From Söderköping, it was only a 45 minute drive to Linköping, Sweden’s fifth largest city, to do Vallaskogen Parkrun. As we approached the old town near the Parkrun, the car park we’d planned to use had signs saying ‘no motorhomes’. Therefore, we went back around the forest to one that had a motorhome sign. This... Continue Reading →

We had a lovely drive south to a motorhome aire beside the Göta Canal. Unfortunately, when we arrived on our prebooked pitch we couldn’t see the canal because of the embankment! We could just see the top of the boats as they passed by! The weather has been very pleasant again with sunshine and clouds... Continue Reading →

It rained all day yesterday as we drove to Uppsala, so we didn’t bother doing much in the afternoon, but what a difference a day makes. The sun was shining when we woke up today! After a lie in and leisurely breakfast we walked into the centre of Uppsala, which is a university town and... Continue Reading →

We had a leisurely breakfast before setting off south through the High Coast area and then down to Gävle. The scenery was lovely with hills, lakes, forests, coastal inlets and islands. The only notable feature of the route was crossing the Högakustenbron (High Coast Bridge) which is the third longest suspension bridge in Scandinavia. The... Continue Reading →

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... Continue Reading →

We’ve had a fantastic 10-mile walk today, seeing the sites in the national park. The land here is rising at the rate of around one metre every 100 years. This is because, in the ice age, the land was compressed by a heavy ice sheet and, when the ice melted, the land began to rise... Continue Reading →

We had rain throughout the night and it was still raining when we woke up. Thankfully, it was forecast to stop early afternoon. We phoned a motorhome stopover that we liked the description of, which was on the coast about an hour away. John phoned to book and was told it was currently full, but... Continue Reading →