A New Walk And A Bakery

Even though I live in the countryside now I haven't been on many walks since I got here. I don't know, June was rather hot and sunny here in Sweden and it didn't feel so relaxing to go for a walk. But I guess the main reason is because I spend so much time outdoors nowadays anyway, doing different practical and physical work. But lately I have started to feel that it would be good to go for more walks. Also, the weather has changed. It has been raining a lot lately (which was very much needed) and now it's more like a 'normal' Swedish summer, i.e., cloudy with wind and sunny intervals, and not so hot (only around 20 degrees Celsius at the moment).

So I felt it's time for a Wednesday Walk post 🙂 (If you would like to read more of a general update from me you can read my previous post A Kind Of General Update - Where To Go From Here?).

Even though my closest surroundings are familiar to me I haven't been out exploring a lot. So I don't actually know the best places for a walk. But yesterday I decided to drive a couple of kilometers to a place that's very popular now in summer. I could probably write a separate post about this place, but there are so many tourists there now so I didn't want to hang around there too long (there are some shops, a popular café serving mainly waffles, and a newly opened sourdough bakery). I just parked there and started to walk along a road (picture above).

I'd had a look at Google Maps beforehand so I knew there would be some road to follow but I expected to walk in the forest, not on asphalt and passing by houses and stuff. (You don't really see the houses in the pictures haha).

But it was rather nice anyway. After some time I started to follow a dirt road instead.

The big plant in the front is an invasive species, not sure what it's called. The rest of the white plants are called meadowsweet. They flower a bit later in the season here in Sweden, i.e. now 🙂

But of course, it wouldn't be a proper walk in the Swedish countryside without a lake!

I was actually hoping to be able to walk in a loop but that didn't really work out so I had to turn around at some point and walk the same way back. But for the very last bit, I found a smaller road (see below).

Here I'm back where I parked the car and I decided to check out the bakery. I bought sourdough bread with walnuts, very expensive but that's ok if it's really good. (That's one of the few things I miss about Stockholm, my favorite sourdough bread). The bread was still warm so really fresh. The sourdough bakery is a nice initiative but things like these tend to not last long out in the countryside, at least not in Sweden. In summer, for sure, but for the rest of the year, no. And I'm not so sure the majority of people who lives here permanently are so into expensive sourdough bread. They are more traditional with their food so to say. But anyway, the bread was good, not my new favorite but I appreciate having this option so close by because it's much better than the bread from the supermarket for sure. Now, I don't even eat so much bread so I don't know why I share so much about it, haha.

Anyway, it was nice to get out and see something new, this was a new walk for me. I don't know, I might have walked about 6 kilometers or so. Hope to share more walks soon 🙂

Thanks for reading 🌸

Love and blessings to you all 💚