I was told recently that the mind functions better in the morning. I can definitely use some “better” in that area, so I decided to become a morning person, to see how it goes.
Therefore, today I woke up at 12, as part of this successful so far plan, and I saw a lot of clouds on the sky, instigating for photos. I’ve been wanting to check out some forest area south of Nacka for a while now, so today it seemed like a good opportunity to do it. After breakfast I checked the map and then I started spinning the wheels (cycling) to Nacka.
The plan was to get to Källtorpssjön, a small lake south of Hästhagen, as you may see on the map. That region is called Älta, as I found out later on the road.
It took me around one hour to get there. The tricky part is that no lake was in sight on neither side of the road. I turned right when I saw a sign with a guy swimming. This means water, right?
The path went on through the forest and it seemed like there is no end to it. Where is the freaking water? Suddenly, the small creek which you see in the image made itself heard and down the hill there was the lake. Oh, yeah, sweet victory! It wasn’t the lake I was looking for, but I was happy with this one as well.
After one hour spent by the lake, taking pictures and watching the joggers, I had to head back home, since it was already after lunch time and in November in Stockholm this means darkness.
Nevertheless, I think it was pretty hard to get lost in those woods. In Sweden, there seem to be people jogging even in wilderness, moreover in some small forest in Älta, so in the worst case scenario I would’ve follow a poor guy trying to stay in shape.
On the way home I passed by this building somewhere in Nacka and I noticed that most of the companies names on it were either blue or yellow, matching the dark blue sky of the evening. I stopped and snapped a few pics and this I like the most.
but tell us what kind of equipment (outfit) did you use during this one day trip. I can imagine it’s quite cold these days in Stockholm and riding a bicycle with a proper jacket is not a pleasant activity.
I’m asking this because I have the same issues in Bucharest. Cold and windy.
cheers.
Actually, it wasn’t that cold. And besides this. in Stockholm and around the relief has a lot of variations in elevation, so after 10-15 min of cycling you start getting sweaty anyway.
For this kind of tours it’s good to have light clothes, but at the same time windproof and winterproof, so Gore-Tex would do it. There are also other similar materials developed by various brands.
If you cycle in the city and you cannot wear sport garment at the destination, you can still have a GoreTex jacket on and put over your regular pants some water and wind proof pants, as a supplementary layer. I do this when I cycle to work and it’s raining, using some Hydratic pants I got for 250 sek (25 eur).