by Mumrikan | Apr 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
Unlike yesterday when walking was a bit tedious, today was great. Yesterday I walked mostly on gravel roads. There was very little traffic, but it just wasn’t as exciting and not as fun to walk on in the long run. Today, on the other hand, it was very varied...
by Mumrikan | Apr 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Water is a precious commodity. You know this in theory, but it becomes even clearer when it’s hard to find some. The last thing I thought I’d have to worry about is water in Sweden. But the landscape seems really dry. Many small streams have simply dried...
by Mumrikan | Apr 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Today I had to make a detour to a small town. Partly to buy a few things, but mostly to charge my devices. Just 25 years ago, you didn’t have to think about such things. But today it’s almost impossible without it. I found a pizzeria and was able to...
by Mumrikan | Apr 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by Mumrikan | Apr 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by Mumrikan | Apr 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
