Pole hunting is a great way to get to know your city and seek out places you've never set foot before. You can also combine it with car spotting.
It was the wife who downloaded the Stolpejakt app and started looking for posts. Now I go with her on all the trips. After our last dog was released into the "eternal hunting grounds" earlier this year, my daily walks lack meaning. Pole hunting provides an alibi to get out and visit places you wouldn't normally visit. On Sunday we went over Marienlyst, Lovisenberg, Adamstuen, the upper part of St. Hanshaugen, Bolteløkka, Bislett and Stensparken in Oslo. After 3 hours we had covered 11 km, ticked off a bunch of poles and enjoyed soft ice cream at St. Hanshaugen and cold beer in Stensparken. And when you walk in a pleasant area, you sometimes spot special cars that you can photograph in beautiful surroundings.
On the way from the first post at "Steinrøysa neri bakken" in front of NRK's radio house, we passed a great "toad" parked with a printout of his life story on the hat shelf. The car is one Citroen ID19 from 1968 which originally belonged to a butcher in France, and which we now know follow on Facebook.
The next stage went around Lovisenberg Diakonale Sykehus. At Lovisenberg church there was one Chevy C20 pickup parked as I have seen many times before in this area. I take a picture of the car with the church in the background since it is Sunday and in the middle of church time.
On my way to a post at "Idioten" (a small park in Oslo) I spot an English-red Mercedes-Benz 230 W123. The brick-red color fits in well with the street scene.
At Bolteløkka we see one Nissan Figaro which decorates the entire street. The Figaro was only produced for the 1991 model year in 20 copies - and only with the steering wheel on the right. The cars are based on the Micra, but with a stronger turbo-fed 000 liter engine than what the standard Micra had.
Photo on Saturday
On Saturday we were out on a different errand than pole hunting. I am therefore bringing a couple of photos from Stokke in Vestfold on the occasion of "Stokke days" - an event for the trade stand. Stokke Veteran Carriage Club had exhibited a couple of cars at the church in the rain. The real eye-catcher was a stroke Massey Ferguson 35 who stood at the branch of Oak machine. It was Eikmaskin that in its time sold these tractors that succeeded the popular "Gråtass" model.