Time flies when you are having fun and all things must come to an end… So did our holiday and suddenly it was our last day in Norway. We left Lofoten in the morning the day before, but as it was raining the whole day and I managed to get some sort of flu bug …
Hiking
Finding high places – Munkebu, Moskenes, Lofoten, Norway
Last day in Lofoten islands and the intention was to find a nice longer hike somewhere high… surprise, surprise! As the car park for the trail head was full and the roads are too narrow to park along the road we started looking at other options and noticed that you can actually get to the …
Finding high places – Veggen, Haukland beach, Norway
Queen’s route the day before was the most strenous of all our hikes both physically and mentally so far, so the next day was going to be a rest day. We drove to towards Lofoten islands and as it was also a very windy day we decided to go to the Viking museum Lofotr and …
Training W29 – Full on hiking week!
Last week was a full on hiking week! We were both so excited to finally be on holiday and wanted to do all sorts of different thing so the week total was a bit high… First hike was Taivaskero, second Saana, third Malla National park, fourth Bromorstinden and fifth Queen’s route. I am so proud …
Finding high places, Queen’s route, Sto, Norway
On the 21nd of July we finally got closer to Lofoten. The network connections are not that good here between the high hills and when camping electricity not always easily accessible. Hence a bit of a break in updating. Anyway… looked for nice hikes along the way and found this scenic route at the end …
Finding high places – Bromorstinden, Tromso, Norway
We were going to have a “rest day” after the 22 kilometers hike the day before but after breakfast we started already looking for “easy” hikes around the area. Found this absolutely amazing view point about 1 hour drive away from Tromso called Bromorstinden. On the way we encountered reindeer again. This guy was not …
Finding high places – Malla National park, Kilpisjärvi
We thought we should keep a “not-so-much-incline” day and decided to visit the three country border where Finland, Sweden and Norway cross borders. The route one way is 11 kilometers with “not that much” incline. Well true, not that much, but calculate that round-trip and it starts to be a decent amount after all. Plus …
Finding high places – Saana, Finland
Wow, this was much tougher than I originally thought… It looks pretty from a distance, but it’s hard to imagine the incline until you actually start going up. Obviously previous days climb to Taivaskero is in the background took it’s toll and energy levels were a bit low to start with. Still we managed to …
Finding high places – Taivaskero, Fell Pallas, Lapland, Finland
Finally on holiday and in Northern Finland! It was a few days drive 1200 kilometers pit stop at along the way for the night and off in the morning again here. Drive was ok and made a few stops here and there so it did not feel that long. , but you do know you …
Training W28 – Holiday mode and learning to ride a bike
I am clearly in the holiday mode as I sleep until 9:30 am and and have done double the amount of training activities than normally. Being on holiday with kids is fairly active and a full day job on its own. We have been to museums, Suomenlinna fortress island, Korkeasaari zoo, climbing in an outdoor …