Revsund

It was a bitter morning, but it wasn't raining. Even the birds didn't want to move off the roadway until I got quite close, and then didn't go too far.

This was the morning where cyclists were encouraged to go along the E14, which I did. I only vaguely remember the hiking alternative from 2018, but it was much prettier and much less noisy. I expect it was also much hillier, and I wouldn't have liked that quite so much.

I stopped at the service station near Camp Viking and was dismayed that the Viking doesn't seem to have had a touch-up paint job since I was here last. After some administration in Gällö, it was up and over the hill behind the town.

Once past that, the pilgrim path shares a quite narrow strip between the lake and a steep valley wall with the railway and the main road. There is the occasional access road down to the lake shore on the wider sections, with some cottages and houses close to the lake. But the pilgrim trail here was pretty difficult to negotiate with the trailer and slow going. It eventually came back up to the road and then took a forestry road up into the hills for the last few kilometres.

My cottage was easy to find, and Bengt welcomed me to one of his small cabins. It was pleasant enough for one, but I could sleep three. There would need to be a roster for moving around to make that work!Læs mere