This morning, after eating breakfast outside, we dragged ourselves away from the aire at Näske. We really had a lovely relaxing time there. We haven’t moved far though, just half an hour down the road. The aire here is also good, with everything we need, but we don’t have a coast side pitch or a sauna, just a nice view of a lake.
That said, we have got easy access to Skuleberget, which we’ve walked up today. According to Google, Skuleberget holds the world record for post-glacial land uplift, with a coastline that’s risen to 286 metres above sea level.
The walk began through pine trees and over boulders and cobbles similar to those that we experienced yesterday, which were once blocks of rock before being rounded by the waves, millions of years ago before the land uplifted.
As in Skuleskogen National Park, the rock was primarily pink Nordingrå granite, formed 1.58 billion years ago when magma cooled below the earth’s crust. The landscape is very unusual and, I think, very attractive.
The top of Skuleberget (and other mountains in the area) is till-capped. The mountain top was never covered by the sea and is covered in spruce trees but, lower down, where the rocks were once washed by sea, the soil was washed away so there’s much less vegetation and the rocks are smooth and bare.
The views of the coast opened up as we got higher, and finally we reached the top. It was very busy because, as well as there being quite a lot of people out walking, a chair lift runs to the top, and there’s a cafe.
John refused to let me go up by chair lift but promised me a beer and ice cream. There was quite a long queue, but I made him keep his promise. Rather than ice cream, we decided to try Swedish waffles, which seem to be on the menu everywhere.
We chose to take a different route back down the mountain, to visit Kungsgrotten cave, 185 metres above sea level. There were lots of ladders and cables on this path to help us down the steep rock faces. They were fun!
Apparently, the cave would once have been at sea level and formed by the waves and frost erosion. Standing outside the cave looking out at the sea some distance away, this was amazing to think about!
We then retraced our steps back down some of the ladders, before following another rocky path to a car park and then back to Molly at the aire. The sun shone all day again, and we both throughly enjoyed the walk… I didn’t need that cable car!
Ramblings 
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