Kategori: The Quiet Picture
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My friend has planned a nice itinerary to show me the best of Skåne. Since I started my travels in 2013 with the first Iceland trip, I’ve kept an open mind about every place I visit. The idea is that whatever I will see is new to me, so it doesn’t really matter exactly what…
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I had a long day yesterday. 650 km in the car, and two highpoints on the way (Dalsland and Bohuslän), but I made it to the camping in Kungsvik as scheduled. It had been a warm and sunny day, but it’s still only spring and I woke up to a frosty tent and car. I…
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April can be a bit of everything. There’s still plenty of skiing to be done, but hiking is also an option. Well, if you’re desperate like I am. Last week when I was skiing on Flåten, I saw that the ridge of Lill-Skarven was free of snow. No snow = hiking! So today I drove…
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When you’re desperate for some hiking, you’ll go through any obstacle to reach the goal… like wading in soft, wet snow up to my thighs. The way up to the top of Funäsdalsberget was a bit more challenging than usual! I actually tried it already last week but then I had to turn back when…
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With these warm temperatures we’ve been having, I’ve started visiting the south-east side of Funäsdalssjön to check the birds in the open water. The swans, goldeneyes and mallards arrived a long time ago, but today I finally saw the birds I had been waiting for – cranes! There were eight of them, but I heard…
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So now I’ve done that, too. Skied to Helags, ate a waffle, and skied back to Kläppen! Awesome warm weather but unfortunately very hazy so the sky wasn’t so nice. When I sat down for fika on the way, I was wondering what that odd smell was. Not unpleasant, just odd. As in new. And…
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A little after work skiing on Flåten today in the mild and sunny weather we’ve been having. Had a look at Livsäterån and found some snow patterns which haven’t melted away yet.
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So now that’s done – I’ve skied to the top of Ånnfjället! I’ve wanted to summit the mountain with home as the starting point almost since I moved here. And since the mountain has quite friendly slopes on the south side, it is perfect for cross-country skiing. And that makes it much easier to do…
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I have done 36 of the ”60 toppar” project so far. #37 will be special – it’s the first one I will do on skis! The nights are still insanely cold. It was -27°C this morning so I was in no hurry at all to leave. The days are very long, so there’s no need…
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Kicked off the Easter by checking out the Fjällspåret Nordic Ski trail in Tänndalen. It goes up on the mountain so the views are nice, but alas, the whole thing is spoiled by the lift systems. And because of the lifts, people have easy access to the mountain so there are tracks everywhere, and when…