Arctic Circle Return-2015
Örnsköldsvik to Honoberget via Skuleskogen.…
Back on the road and with the number of vehicles who were not using any fog lights it was a constant scenario of ‘Now you see me’…...
‘Now you don’t!’…
Then a few miles further on as the clouds/mist were lifting we spotted this sign at the side of the road and turning right we found ourselves at…..
While in English a sign engraved into the glass on the front of the building was a comment: “A little star at the side of the boring E4” and it was very true!...
Parking up in the very large car park…..
We set off into the building to find a number of interesting displays giving information about the area of Skuleskogen….
While during the Ice Age the Ice covered the Mountains…..
Then we saw this information..…
And ‘pressed the button’ to be presented with a display of what happened when the ice melted……
The 3 Meters Thick Ice Sheet covering the Mountains….
The start of the ‘Meltdown’……
Time to head off outside for a ‘Climbing Walk’….
While this is it and it doesn’t get any better!....
As you climb up through this lot, while I was glad I had the right sort of boots on….
Mother Nature is starting to bloom…..
Climbing over this lot is expected as it is part of the trail….
These first clear view through the trees….
Now do we go ‘left’ or ‘right’?
As the route to the ‘Toppen’ looked rather difficult I chose the ‘Grottan’….
Then after some steel ladders & chains up the side of wooden steps and narrow walkways across the cliff face, we see the ‘Grottan’…..
While after the climb if felt like a lot more than 185 Meters above sea level!…..
The cave itself which was quite large…..
The plan of the view looking out from the cave….
The view itself…..
Time to get back down!…..
Then it was back on the road to Honoberget…..
The longest single span bridge in Sweden ‘Högakustenbron’ which is 1867meters long and took One Million Man Hours to construct, appears up ahead partly shrouded in low cloud…..
Into the place for caravan parking & get parked up just before the bridge crossing
As the low cloud swirls around the area……
Next stop tomorrow is Harnosand…..
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