Arctic Circle Return-2015
Filipstad to Noppikoski, then on to Camping Galå Fjällgärd
Oh what a day this has been!
Set off this morning hoping that the ‘TinTent’ lights ‘problem’ had been resolved but within 5 miles the ‘Failure’ message was showing up again, but as before as all lights were functioning we carried on for a while, then we spotted this sign at the side of the road so it was a quick left turn….
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Oops! We learned later that it was the result of some young boys who were possibly intoxicated while driving to fast in the winter conditions as the accident ripped off the front wheel that is missing before the car flipped over…..
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Then we got to the Café, and what an interesting place it turned out to be with a rather nice view back over Filipstad….
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Time to get back on the road so it was back down to the main road…
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Passing some left over Snow on the way….
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Then a left turn and through a few villages….
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With the Snow becoming more widespread but we were going up higher in the terrain….
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As we were also seeing lakes that are still frozen over but you don’t go trying to walk on them now!!!
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Staple production item of Sweden…..WOOD.
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This place is a Museum but was closed so we carried on through….
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As we then come into the city of Mora…
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Found a large car park and after trying once again to resolve the ‘TinTent’ lamp ‘Failure’ message by replacing all the connectors and making some initially some progress, we decided to have a quick bite to eat and then a trip into the city centre…..
I will let the pictures ‘speak’ for themselves….
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The Vasa Race Start Line….
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The Vasa Race Museum. Sorry that was also closed….
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Looking into the city across the railway line….
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With this old Loco from the ‘Steam Age’ I believe what would be called a 4-6-8 configuration due to the number of wheels it has….
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Back to the carpark and time to head off out of the city…..
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This was an old ‘Train Halt’ as the building on the right of the picture was a water tower with a large black water pipe coming out just above the vertical ‘Pink Door’ that was used to refill the Locomotives….
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This next little ‘Troll’ greeted us as we arrived in Noppikoski, only to then find that we could not stay as we hoped, so it was back on the road once again for another 90+ miles…..
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As we finally got to the ‘Forest Road’ to take us to the campsite that was listed as ‘Open All Year’….
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Arriving to find that in essence the place was closed but the owner has kindly let us stay for at least one night, so here we are feet down on a bed of Snow!
We just hope it doesn’t MELT during the night!....
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As we got set up the ‘Light Failure’ problem is not only happening on the nearside so will have to once again re-check the offside lights tomorrow….
Meanwhile being a bit desperate after our trip today I went to the ‘Little Room’ to ‘spend a penny’ and found that the ‘closure plate’ has fallen into the tank!
Further investigation has found that a plastic pin in the centre of the plate has broken off! Arrrgh!
I am now hoping that there is a caravan dealer nearby who carries spares!
This has been one heck of a day, while it's fingers crossed that it gets better tomorrow!