Norway/Sweden with two MLD Trailstars Sept 2019..Day 5

Day 5 starts wet and stays wet,till into the mid afternoon.We packed slowly and tried to delay but the rain looked set in so after packing everything away,while still under the Trailstar,we stepped into the rain and set off,after pushing our wet shelters into there bags

We never saw a soul all day and only some smoke above the chimney at the huts at Unna Allakasstugorna,gave away any presence of the folk within them

Not many pics as it was just wet 

Not long after here we made a lazy decision and ended up climbing to far uphill,a bit of redirection and we found the track we had meant to climb on

The rain was not really heavy but it was a hood up/head down sort of day,we stopped opposite the lake at  Skangalanjavri for dinner.There seemed to be a lot of huts on the other side,im not sure if someone said they tried to mine Tin there ?

The day picked up a little and the rain turned to showers as the temp seemd to drop some more,then we spied this hut above us at Valffojavrrit

We found that it was unlocked and decided to have a break,as I had already thought the next section would be tricky to find camping on

After a few brews and chatting/scouring the map we decided to stay the night here,its was only 1 or 2 pm so we cut up and split some wood for the stove,ready for the evening and settled down 


The afternoon still gave a few showers but the light improved so while Lee chilled in the cabin I walked around the area for a few hours taking pictures and just enjoying the stunning location



The remains of some huge snow banks were a reminder of just how much snow does fall in these far Northern lands



It was by no means wash day,but while we had a heat source,we strung everything out to make sure it was all dry 

The evening gave some nice light i crossed my fingers for clear skies and some more Northern lights

Just North of us were several large lakes and they all funneled into the river,just below the hut,giving it quite q good pace of speed



The two windows light up the inside of the hut very well,one gave lovely vast views down the valley,the other showing the sky nicely in the opposite direction

We left the stove off till 6-30pm and then burnt a dozen logs till around 11 pm it took the hut temp from 5c up to 18c

I had hoped and prayed that the Northern lights would appear above such a perfect location,but sadly it was not to be,the below shot of the cabin taken around 10-30 pm before I returned to my quilt for a sound sleep...a short 7.3 miles







Norway/Sweden with two MLD Trailstars Day 4 Sept 2019

Day 4 started nice again,which was a suprise after all the cloud that had built up in the late evening,but the wind had died and it was a lovely 12c as we broke camp 

The colours all around us were superb as we made our path onwards,the weather had warmed up again and it was nice to walk in the 16 to 18c temps 

With no path or game trail to find/follow we headed to the river to follow that Eastwards 

After about 4 kilometeres we picked up a nice small path,just after passing some work buildings near a small lake at 639m

We continued Eastwards before turning slightly more North about 2 k SW from the end of Čunojávri lake we found some locked huts and the most superb seats, it would have been superb to have stayed laid out on them under a display of Aurora