Bremsneshola

The second to last hike my Norwegian friend and I did together last summer was to Bremsneshola, the largest cave in Norway, going 80 meters deep into the mountain. In the cave many finds have been made of the almost 10.000-year-old Fosna culture, a Late Palaeolithic/early Mesolithic hunter-gatherer culture with settlements along the coast ofContinueContinue reading “Bremsneshola”

Färnebofjärden Nationalpark

Could this week’s photo challenge be any more perfect? My entire blog is about nature and the great outdoors, so I just had to post! These are photos from quite a while back. Back in 2011 I visited one of my friends and we went hiking in Färnebofjärden Nationalpark, a beautiful and lush river landscape alongContinueContinue reading “Färnebofjärden Nationalpark”

Into the forest

And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul – John Muir Beautiful hiking along forest trails in Dalarna, Sweden,

On the horizon…

…you can see Nelson and the Boulder Bank. And perhaps further in the distance you can even see as far as Abel Tasman N.P. I love Nelson. It’s one of my favourite cities in New Zealand. I’ve been there quite a few times, but this was the first time I hiked up to the CentreContinueContinue reading “On the horizon…”

Unfurling fern frond

“In pounamu carving the koru is said to represent new beginnings, growth and regeneration. We know it symbolises the fern frond seen in New Zealand’s native bush because of a Maori proverb that speaks of rebirth and growth: Ka hinga atu he tete-kura – ka hara-mai he tete-kura (As one fern frond dies – one is born toContinueContinue reading “Unfurling fern frond”