Happy today with some new fresh snow!
Winter is coming back
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Sunset Gråkullen.
Saturday I went skiing in some part of Southern Vätterleden, east of where I normally ski. I was curious if the walking trail was suitable for skiing also. I can now say that I do not recommend skiing with only 15 cm of snow. Furthermore some part of the trail is at the same time steep and narrow, which make it rather dangerous when you ski downwards. Maybe I make a new try a coming winter with a lot of snow, a day when I have more time and can go further east.
I lost my lens cover somewhere in the snow. Actually went back some part of the trail looking for it, but it is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
The photo above is typically not from the walking trail, but a hill only 1 km south of my home.
Show me the way!
Hiking trail, sign
When I go ski in the neighbourhood I partly ski in a hiking trail called Södra Vätterleden. I have an idea to further investigate this hiking trail one of the coming weekend, if the winter let me! An idea I have is to go east some hours and end up in a different part of the outskirts of town, and from there take a bus home. Or the other way around.
Winter once again
Winter landscape
To my great joy the “real” winter returned two weeks ago. This has the positive consequence that I have been able to ski, starting from my home (just outside the door) the past two weekends! It is a wonderful nature experience and a healthy form of exercise.
Back in winter wonderland
The possibility to go skiing this winter season has been limited, where I live. But since a week or so I can ski in the nearby nature!
Skiing in winter wonderland
Winter landscape that I love to visit.
After skiing for some kilometres I said to myself, or rather sang: “What a feeling”. Yes, the old tune from the popular movie/TV-series Flashdance with Irene Cara came into my mind. Well, I was happy to discover that it was working very well to go skiing in the nearby landscape, starting just outside my door, just as I like it to be! The two last weeks has changed the winter dramatically to the better. What’s the point with cold weather without snow? Yes, I probably sound like a child, but I don’t mind in this matter!
Winter is arriving
Winter landscape previous winter.
The last two weeks the winter has arrived in my part of the world! When I say winter I mean enough snow for me to ski in the nearby nature, i.e. at least 20 cm of snow. This never happend last winter, but now it looks really good! I hope to go skiing on Saturday!
This photo from last winter is about 500 metre south of my house. I normally pass here with my skies going south to some lovely fields and forests.
The light
Skidåkning på låtsas
Vinterlandskap i skymning.
Jag har de senaste veckorna förgäves väntat på mer snö, så att jag kan “ge mig ut i terrängen” som jag brukar säga, d v s åka skidor hemifrån dörren, utan att behöva ta bilen för att åka till något spår och jaga runt. Idag försökte jag efterlikna mina fina skidturer från föregående vintrarna, genom att ta med fika och bege mig söderut till fots. Lite annorlunda, men det var roligt att se fälten, skogen, stigarna och vyerna från föregående år. Det mesta var sig likt, förutom snöbristen!
Today I spent a few hours “pretend skiing”, and walked in the areas I usually go skiing, when there is enough snow.
Traces of winter
Spår i snön.
Jag gick en promenad under lunchen för att eventuellt ta en fin vinterbild. Vem vet vad det blir av denna vinter; det snackas om regn kommande helg! Resultatet blev inte helt till belåtenhet, men bilden ovan är en god illustration till mitt försök: leta efter spår av den nya årstiden.
För den intresserade av efterbehandling, har jag helt hoppat över Photoshop (brukar göra slutskärpa), utan nöjt mig med behandlingen enbart i Lightroom. Ett snabbare arbetsflöde, helt klart!
During my lunch walk today, I was looking for traces of winter.