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Europe » Sweden » Jämtland County » Bräcke July 4th 2018

There was no way but to go slowly this morning. The S:t Olavsleden route was constrained between the lake shore and the railway line. These, I assume, are relatively level, but the path through the forest managed to climb and fall, twist and turn, and generally present as convoluted a way as possible to proceed. While it might have been technically difficult, it was also quite wonderful to be well away from the main road for a change. Trains did disrupt the quiet, but never for long. Although the road was closer in the afternoon, and had to be walked on for some short stretches, most of the time was on forest path and gravel roads. I had arranged to stay with the Martinsson family, in Rita's studio by the lake. What a pleasure this was. ... read more

Europe » Sweden » Jämtland County » Bräcke July 3rd 2018

Revsunds prästgärd is run by Rueben, a Dutchman who was involved in creating the S:t Olavsleden route from the many individual routes that came together and linked up. The signage alone is clearly a massive undertaking, with everything from small 20mm or so square tiles on stakes, through 50mm or so signs on a variety of square and oblong red painted timber boards and hung, nailed, screwed and strapped to posts, trees etc, and finally big welcome signs at various county and local government boundaries. Revsunds is also a meeting place where several of the St Olav routes meet in Sweden before heading off again in different ways to Trondheim. So I put in a pretty big day to get here from Mordviken (Murder Bay). Most of the morning was spent on quiet roads and forest ... read more

Europe » Sweden » Jämtland County » Bräcke July 2nd 2018

This day didn't start that auspiciously. The route stayed on roads of one form or another until after Bräcke, and it appears that I walked past an opportunity to collect a pilgrim stamp. What made up for that was staying at Eriksberg Gärden, run in a most relaxed manner by Tord. He is in the process of restoring a building that would once have been house, horse stables and cattle barn all rolled into one. He also presented a very nice piece of fish for the main course of our evening meal followed by a combination of wild and cultivated strawberries we collected from Tord's garden. Afterwards, Tord invited me to go with him while he helped a neighbour set his fishing nets. We were collected, and drove down to where this 81 year-old moors his ... read more

Europe » Sweden » Jämtland County » Bräcke July 1st 2018

There were no bears Just before i left, Miriam, who helps run Täljegården, warned me that if I should meet a bear today, I should sing to it. While I was prepared to treat this as a practical joke, it was said so seriously that it made me wonder what I might choose to sing. At which point I realized that I barely knew snippets of anything but the Australian National Anthem, and I didn't quite know how 'whose lands are girt by sea' would work on a bear intent on girting me. Sometimes, things like that can stay with you the whole day! Avoiding the Main Road There are times when staying off the E14, the highway the St Olavsleden generally follows in Sweden, isn't a walk by the river, but rather a long, continuous ... read more

Europe » Sweden » Jämtland County June 23rd 2018

We were getting ready to leave Sweden for Norway. Norway is not in the EU. We had found out Jeffrey needed a tape worm treatment between 1 and 5 days before entering Norway. The nearest vet to where we were was 150 miles away so it needed some planning. We went to Ostersund and a very nice vet gave Jeffery his pill in a piece of meat. After paying the bill we were now able to cross. The book talked of avoiding busy times at the border as you will have to queue. Lots of Norwegians shop, particularly alcohol, in Sweden as it is cheaper. On Thursday we set off for the border. We suddenly realised we had not got the passports out of the safe so stopped in a layby and got them ready. All ... read more
Swedish border

Europe » Sweden » Jämtland County June 22nd 2018

The last few days we have visited 3 more waterfalls and seen some beautiful rainbows. The Ristafallet waterfall was easy to get to but was very impressive and powerful. Handolforsarna waterfall was very impressive with two hydro electric stations. We had to cross a suspension bridge which Jeffrey was very nervous about. I don’t blame him the gaps between the planks were not much smaller than his little paws. On the way back Phil carried him for safety reasons. We drove up the wilderness road after this and on one of our overnight stops we took a photo of this stunning rainbow over the lake. The next day we stopped at another waterfall called Hällingsäfallet. It was sunny when we got there and there was a beautiful rainbow inside the waterfall.... read more
Rainbow over the lake
Hãllingsafallet waterfall
Jeffrey braving the suspension bridge

Europe » Sweden » Jämtland County April 19th 2016

After having ridden a motorbike in South America I think that I have to get rid of all the bad habits that I've learned down there such as : Double yellow lines are not painted on the road as decoration. Speed limits are not a suggestion. One way means one way and not anything else. Overtaking in blind corners or going up hill, just before the crest. Overtaking on the inside. And lots more. Unfortunately I've seen some nasty accidents in which the motorbike riders always catch the short straw, bodies lying under tarps, the other day i saw bus that had hit some poor person. I saw the front wheel of the bike sticking under under the front of the bus, loads of cops and people milling about. Having seen that you're careful for a ... read more
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Europe » Sweden » Jämtland County » Östersund June 27th 2014

0627 – vrijdag – Ostersund (S)605km Op weg naar Noorwegen. Lange rit door het meest bosrijke bijna onbevolkte midden van Zweden. Puur natuur. Bossen, meren, rivieren. Kunnen niet voor alles stoppen om foto's te nemen. Toch verveelt het niet. Afwisseling gegarandeerd. De eerste 200 km moesten we regelmatig vertragen en stoppen voor de talrijke kuddes rendieren die ook de E43 namen. We vertrokken met stralend zomerweer; maar hoe zuidelijker hoe bewolkter met tenslotte wat regen. Weinig dorpen onderweg. Daar komt hier in Ostersund verandering in. Gelegen aan een van de grootste meren van Zweden, druk verkeer, winkelcentra, ronde punten en zelfs verkeerslichten. Het is even wennen.... read more
Onderweg naar Ostersund (S) - gemakkelijk voor de postbode
Onderweg naar Ostersund (S) - rendierkuddes op de E43
Onderweg naar Ostersund (S) - rendierkuddes op de E43

Europe » Sweden » Jämtland County July 17th 2011

Hede, 17.07.2011. Seit wir in unserem Wohnmobil wohnen, haben wir mit ihm schon 11'606 Kilometer abgespult. Es läuft zu unserer vollsten Zufriedenheit. Ausser selbst verschuldeten Pannen (kaputtgefahrene Markise) hatten wir bis anhin keine Probleme mit ihm. Hoffentlich bleibt das so. Der Durchschnittsverbrauch von 12 Litern auf 100 Km, ist für einen 3 Liter Motor (157 PS) mit Automaticgetriebe nicht schlecht. Im Moment befinden wir uns in Hede. Das ist ein kleiner Ort in der Provinz Jämtlands. Im Ort gibt es ein Heimatmuseum in dem man alte schwedische Häuser besichtigen kann, leider nur von aussen. ... read more
Noch scheint die Sonne in der Nacht
Camping Lit
Unterwegs nach Hede

Europe » Sweden » Jämtland County August 15th 2010

Na een schadevergoeding voor het affikken van Chefs hotel betaald te hebben (aan de rekening te zien zijn we nu mede-eigenaren..), was het tijd om te testen of Henks knietje het al weer een beetje deed (die was kapotgegaan op weg naar Preikestolen, dat stukje rots in die fjord). Na een uurtje heuvelop werd de boomgrens bereikt, en ook de grens van het knietje. Dat viel niet tegen dus. Na de terugtocht verder gereden Zweden in, over rechte wegen (die hebben ze niet, als ze 100m rechtuit rijden krijgen ze bochtafkickverschijnselen) waar je 90 mag en kan, ipv 50. Omdat we redelijk op tijd waren, de hike die voor de dag erna geplanned stond ook gelijk maar gedaan: in een redelijk vlak landschap (weer eens wat anders na 2 weken alleen maar bergen..) staat ineens een ... read more
2e berg van de dag
oh, dat laatste stuk moet ook wel gaan..NOT
uitzicht van de top




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