Sweden trip the packing, yuk

So in a week or so i head out to do an 8 day walk south ish from Abisko in Northern Sweden,inside the Artic circle.A few have asked what I'm taking so I've done a rough and ready coulpe of pics and a break down of gear and food I'm taking ...

All in 22 1/2 pound or 10.4 kilo, yes it could be lighter but I'm hoping to get lots of good pics and videos I'm taking really large amount of Battery power to help keep camera and Gopro charged up 

Like most folk who are out a lot footwear of this type need to be bought in a sale ideally, as they don't last that long,ive tried these for last month or two so bought another pair 1/2 a size up and covered all the stitching with Shoo Glu to protect the stitching 

This is my tent bag come repairs bag 

This my wash bag 

1. Bag Alliexpress 
2. Toilet roll 
3. Face cloth/mop up
4. Msr Pack towel 
5. Gerwhol foot cream
6. Toothbrush
7. Toothpaste
8. Dr Bronners soap
9. Soap flakes
10. Hand sanatizer gel
11. wet wipes/face wipes
12. Pit spray 

Trusty Msr kettle,Flat cat Snow Leopard,Homemade cup/measure

Food is all made up into A4 plastic bags, every other day I've put a pudding in to up the calories.All food for 8 days fits in one of Treadlites Food cell bags i had him make me up, minus the main meals.Big thanks to James and crew at Basecamp foods for having such a great range of meals and doing us a stunning deal too 

On average the days come in at 780g ish giving a total of 6300g for 8 days 

Sawyer filter and 2 litre bag and 1 500ml Platty

Yes,it does say 1051g !  50'000 Mah battery power, the 1 spare battery for Gopro and 1 for Camera,3 charge leads and light weight chargers for the batterys

This is the route,one we've made up ourselves  how much of it we follow, will depend on weather and legs ..comes in around 163 k  on Viewranger but 172 miles on Social hiking !!  

A big thanks to James,Mark,Chrisie and Twonk for answering many questions 

Thanks for looking, safe travels Peter

Short video of MLD Supermid and a night watching the star showers

With trip too Sweden looming, we weren't going to go out the last few winds,but promise of a good star showing and clear skies, we went with a short walk in

We went halves on a usedSupermid last year, to use as a winter test, but decided for this trip  to take it out for an airing 

It truly is Huge,you set the inside pole too 6 Ft !  

Auld lad fit nicely in-between us 

Not long after we had pitched i spotted a pair of Tawny owls, searching for tea, we got to watch them for a good five minutes

We had a few deer pass over the fell behind us, as the last of the light left us 

We didn't get the best of the light for sunset and even had a few spots of rain

We sat in and waited for the dark and the cloud to clear, this wasn't till 11pm,sadly the moon spoilt a lot of the night skies but we got to see a pretty good show

Best shot of a star trail i got

Luxury camping and yes Oscar got some too

I put the two short time-lapse night videos i took up on a separate little post, thanks for looking and safe travels Peter & Oscar

First attempt at Time-lapse

I tried some time-lapse with Gopro slightly different settings on the each video, both quite short 

Version 1

Version 2 

Howgills,August 17

I agreed to meet Lee in Sedbergh for 6 ish on Friday and was waiting for him when he arrived,unfortunately he had to go straight back home 😕 but he met me at camp first thing Saturday morning 

A bit later than planned i set off out of the village, it was a lovely evening, an hour and a bit later i enjoyed the views from Winder summit

There was a fresh breeze so i dropped off the summit and pitched up, taking my tea up to the summit to eat  

The moon lite up the hills so i nipped out at midnight to take a pic and was soon snoring again 

The next day started well and i sat waiting for Lee to arrive as i had a 2nd brew and brecky

Two good friends just chilling as we had a wander around these fells, we saw some huge heavy showers pass us by and deployed Lees Trailstar twice as we got caught by a few other showers 

We ended up in a big loop bringing us back round to the Calf which now had a stiff breeze blowing over it.Id  had a message while walking and Martin messaged and asked if he could meet up with us, which he did arriving not long after us 

The wind was cold and stiff and a look later showed a temp of 6.9c ....Summertime ..... but we did have some nice light and some lovely looking clouds scooting across the skies 

Ive only had a few trips too the Howgills but been luckily enough to have two great camps on the Calf summit now 

Heres a short video of the trip, the next morning was clogged in so we strolled down to the village and an excellent breakfast at Duo cafe ( 32 main st )....well worth a visit 

Thanks for looking and safe travels Peter and Oscar the mountain dog