Pedlastoi

This area is called Pedlastoi and it is another sheltered mooring place. It is named after a farmboy who served here called Pelle. Kjødnes was a large farm in days gone by, but I arrived here a little later. On the hill that you are now passing to your left hand side is a burial mound, dating to the bronze or iron age. Important people were buried in such mounds, with open views, often visible from the water which was at that time the fjord, from all directions. That was so that they could enjoy the beautiful view from the mound after their death You on the other hand can find a bench up there where you can enjoy the magnificent view in real life. The centre of Sogndal is actually just a short distance away from ‘FJØRAO’, those who live here know what that means, and those who don’t always wonder what Fjørao has to do with anything. Many of the people that lived in Fjørao were so called beach dwellers, they lived in small boat houses inside the bay, and made a living from fishing and renting out their labour. In the 1800s the number of tourists began to increase and they began to make money from the tourists, and the tourist industry continues to be important here to the present day. In the 1800’s, an English tourist wrote a description of a typical ‘Sogninger’, as dark and short, with small hands and feet, and a bow legged rocking gait. They reminded him of Neopolitans!