A very memorable day out yesterday with fine views on the two hour walk up from the Preikestolhytte car park and for twenty minutes on the Pulpit Rock itself before the cloud rolled in and left us in whiteout conditions.
We bought combined bus and ferry tickets for 250 and 125 kr each on the ferry to Tau which leaves from the Fiskeperterminal in town. The journey by ferry takes about forty minutes with around 30 scenic minutes on the bus before reaching the HI hostel and newish DNT hut at the start of the path. The actual walk up took us about two hours.
The path is excellent with boardwalks over muddy areas and rock paving over the majority of the route so I had made the right decision in favouring a pair of Rockport sandals over my walking boots when packing for this trip.
It rained off and on during the climb. I regret keeping the camera under wraps until we were close to the rock because the views are spectacular with some airy balcony sections over long drops.
The views from the top were fantastic.
The cloud rolled in quite suddenly. It began to rain heavily. The cliffs around us were soon running with water. We stayed for some time until it was clear that the rain had settled in before regretfully starting the descent. The 1830 bus arrived at the car park shortly after we did and whisked us back to the ferry. We cheated and took a taxi back to the hostel from the docks in Stavanger.
Cooked a boil in the bag meal of meatballs, mashed potatoes, and redcurrants after a hot shower and spent a very pleasant evening talking to Alex and Gemma from NZ who are near the end of a three month trip that began in Beijing and will see them in Iceland next week.
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