Hardangervidda – Crossing the Uplands
It is an August morning in 1615. Most of the inhabitants of Eidfjord have assembled down by the fjord, in Vik. They are waiting for the bishop. A small group standing a bit further out at Stavanes are the first to catch a glimpse of the boat, bearing down with full sails west of Erdal. A horseman rides at full speed to the church at Lægreid to tell the pastor who is making the final preparations for the visitation: The bishop’s boat, with bishop Scavenius on board, is on its way in the Hareid sea!