Had a great hiking holiday during my summer vacation. Headed a little north in Sweden (just above Åre actually) and spent three days doing some fell walking.....or fell wandering as they say in Sweden. The first two days were 16km and 19km respectively...all cross country. It was easier than i expected though, and it helped that we had prepared well. The cabins we were staying overnight at were so remote that all supplies were airlifted in by helicopter. There were no roads to them at all...period!
The walking was fun though, and the scenery fantastic. Reminded me a lot of Scotland though which was odd. We were very lucky with the weather as well actually. It only really rained on the second day, and for me at least i welcomed it. Klara didnt though....she would have much prefered sunshine?! In my opinion i thought it was a great for keeping cool and fresh. On that note, i was also very happy with my new thermos. Such a small pleasure, but one that i had forgotten since coming to Sweden. A really really strong brewed cup of tea!
The last day we managed to walk 12km in 2 hours 15 minutes. I thought this was not to bad considering it was cross country and we had done 35km in the previous couple of days. Anyway. Had great fun, and hope to do it again sometime in the future, perhaps even further north.
Asok cam to visit over the weekend as part of his summer vacation. The weather was great and after a day at Lådbilslandet (for the kids) we went out to Ingrids mums house and had beers and a barby. I had a great time....and Taras even promised he was going to atually write something for designertechniques.....so did Asok!!! A great weekend. Back to work on monday though. I should not complain really...in the last three months i have only worked two weeks!
Had a great hiking holiday during my summer vacation. Headed a little north in Sweden (just above Åre actually) and spent three days doing some fell walking.....or fell wandering as they say in Sweden. The first two days were 16km and 19km respectively...all cross country. It was easier than i expected though, and it helped that we had prepared well. The cabins we were staying overnight at were so remote that all supplies were airlifted in by helicopter. There were no roads to them at all...period!
The walking was fun though, and the scenery fantastic. Reminded me a lot of Scotland though which was odd. We were very lucky with the weather as well actually. It only really rained on the second day, and for me at least i welcomed it. Klara didnt though....she would have much prefered sunshine?! In my opinion i thought it was a great for keeping cool and fresh. On that note, i was also very happy with my new thermos. Such a small pleasure, but one that i had forgotten since coming to Sweden. A really really strong brewed cup of tea!
The last day we managed to walk 12km in 2 hours 15 minutes. I thought this was not to bad considering it was cross country and we had done 35km in the previous couple of days. Anyway. Had great fun, and hope to do it again sometime in the future, perhaps even further north.
Managed to arrange my first loan of a Scania truck. Was pretty simple to arrange so i hope to borrow one very soon in the future with a fully loaded semi trailer as well. Oh the fun!!!! Anyway, this truck was pretty cool, and the Opticruise was pretty easy to use. Took the truck to visit Ingrid, and actually spent the night in it. Was Ok to sleep in...although I could not figure out exactly how the night heater worked. After a visit to Ingrid, i took it north to Sundsval and Klaras folks place. Had a nice couple of days there before bringing the truck...and Klara back to Södertälje. Looking forward to getting my hands on a V8 now!
