Kategori: Sverige
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Somehow the weather got the best of me. Of course, it’s nice to have warm sunshine so I shouldn’t complain, it’s better than constant rain for sure. But then there’s the feeling that I’m here too early in the season. And I’m really getting fed up with having to hike up mountains, yes I get…
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I probably shouldn’t say this but I’m getting fed up with the sunshine. I’m one of those people who can’t wait, so I get up early and go on my excursions despite the harsh light. It’s actually not always so bad with flowers, because it can really bring out the colours… but it also creates…
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Time to concentrate on other flowers than just orchids all the time. The logical place for flowers of all sorts is the Hamrafjället mountain, so I took the trail to the meadows and then up to the peak. This is early in the season and many familiar flowers like the fragrant orchid and moor-king are…
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This is turning out to be one busy holiday. Day after I came back from Gotland, my sister came for a visit. I had promised to show her my favourite stomping grounds – the mountains. So we drove up, regardless of the weather (raining), did some hiking and came back and did some local sightseeing…
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June started with a real heatwave that lasted for a week. Then it cooled down, and stayed that way pretty much the month out. At least we got some rain. NB: Observations missing for 7 days. * * * Temperature (High): 25°C Temperature (Low): 6°C Temperature (Average): 16°C Barometer (High): 1018 mbar Barometer (Low): 990…
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5 av 60 toppar i Funäsfjällen Det har gått tre år sedan den förra toppturen. Nu vet jag om 60 toppar och Stor-Axhögen blev min första topp som jag gjorde specifikt för att det är med i listan. Och Stor-Axhögen är definitivt en mycket större utmaning än de första fyra topparna jag gjorde, så nu…
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I’m sitting on the ferry on my way back to the mainland, time to kill. So here are some miscellaneous observations from Gotland. It has been a great trip, and I’m well pleased with myself to have overcome the winds so I don’t have a feeling that I missed a picture because it was blowing…
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My last day on Gotland, time for some sightseeing since my orchid hunt is over. I was actually completely unprepared for sightseeing so I hadn’t done any research on what would be worth seeing – I had expected to spend my entire visit with the orchids. So I just looked at my roadmap which had…
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There are two more orchids on my list that I might be able to find – burnt orchid (Orchis ustulata) and marsh orchid (Orchis palustris). On my way south, I stopped at every place I had marked as a potential site for the burnt orchid, but came up empty each time. I think I’m too…
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The day dawned rainy. And windy. Definitely not a flower photographer’s dream weather, but I wasn’t discouraged. It just takes a bit more work, that’s all. I drove to Kallgatburg in search of the narrow-leaved marsh-orchid (Dactylorhiza traunsteineri) and I was happy to find them – except now that I looked at one and confirmed…