Posted in Fishing and Hunting, Lapland, Meetups and gatherings, Nature, Swedish Lapland, Tracks and signs, Travel and navigation, tagged cabin, fish, Gallivare, hunting, Sweden on 11/12/2009 | 1 Comment »
I thought I would take a step back in time and write about my first visit to Swedish Lapland in September 2006.
My friend Eckhardt had invited me to visit him and his family and spend some time at his cabin in the forest
This was the first view I had of his cabin and I never [...]
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Posted in Crafts, Lapland, Natural Materials, Nature, Reindeer, Swedish Lapland, Tools, Travel and navigation, Trees, Wildlife, tagged Birch, birds, cabin, Gallivare, knife, kuksa, leather, Reindeer on 29/10/2009 | 3 Comments »
The first task of the morning was to row the boys around the lake to collect up the boats.
As well as numerous Willow Tits feeding around the cabin this morning
more about “Pictures by sufguy1 – Photobucket“, posted with vodpod
there were also two Siberian Tits.
more about “Pictures by sufguy1 – Photobucket“, posted with vodpod
After lunch we [...]
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Posted in Crafts, Food and Drink, Lapland, Natural Materials, Nature, Swedish Lapland, Travel and navigation, Wildlife, tagged bannock, birds, cabin, food, Gallivare, woodburner on 12/10/2009 | 1 Comment »
I began the day cooking breakfast and making a batch of pinn bröd dough
Teres was keen to help me ;>)
I cooked the breads on the top of my woodburning stove
My neighbours were at their cabin for the day and there grandson was collecting blue berries and threading them onto a grass stem. Apparently many children [...]
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Posted in Food and Drink, Lapland, Nature, Plants, Swedish Lapland, Travel and navigation, Trees, Wildlife, tagged Birch, birds, cabin, fire, food, Gallivare, Sweden on 06/10/2009 | Leave a Comment »
I arrived at Gallivare airport at 21:20 on 8th September and my girlfriend Teres was there to meet me. I spent the following day with her and her family and we went shopping for food. We visited the butchers in Gallivare
to purchase meat products including this sausage (korv in Swedish)
On 10th we drove to my [...]
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This morning I cleaned and closed up my cabin for the summer. Hopefully I will be returning for a couple of weeks in the autumn. My friend Teres came to collect me late morning and we drove to Gallivare where I sampled some fast food Lapland style. Shredded Reindeer meat with salad, Lingon berries and [...]
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Posted in Food and Drink, Lapland, Nature, Plants, Reindeer, Travel and navigation, Wildlife, tagged birds, cabin, Gallivare, Reindeer, Sweden on 15/06/2009 | 1 Comment »
Left Gallivare early and Anki drove me to my cabin. We had to stop briefly to allow some Reindeer to cross the road.
My first task was to check for damage, unlock all doors and remove the protective boards from the cabin windows.
With temperatures in the mid to late 20’s before I arrived, it was a [...]
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I arrived at Gallivare airport at 21:20 having left my home at 07:20 the same morning. My friends Teres and Jenny were there to greet me and took my to the home of their parents and my friends Anki and Ingvar. They had a meal ready for me and after a brief chat with Ingvar [...]
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Posted in Food and Drink, Lapland, Nature, Travel and navigation, Wildlife, tagged autumn, birds, cabin, fire, food, Gallivare, Sweden on 01/10/2008 | 2 Comments »
I have just returned from my cabin in Swedish Lapland. I left home early on the morning of the 15th September and arrived at Gallivare station at 9am on 16th September. Unlike my last trip, I had two companions for the first week Liam and Phoebe.
When we arrived at Gallivare station my [...]
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During my day in Gallivare I visited a reconstructed Saami summer camp.
This is a meat store to protect the contents from animals and insects.
This platform was used to store other items. The framework was covered with skins to keep the contents cool and dry. It is called a “luouve”.
The construction of this dwelling [...]
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Cloudy with sunny periods today and rain this evening.
6 Crossbills flews over calling this morning as I was waiting for the taxi to arrive.
I left the cabin at 11am and the taxi took me to Gallivare.
My final list of bird species for the cabin is as follows;
Wood Sandpiper, [...]
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