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Rimforsa, Sweden

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Varggrop/ Wolf pit. About 4 meters deep. In the old days, the insides were lined with slippery wood to prevent caught wolfs from digging out or clawing their way up.

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Anemones

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Stone piles

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Hike day 3 of 3, Valdemarsvik to Gusum through Tryserum.

Woke well rested (!), probably due to the nightly rain.

(Only downside is the ridiculous amounts of condensation in the outer tent, since no ventilation can be opened.)

I made pancakes for breakfast again and continued through fairly laborious terrain to Högsjön. I spent Valborg/Walpurgisnacht there last year, its a nice shelter on a rocky peninsula. Had a dip, lunch and continued on. The last 10 miles was along a path where there used to be a railroad. Flat, straight ahead, dull. My feet got blisters because I forgot the regular super thick socks so an additional annoyance. (the heels are too big, as they always are, on every single boot. If anyone would make a hiking shoe shaped like a barefoot shoe but with ACTUAL SOLES that take my weight and the backpack, I'd pay a decent sum... My altra shoes are nice, but they simply don't support a heavy backpack)

Anyway, lambs are cute and there were many to look at. Got ice-cream in Gusum before the bus home.

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Hike day 2/3 Valdemarsvik to Gusum through Tryserum.

Woke up to a sunny morning at Lake Skirgöl. Made pancakes and coffee and headed off. The woods were full of bones.

Had tea at medieval church ruins (ruined in a fire in the 1600s) and ended up at lake Bymossegöl after some 22-ish heavy km.

The place was gorgeous, a combination of a bog (there'll be cloudberrys in some weeks no doubt) and nice rocks. The shelter was pretty, but since it was very windy, I opted to put up the tent, as a dead tree loomed above the roof. I put it at the top of a cliff and just as it was pitched the rain started to fall.

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Hiking, Valdemarsvik to Gusum through Tryserum. Day 1 of 3.

First day went from Valdemarsvik to Lake Skirgöl wooden shelter outside of Tryserum. The 10 first kilometres down to Lake Rånen i have walked before so I took a few shortcuts. About 15-17 km in total the first day, I arrived early at camp.

Sunshine, some wind. The shelter had the good graces of being in possession of a mosquito net, axe, nice fireplace, bucket, dry firewood etc. Win! Grilled hot dogs, made hot chocolate, and watched the camp TV for the rest of the evening.

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Section: Kisa to Rimforsa. Day 1 of 3 (4?) was Kisa to Pinnarp.

Trail: Östgötaleden

Distance: 19-20 km

The first 10 km of this section were gorgeous. I started with lunch at Cafe Columbia in Kisa, and they had made free dessert for everyone. The top floor of the cafe has been turned into an emigrant museum.

Then came Föllingsö Manor farm, a few miles of trail through farmlands kept like in the mid 1800s (to restore some species of animals and plants) , with the wooden fences and lil grass roofed cottages.

Half way through I arrived at lake Glimmingen and stopped at the beach for a bath and cinnamon rolls and tea. Water is still a 10°C at most, but lovely sand and clear water so it had to be done. A family had driven there to grill hotdogs at the fireplace but they were the only people I saw all day.

Then it was upwards through mud until I reached a small river in s ravine which was followed by another muddy climb until the Ash Meadows of Misterfall.

I camped at Föllingen Vindskydd.