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Sweden trip the packing, yuk

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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 fla

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

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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 som

First attempt at Time-lapse

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I tried some time-lapse with Gopro slightly different settings on the each video, both quite short  Version 1 Version 2 

Howgills,August 17

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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 ov