From B-P's sketchbook
In 1912, then aged 14, Donald was taken (paid for by his mother) by B-P, his uncle, on a combined vacation and fishing trip to Germany and Norway. They visited Hamburg zoo, where a Zeppelin flew overhead. They took a train which then was carried over from Sassnitz in Germany to Trollborg [sic - now Trelleborg] in Sweden on the ferry, and thence to Christiania (now Oslo) by 9pm on 29 Aug, 1912. "Put up at the Grand Hotel (in mistake for the one I wanted, the Victoria."
They visited two 1100-year-old Viking ships, then took the afternoon train to Atna. They crossed the Glommer [sic - Glomma] river near Atna by ferry - there is now a single-lane bridge - and spent the night in a 300-year-old saeter (log cabin) at Atneosen on the West bank. "Drove in a pony cart - walking a bit of the way and eating wild raspberries - via Sollien [sic - Sollia, 61.780236 N, 10.400681 E] to Uti [sic - Utti, on the north bank of the Atna river at Atnbrua] 49 kilometres."
They stayed at the little farm named Finstad (61.848997 N, 10.326471 E) 6 km East of Atnbrua, for 6 days, 1–6 September 1912, exploring and fishing in the river Atna. By 10 Dec they were back at Christiania (Oslo) where they watched Autumn manoeuvres of the Reservists and Volunteers, and sailed back to Britain on the "Eskimo", passing a fleet of Hull trawlers on the Dogger Bank.
The total cost of the trip was £51 6s 4d. Expenses in Norway were £23 9s 4d = 427 Kroner at that time.
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The paragraphs above are based on B-P's notes in the sketchbook that he used on the trip. This book was presented to the Norwegian Scouts by B-P's widow.
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