lightweight backpacking – ultralightbackpacking
Pack weight 8.7kg Photos on Flickr Thursday May 5th 2016 Start at Ry train station 4pm. I have been looking forward to this trip for some time now. I have been busting to try out my new Cumulus Quilt 250. With the night temperatures between 5 to 10 degrees Celsius, it was a perfect time …
Pack weight 8.8kg Photos on Flickr Friday April 15th 2016 We meet at Bökestad parking area at 3pm. The drive from Copenhagen takes about 2.5 hours. The first stage takes us along the SL1 trail from Bökestad to an area near Bäen and about 5-6km. This is a primitive camping area with no facilities and …
Total pack weight 9kg including food and 1 ltr water Photos on Flickr Saturday March 5th 2016 Not far from home is the Mølleådalen region which was created in the last ice age. Stretching from Furesø to where Mølleådalen runs into Øresund. The hike starts at Farum train station at 11am. We hike on gravel …
Continue reading "Mill Stream Path (Mølleåstien) – Farum to Buresø"
Total pack weight aprox. 9kg Photos on Flickr Friday February 19th 2016 We start in the town Ry near Silkeborg at the Ry train station. It is Friday afternoon and the time is 3pm. We pass creeks and lakes through the forest until we reach our first camp at Kallehave. The afternoon hike is about …
Total pack weight aprox. 9.5kg Photos on Flickr Saturday 30th January 2016 We all met at Röstånga at 9am. After driving 3 cars up to Klövahallar, where we will be ending the trip, we all drove back to Röstånga in one vehicle and started the hike at 10am. I have never been to this area before so I …
Continue reading "Skåneleden Trail SL3 Sections 2, 3, 4 & part of 5"
As a teenager growing up in Australia I spent many nights in the outdoors whilst on weekend hikes. However, after living in Scandinavia for more than twenty-five years, I didn't have any experience in winter hiking and camping in this part of the world. So I decided to introduce myself to it by joining a …
Saturday November 28th 2015 Early Saturday morning at 5:32 AM I boarded the local S train and changed to the Intercity Train in Høje Tåstrup, where I travelled to Svendborg on the island of Fyn in the south of Denmark. Arrival time at Svendborg was 8:04 AM. I made my way down to the harbour …
Continue reading "Hiking on Ærø Island on the Archipelago Trail (Øhavsstien)"
Revised/Updated Jan 2019 This is my first blog post for Brian Outdoors. I grew up in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia but I have lived in Denmark for some 25 years. As a teenager I did many “Boy Scout” hikes in south-east Queensland, Australia. My old Scout master was ex-army and we were put through all sorts …
