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Route: Trollhättan to Bjursjön (Uddevalla), via Glimmingen Waking up to a fresh hotel breakfast was lovely — a traditional Swedish breakfast buffet with eggs, rye, herring, juice shots, yogurt, cheese and some homemade items including granola and jam. A cat made its way into the dining room and it was a
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Route: Stora Hästevatten to Trollhättan (via Lilla Edet) Morning was bright and calm. We fell into our usual routine of brewing tea and eating breakfast by the lake, dusting the forest off our gear, repacking our bags etc. We began our journey back to civilisation to refuel. There hadn'
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Route: Kronsjön to Stora Hästevatten We woke up to patchy sunshine and a calm lake. Purifying water was the first job of the day because that meant we could make tea and porridge for breakfast. Both enjoyed perched on a big rock overlooking the lake. I could have sat there
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Route: Romesjöns Badplats to Kronsjön Notes: Kronsjön isn't listed on Google Maps but is on other map apps like Organic Maps (we love this one). Our day began with hot tea in the leaky shelter. The ground was still completely waterlogged and our socks were still damp, despite
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Route: Bohus to Romesjöns Badplats Our day started with a terrible hotel breakfast, in a dining room that looked like it hadn't been decorated since the 80's. And I suspect that some of the food they laid out had also been in the fridge since the
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Route: Stockholm to Bohus (Västra Götalands) via Göteborg I'm usually a little slow out of bed when my alarm goes off in the morning. One exception is when adventure lays ahead. Eight days hiking the Bohusleden trail, this time. Just before we left, Scott Googled the trail and
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June was full of heat, heat and more heat. As well as graduation trucks, sunbathers, Swedish strawberries, long days and short nights, Midsommar ads, floral dresses, rambunctious seagulls, queues at ice cream shops and bright pelargoniums. The photo of these girls with heads full of rollers is my favourite from
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One of our recent UK visitors requested nature time and Erstaviksbadet was at the top of our list. The Saltsjöbanan train line usually takes us here but Scott made the horrifying discovery that it would be closed for the rest of the year. I felt sad at the prospect of
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Spring was very mild when it finally arrived, so we headed to Fjäderholmarna a little earlier in the year than usual. We also had two sets of visitors and took them both there because this place is the perfect island hop experience. Although the boat journey from Stockholm is only
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May was a burst of heat, t-shirts and Birkenstocks, cherry blossom, boats moving back to the water, bright green leaves, the return of pop-up fruit stands and outdoor dining. Spring rattled past very quickly this year, especially considering there was still snow on the ground in early April, and we&
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Aside from hiking to Sjalsö, the rest of our time on Gotland was centred around Visby innerstad. I ended up with a few random photos, so this post is a collection of moments captured on my phone and camera, in no particular order. We usually visit Gotland earlier or later
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Our latest Gotland adventure feels like such a long time ago already (it has only been a few weeks really). We were really looking forward to disconnecting from everyday life, and started counting down the days until we set sail, as soon as we'd booked the trip! Bright
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