Weekend trip

Ready to go. Waiting for my friends to pick me up.
Then one hours drive north of Gothenburg to the deep forrest of Svartedalen ("Black valley").
Lots of small and clear lakes. The water is drinkable. Good!
UL euqipment but a bit heavier food. We will have delicious meals morning, lunch and dinner.
Brought the Lunar Solo, but its possible we sleep in the shelters along the trail.
The plan is to walk a few kilometers tonigth and the set up the camp. Tomorrow longer walk in national park. On sunday maximum 10 km back to the car. Probably time for an espresso at Bar Centro on the way home.
Report will follow.

Kinnekulle-leden II

The Lunar Solo pitched in a different way :-)
Prepairing some breakfast at the Evernew stove.
Limestone wall

Kinnekulle-leden

Last weekend I walked the trail around the hill "Kinnekulle". I was lucky with very good weather, the last days of summer. The night before it was below zero in the area.
The trail is 46 km long, and with a few extensions by me I walked about 50 km. I will recommend the trail for a two day trip. There are several shelters along the trail, but I didn't use them.
I used my Golite Jam 2 and without food and water I calculated the weight to approx 5 kilos. Added to that approx 3 kilos for eating and drinking. There where a few places to fill water, so I brought a couple of PET-bottles.
The Evernew stove was great. Did only use it with alcohol. Tried it before several times in wood burning mode. Very satisfied with both kind of fuel. Next trip I will use most wood and then Esbit as backup and in stealth mode.

View from the top of Kinnekulle. The lake Vänern in distance.

Only a very thin layer of soil over the limestone.

Planning for the weekend

Have the possibilty to take a day off this friday. So I will be heading off for som nice walking. There are a morning train directly to the area where I have intentions to spend the weekend. A small village named Hällekis close to the big lake Vänern. From there its a 45 km trail in round trip. Probably I will extend the trip to visist some historical spots south of the trail. Want to see the 11:th century church, not far away. maybe looking for more historical buildings in the area.
My equipment will be almost the same as used on my trip at Skåneleden in June. Will use the Evernew stove in woodburning mode as much as possible. Will bring som alcohol for morning coffe etc.Maybe using walking sticks as tent pole for my Lunar Solo. In Skåne I used the carbon fiber tent pole.
Need to use my Iphone during the trip, so I have to bring some backup power. Possible I borrow my friends solar charger with battery. Report will follow.

Gear in my drawer

We moved to a new house in mid June. Have not been much time for outdoor activities this summer. We have enjoyed a lovely summer with shorter walks in the neighbourhood, bathing and such. Did also a mopedtrip with on my newly restored Lambretta Luna -68. A slendid vacation.

Today, its a rainy day. Used the day to unpack a couple of boxes. This time most of my outdor gear. Found one lost UL stove and pot! Happy. Did also find the axe, the copper coffe pot and my kåsa (kuksa). So, I'm ready for the forrest.

Have some plans for a trip end of August/ beginning of September. Also an idea abt a SUL trip on a nearby trail. Will use the 20 l Salomon rucksack use for day trips. Simple food and the Golite poncho for shelter and rain gear. Report will follow.

Scooter touring

No hiking for me this week. Me and four friends are out on some moped scooter touring. Will be abt 900 km on seven days. Great fun. And I am very satisfied to get my vintage scooter for the tour. Totatally restored Lambretta Luna from 1969. The scooter was ready and running on saturday. And the trip started on sunday. Report from the trip will follow.



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Longing for outdoor actvities

Its the swedish national day today. Started the day with a trip to the theatre. The mission was to raise the flag on the flag pole on the roof. Then home for breakfast.
The week have been very busy to prepare for next weekend removal. So much things to sort, pack etc. Two complete homes will be one next week. Very happy for that.
This week will continue in same style. Added to that all work to close down the business at the theatre.
Hope for some hiking in our new home area in the future. Lovely lakes and wide forests close to the house.
One good thing with all the preparations. Did found a "lost" set of pot, pepsi can stove and stand in a box.

Weekend trip along the coast of Bjäre

Took an early afternoon train from Gothenburg to Ängelholm. Only two hours away and a train every second hour.
Went to Ängelholm at abt 16:00 hours. My plan was to get a bus north to Torekov and there catch the path of Skåneleden. But it was a lovely and warm afternoon, so I entered the trail near the the station instead. First part on bicycle paths or roads close to the water. Not a cloud. Blue sea and flowers everywhere. And its still to early of the season to be crowded. Some hours later I went to Torekov and there followed the trail. From here mostly on fields close to the water.
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Reached the camp in the evening.
Pitched my Lunar Solo with view of the sea. Cant be better!
Easly found enough small twigs for dinner at the DX. Had a cup of tea and enjoyed the life.
Next morning northbound along the trail of Skåneleden. Easy to walk and a lot to see. Flowers, threes and birds. Pretty cottages along the trail.



My plan included lunch at restaurant in Torekov followed by a big ice cream.
At the same time as I entered the trail again the was heavy fog coming in from the sea. So the afternoon was a strange walk. Wasn't able to see moore than approx hundred meters. Mostly I could se the beach and a small strip of the sea. No houses, nothing ahead...


Arrived to the cliffs of Hovs hallar. Been here before. Knew how beautiful the view are. But nonthing. Found a stealthy spot to pitch the tent when it was nearly dark.
Sunday morning the fog was gone. Spent some hours there. Breakfast on the rocks close to the water, walking around.


From here the trail leaving the coastline and you are walking in very beautiful surroundings. Forrests and fields, small farms and streams. And everywhere tousands of flowers.
Ended my trip in the village of Båstad, where I took the train back home.
Not so much of wilderness and adventures this weekend. Three days of enjoying the spring and all the beautiful flowers and conserts of birdsong. Probably back next year at the same time.

Preparing for weekend trip

5,6 kg without food, fuel and water. Thats ok.


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Evernew Ti DX notes from my first test

As you already have read here I bought the stove today.
Didn't thought that this kind of equipment should be found in my local outdoor equipment shop.
Vent to the forest not far from my house. Twenty years ago the military moved from this area. So there are lot of fields and small forest here. Perfect for a walk after work. And for testing things like this stove :-)



First I used the alcohol burner. Nice and easy. Abt 6 min later the water was boiling. A "Real-meal" for dinner. Meanwhile I picked som small twigs. Took a few minutes.


Time for test with wood. With dry twigs there where heat almost as fast as with alcohol. First three minutes heavy smoke and after thet almost no smoke at all.


I am very satisfied with my new stove. And as you can see, its fits easaly in my pot.

Second test-Wood

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First test

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Evernew Ti DX

Got it!




Bought in after lunch. Maybe there will be time for a test in the afternoon.

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Sauna and bacon weekend

Two days with some
friends in Juhas cottage 120 km north of Gothenburg. The wheather kept us from outdoor activities. Sauna and bath in the nearby stream. And in the afternoon we did some serious cooking. A dinner with only meet and cheese.


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Long weekend

Tomorrow its bank holiday in Sweden. And I'm taking one day of from work on friday. But no time for any longer trip.
Will prepare for our further removal, and then watch some basket. My some will play in a nearby game. Long time since I saw him play.
Going north on saturday for two days with a couple of friends. Barbeque, sauna and maybe some work at the owners house.
Next weekend southbound for Skåne. Will follow the footsteps of Nielsenbrown (http://www.nielsenbrownoutdoors.com/2010/04/bivy-night.html)at the trail "Skåneleden". Will be out from friday to sunday. Start at Vejbystrand and stop at Båstad railway station. Will follow the weather forecast and the decide if I will use the Lunar Solo or tarp.

New shoes

Have tried to find a shop in my area selling the Inov-8 shoes. Wasn't easy. Visited some shops in Stockholm as well, but no result. Didn't dare to buy them on the web. Always tricky for me to get shoes because of both size and shape.
Have been locking for a light shoe in GTX for comming trips.
Finaly my choise was Salomon XA PRO ULTRA GTX.



Not easy to find them in size 13, but my favorite shop, Femmans Sport in Gothenburg had them.

Last week I have tested the shoes in both rough and wet forrest as well as on hard road. Very satisfied. Will use them for daily walks until next weekend trip.

Sunday daytrip

We use to visit the stream "Säveån" in beginning of May. Its a lovely area and in this period there are millions of flowers near the stream.
Some threes had marks from beavers. Its fantastic to see what thoose small animals can do.

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Sandsjöbacka reservate

After a rainy morning we drove the 30 km south to the southern part of the Sandsjöbacka reservate. Been here a lot of times before. No need for map. It was very muddy and wet on the trail. A few kilometers later we went to the shelter. A warming fire, some hot dogs and coffe. Nice. And the dog watching everything, wrapt in a warm blanket.
We continued the trip in the lovely surroundings. Passed the little farm and some cottages and then trough the forrest to the car.