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.