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As New Year approached, we felt the need to get some proper outdoor time. Something other than a trip to the supermarket or a quick walk squeezed into a lunch break. We ventured out into the snow on Christmas Day but that was definitely more of a waddle after a
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The hike to Tornbergets utsiktstorn was an even split of good and bad luck. We boarded the train and I realised my phone had restarted — a problem because my sim adds a passcode lock after restart. I didn't have the passcode to hand so we ended up finding
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Rain was forecast last weekend but we really wanted to head out for a hike, so we said sod the weather and did it anyway. These photos are quite dark and moody! It was finally cool enough to wear our proper hiking boots again, which was good because we never
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Saturday started with a layer of suncream and a generous spritz of mosquito spray. I'd been looking forward to some fresh air and a proper walk all week... keeping my fingers crossed for decent weather. Luckily we didn't have to go far to find this amazing
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An abundance of accessible wild spaces is one of the things I love most about Sweden — the country has a principle called Allemansrätt which gives every person the right to roam free in nature. You may think we travelled some distance out of Stockholm to find a lake surrounded by
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Sunday was adventure day. We packed the BioLite stove, tins of beans, bread, butter, a flask of hot chocolate and some inedible essentials, and walked up to the forest to meet friends. The weather couldn't have been better sunshine; blue skies and frost on the ground. This is
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The hike from Bergsjön, towards Aspen lake was glorious. Fourteen miles through atmospheric forest with lake views and rugged trails. We started following unnamed trails to begin with and later joined part of the Bohusleden trail. As with all our hikes in Gothenburg, it was largely desserted at this time
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It's no secret I love exploring and spending time outdoors. When I'm not, I spent a fair amount of time reading and daydreaming about it so I've put together a list of adventure related books, films and short stories that inspired me during 2018.
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I had two birthday wishes this year. One was to do absolutely nothing and recharge (films, personal projects, nice food etc) and the other was eating breakfast in the forest. On the Sunday morning, we stuffed supplies and a stove into our rucksacks, laced our boots and headed for the
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The run up to Christmas left very little time for outdoor aventures and I started to feel like I was developing cabin fever. Time to switch off, stretch my legs and breathe plenty of fresh air always pushes a reset button in my head. Without it, I end up feeling
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Brätthäll seems to be off the beaten track. We found this peak on OpenStreetMap but no real information about it anywhere else. Forest trails and lakes were all the convincing we needed to head that way for an adventure though. Most definitely a "fixer-upper". It's a
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Djurås gave us a fantastic day of adventure. This small town is only a 20 minute train ride from Borlänge and full of trails to explore. We stepped off the train and into the forest within a few minutes — after making a pitstop at a local supermarket to stock up
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