next campground.
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Getting late. Good thing I’m almost to the next campground.
The temperature is dropping a bit lower every night…
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The temperature is dropping a bit lower every night…
For only a little more money, I got this cool round room! Hooray for the "off season"!
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For only a little more money, I got this cool round room! Hooray for the "off season"!
Heaping a pile of gear onto the table.
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Heaping a pile of gear onto the table.