Gräsmarkslägret campsite, Uddheden - Friday, 12 August

Geoff

Not a lot to say about today. An early morning walk in the forest was superb. I thought I was alone but, almost out of nowhere, came a man on a sporting pony trap going at quite a pace.

Before we left, three coach loads of Korean tourists called at the information centre. It must be on their route to somewhere or other.

Most of our driving today was on minor forested roads, not all properly maintained. We stopped for lunch by the church in the village of Gunnarskog, overlooking a lake. We are on a lovely campsite in a forest clearing. It isn't at all crowded and is very quiet. The forest tracks round about are delightful. I photographed some fungi.

Amanda

Three coach loads of Koreans arrived this morning, took photos, and departed before we left. It is clearly on the tourist route for them.

This was another stopover where it was difficult to drag ourselves away. But off we went late morning with light rain set in. More lovely lakes, forests and empty roads, and a late coffee stop and time to read the paper in a church car park with a lovely view. Which also became our lunch stop because we lingered so long. We reached our overnight destination, a nice wooded campsite at Uddheden mid afternoon and hunkered down for a while. It has turned quite chilly as well as damp. Warm jumpers were extracted from their hiding places. I am very glad to have my padded North Face slip-ons with me. They even manage to warm up cold feet. A hot shower was welcome. G donned full waterproofs and went out exploring and declared the surroundings lovely. Maybe tomorrow.....

After a good supper washed down with a glass of red wine he declared that he was feeling quite mellow - until the washing up needed doing!

Meanwhile, I had been busy trying to find a promising stop for tomorrow night. It would be a good three hours driving to reach the Lake Siljan area, and with plenty of time in hand we really aim to do only half that amount each day. But the area between here and there looks pretty empty on all the maps. Pocket Earth is not serving us so well in Sweden. There are more places marked on our road atlas than Pocket Earth has discovered. We plan to head for somewhere around halfway and see what turns up!

Looking forward to my bed!