Journey: Skuleskogen National Park – Fredricka – Vormheden – Gimegolts Nature Reserve
We were up bright and early for a 5.5km woodland walk before breakfast while it was still cool for the dogs. We reached two lovely lakes that the pups had a dip in…Ernest fell in and I had to fish him out – he thought lilly pads were solid 🙈, Mabel got the tips of her toes wet and Jasper wades straight in and lies down if shallow enough.
Post breakfast and coffee we started the long drive back to our original route which is the inland road rather than coastal as it’s much more interesting. We passed the Lapland sign, and are hopeful our chances of spotting moose will increase as we get further north. We stopped at Fredricka for lunch and Jasper and I had a proper swim in the lake, it was so refreshing, especially when followed by an ice lolly.
We drove on to Vormheden where the river is just stunning. There is a patch of rapids you can park up at, so we stopped and did the trail walk to the scenic spot overlooking the river. It’s obviously not walked much as our legs got scratched up but Ernest has learnt to roll about – shame he is daft so chose spikey bracken instead of sand 😂 I did my exercises on the picnic bench to avoid the ants and then we had a lovely risotto overlooking the river.
We decided to follow the river north (spotted another reindeer on the road!) all the way to our campspot at Gimegolts Nature Reserve, it’s tucked away in the middle of nowhere, with yet more roadworks and gravel roads – there have been a lot today! But we are now back on our original route and have more walks planned for tomorrow
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