Hiking, Sarek, 14th-22nd of July

An 8-day hike with Hans and Markus in Sarek, up in the north-western mountain region of Sweden.. We started and finished in Kvikkjokk, walking a wide loop in the western part of this beautiful and remote national park.. During the week we made our way up and down of numerous rocky trails and hills, walked through swamp valleys, over snow fields and on high plateaus.. Weather covered 3 seasons, with wind ranging from calm to gale, temperatures from 5 to 25 and everything from sun shining from clear blue skies to hard downpours with some lightning strikes.. Which is probably quite normal for July up there.. Some additional excitement when my tent was smashed by a storm gust (we could make a field-repair the day after) in the middle of a night.. Our group of 3 also had company by thousands of hungry horse-flies and millions of thirsty mosquitos.. In summary, a perfect holiday..

Kayaking, Trosa-Askö, 9th-11th of July

48 hour kayaking trip with the lady in the Trosa Archipelago.. Heading out on Saturday noon from Trosa past the nice Storsand beach on Askö, 1st camp in the shooting range area.. On Sunday we rounded the south point with some fairly challenging waves rolling in from the open sea.. 2nd Camp next to Bockholmen.. Total distance about 36 km..

Kayaking, Trosa Archipelago, 2nd-4th of June

3 day/2 night solo kayaking trip in the archipelagos south of Trosa.. Started at Studsvik and spent the following days slowly cruising around in the beautiful scenery of the nature reserves in the area.. Nice mix of open waters as well as more sheltered areas.. Mostly sunny but at times fairly windy.. Plenty of birdlife.. I'll be back again..

Kayaking, Mälaren, May 22nd

Kayaking for a couple of hours in lake Mälaren, rounding the islands Kärsön, Kungshatt and Fågelön, for a total of about 15 kilometres. Mostly sunny day, with a fresh breeze from SSW that gave headwind on the way out and nice tailwind on the way back..

Kayaking, Svärdsfjärden, 15th of May

Kicking of a new kayaking season with a new folding kayak, a black and white Nautiraid Narak.. First impressions very positive, fairly easy assembly, lively and fast in the water.. Paddled for a few hours on Svärdsfjärden from Torö Stenstrand, passing a couple of islands and sounds with a lunch stop on Kolguskär..

Mtb, Lunsen, Uppsala, 1st of May

The traditional May 1st ride in Lunsen, Uppsala, with close to 20 people from the Happymtb.org forum.. As usual, splendid weather, superb trail selection, chilled lunch break with BBQ at Torpet and nice people sharing the same passion for mtb.. After-bike pizza to recoup energy was great too..

Mtb, Öland, 21st & 22nd of April

Two solo rides on northern Öland with Byxelkrok as the usual starting point.. Amazing, summery weather despite being in mid-late April.. The rocky beach on the west side offers lots of technical challenges and the sandy White Prick's trail on the east side down towards Böda Sands Camping was a blast as usual..

Mtb, Järvafältet, Stockholm, 17th of April

Mtb ride on Järvafältet with around a dozen other people collected from the Happymtb.org forum.. Wide range of bikes, from cyclo-cross, singlespeed 29'er to hardtails, FS Mtb's and AM bikes.. Trails were varied as well, and it was a lovely warm sunny spring day.. As usual, we finished at Helenes Fik which never dissapoints..

Mtb, Lunsen, Uppsala, 10th of April

First "spring ride" in Lunsen with most of the snow gone, and also first proper trial run on my new mtb.. Went from Plantskolan towards Torpet, took a break, and then tried the winter/ski trail back, which turned out to be rather unsuitable for mtb, but after navigating over the wetlands to Upplandsleden, riding was excellent again all the way towards Flottsbro before I was done for the day..

Mtb, Hellas, 9th of Jan

Hike and hike and hike and some bike.. Snow-ride on mtb in Hellas in a temperature above freezing resulted in very soft trails that offered little flow.. But we made it to Brotorp eventually for a couple of great waffles & coffee.. In three hours including the lunch break we accumulated a meager 15 kilometers, but it was still very nice to be out..