Skogset gård

I left the pilgrim house at Skalstugan about 0830, returned the key at the main house and was on my way. It was about two hours walk to the border, and a remarkable change in the character of the trail. It went immediately from a roadway, clearly regularly used by cars, to a walking and cycling path.

There had only been one car on the road before the border, if one discounted the small section of the main road just after I left the main house, so it wasn't a major distraction.

Once past the border, one might expect the track to go downhill, but it continued uphill for a little while. It was undulating for a while, passing some of the upland lakes before starting to go consistently downhill, quite steeply as it got close to the bottom of the valley.

To get here, there was a shortish walk down a main road, a warm welcome, hot shower and a lovely meal.Read more