'Tis the season. Not christmas of course (not yet anyways), but berry season! YAY!!Now one after another, all sorts of berries start to ripen and are just sitting in the forests, waiting to be picked. One of the earliest to be out is the cloudberry. It is typically found in swampy areas and wetlands, so…
During my days in Sweden I visited the Swedish countryside around Näsåker. It was a long drive on mainly well kept roads, but partly also on gravel roads. I find them rather hard to drive on, because you can't see damage in the road as well as on asphalt roads and I always feel like…
So then came a day of rain. Finally. After weeks of drought and heat, finally some rain came. And with all the forest fires going on in Sweden it was very much needed. I was so happy when I looked outside the window in the morning and noticed all the clouds, that were hanging so…
A few days ago a spectacular event took place: A full lunar eclipse and a so called "blood moon". Of course that was something I definitely didn't want to miss! So I went to the Skeppsmalen coast with a beautiful lighthouse, to see the blood moon rise above the ocean. What I hadn't thought of…
I'm writing this now after a long and exciting day. We went hiking in the Skuleskogen Nationalpark again and took the south entry this time. We went to see Slåttdalsskreva and took the hiking trail over Slåttdalsberget to get there. It was super hard to go all the way up, especially since the way soon led out…
Yesterday evening I drove around a bit to explore the area around Örnsköldsvik. I found this remote road, leading deep into the forest. I stoped the car and got out to explore a bit of the forest nearby. It was beautiful in the evening light of the (seemingly) soon setting sun. After spending some time…
Today I went to explore Skuleskogen nationalpark, south of Örnsköldsvik. It is an amazing place with many different views. There is a lot of forest, but also very rocky terrain, which offers an entirely different flora and fauna. Usually this area is very humid and full of water, but there is a drought in Sweden…
Finally finally finally I can say that I am in Sweden again! Yesterday I took a flight from Germany to Stockholm and drove all the way up to Örnsköldsvik! It was so interesting to take the same road as we did last winter and see how different the landscape looks with just a few months…
Kürzlich bin ich mit meinen Wanderfreunden außerplanmäßig wandern gewesen. Wir waren nicht auf dem Sauerland Höhenflug unterwegs, sondern sind aus zeitlichen Gründen in der Heimat geblieben und einen wunderbaren kurzen Wanderweg in Ratingen gelaufen. Unser Ziel dabei war es, den Sonnenaufgang mitzuerleben und quasi mit der Sonne den Tag zu beginnen. Der Sonnenaufgang ist aktuell…
Vor ein paar Wochen wanderte ich mit meiner üblichen Runde die 2. Etappe des Sauerland Höhenflugs. Nachdem wir ja den Neanderlandsteig nach langer Zeit abgeschlossen hatten, war uns klar, dass wir ein neues Projekt, mit möglichst vielen Etappen brauchten und nach langem Beratschlagen entschieden wir uns für den Sauerland Höhenflug. Die erste Etappe wanderten die…
Ina Margret 