Notes from the North

A little walk through Sweden

6. No company |

Strange day today. The young boy scouts probably felt a little insecure in the company of an older lady, so they chose to completely ignore me. They answered very politely if I asked them something, but otherwise they just went about their business. It didn’t...

5. Company |

A slightly longer stage, with a lot of road walking. It was good bye to the sea and hello to the forrest for real. At the nights shelter I have  company of a group of scouts from Denmark, preparing Pizza and Pasta bolognese over the fire. Lovely lads out on a walk...

4. The dream of North |

The idea for this walk emerged during the weeks of chemotherapy back in 2008, in which I was quite unwell. I had read two books, ‘A woman in the Polarnight’, by Christiane Ritter and ‘Tage- und Nächtebücher aus Lappland’ von Siegrid Damm (sadly this is not translated...

2. Soft start |

The day arrived for me to start my adventure. I woke up early with a million butterflies in my tummy. My friends Nina and Lise drove me to Helsingør and waved goodbye. Arriving in Helsingborg, 27 cannon shots were fired from Kronborg castle in honour of my departure....