Scandinavian lightweight backpacking
Skåne county, Halland county, Blekinge county, Västra Götaland county are some of the areas not far from Copenhagen and where I hike frequently.
"Before heading off to bed I placed all my garbage down in the shelter by the lake so no wild boar would find my camp interesting in the middle of the night. However, it turned out that something or better said someone else would invade my camp later at midnight ..." Day 1 - Friday …
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Starting at Röstånga, Sweden I hike past Lake Oden and continue to Skäralid 6.7 km. From here I climb the 200 m high stairs to Kopparhatten viewpoint and then hike downwards on the ancient road Offavägen to the bottom of the gorge where I follow the stream Skärån until it merges into Dejebäcken Creek at …
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I was accompanied by Clemens aka @forrestechs on IG and his wife. We started at Bökestad and hiked by Fuglabacken along Lake Raslången, N. Gillesnäs, Olofström, Lake Halen and back to Bökestad (38.3 km). Friday July 19th 2019 After work on Friday afternoon I drove home, took a quick shower and then travelled over the …
The Bohusleden trail consists of 27 stages, which offers over 350 km of scenic and varied walking. It stretches from Lindome in the south to Strömstad in the north. Thursday May 30, 2019 Continuing my section hike of the trail, I travelled this time by car from Copenhagen to Lund, where I picked up my …
Genarp to Snogeholm to Genarp - 55 km in 24 hours Saturday May 18th 2019 Leaving home at 07:20 am I drove my car through the tunnel under the Øresund sound and then over the bridge between Denmark and Sweden. At 8:15 am I arrived at Genarp where I continued to drive through town until …
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Official finish of my 3 year & over 1100 km section hike of the Skåneleden Long Distance Trail in Sweden. On April 19, 2019 I hiked sub-trail SL2 section 18 finishing at Malmö which marks the “official finish” of my just over 3 year section hike of the Skåneleden Trail. I have covered more than …
Falsterbo is ranked number 6 in the top birding sites in Europe, with over 350 species recorded. They say that about 500 million birds leave Scandinavia every autumn, with most of them passing through Falsterbo, before crossing the Sound to Denmark. Saturday April 6th 2019 At 06:30 am I departed Copenhagen and drove over the …
Friday March 22nd, 2019 On arrival at Malmö central train station I found a suitable place to purchase a coffee to go and made my way out of the busy terminal. The time was just after 11:00 am when I began the walk out of Malmö heading north up to Bjärred. This walk is SL5 …
Continuing from where I finished off last year at Höganäs I hiked sections 5, 6, 7 & 8 to Landskrona and covered about 58 km. I also completed the Kullaleden Trail on this adventure. It is one 70 km section of the Skåneleden trail SL 5 around the Kullahalvön Peninsula. Thursday February 14, 2019 I …
This year I decided to escape Copenhagen on New Year's Eve and retreat to the Swedish wilderness; a place where I find not loneliness but solitude. For years now I have griped about the hyped up celebrations every year on December 31. For people here it's a huge social event with even more expensive food …
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