Mr winter is back

And it´s white again. April does what he wants. It started snowing Sunday evening and it stopped on Tuesday evening, approx. 10 till 15 cm new fresh white snow

With mixed feelings do I look at this. The snow is coming two weeks to late. We needed it with the Easter holiday´s. It´s beautiful when the sun is shining and the sky is blue but it felt so good to see the grass getting greener.

Last week on Friday did the children play out side and one of the girls wanted to have here sunglasses and her sunhat. It was summer she said. It was even possible to dry our laundry out side. 

 It looks like all the drivers from the plowshares are on a holiday

And from the 15th April is it no longer allowed to drive on studded tires. I´m not sure who made this rule but this person certainly don not live here.

Happy Easter

When we think of Easter we think of snow, sunshine and skiing ( both cross country and alpine). But this year
it feels like it´s already springtime. The snow is almost gone. The weather is good and warm during the day and cold during night. But the snow quality on the skiing areas Idre Fjäll and Fjätervålen is icy so conditions are not good for a nice cross country trip. But that´s no problem for our guests. They enoy themselves with reading and walking. It´s perfect for a walk in the forest and on the fjäll because the snow is real hard so easy walking.

Also this year we had our Easter package. Our guests for this package arrived on Friday. On Saturday evening we had our traditional Easter buffet with lamb, chicken stew, salmon stew, various types of cold salmon, salad, potatoes, Easter cake and ice cream. The children did a dance show and they are relay good!

On Sunday did the Easter bunny paid us a visit and he did hide lots of  bunnies, eggs and chickens from chocolate in the garden. The children liked it. The adults enjoyed the sun and a good cup of coffee prepared on open fire. A very nice and relaxed afternoon!

Slalom

Today it was good weather so we took some time off and went with the children to the Mickeltemplet, the ski stadion in Särna. This ski area is operated by volunteers and the Särna Sk. And they are doing a relay good job. They take care of the cross country skiing tracks and organize all kind of activities during whole year. In the summer time you can buy maps with orientation points.

We want to thank both Särna SK and the volunteers for this.
For more information is here the link to their website: http://www.sarnask.com/. Sorry only in swedish

On the slope they build a  ski-jump. And even Signe, 7 years did make a jump. It was a wonderful day.

Traditional tour with horses and sledges from Falun to Röros

Today did the traditional tour Falun-Röros arrive Särna. I heard during this visit of the visitors it was good to keep up the memory´s from the old day´s. And that´s true. You get a special feeling when you see them coming in the traditional clothes and materials for the horses. So we want to thank the Dalarna Femund Förkörarförening for this.


I will write a bit more about this tradition but first some pictures.

Dalarna Femund Förkörarförening


Is a Swedish/Norwegian organisation that was formed to preserve and document förkörarculture in Scandinavia, build in 1999.


Before there were any roads, it was only in the winter you could transport goods. Frozen lakes and swamps were used to reach the towns and markets.

Every year they travel another route. The longest one was in 2003 from Falun till Rösos. Here is the link so you can see the movie they made about this  journey:  http://www.lomviksgarden.se/se/fork%C3%B6rarna-390309. Here you will also find information about the organisation.

In Rösos is the market. Perhaps not so much traditional products as in the earlier days but it´s still a great event. Special on the first day when the all the horses and sledges do there entrance. You can follow Leife and Anike from Idrefjälls buss och taxi on their bus trip to this opening day.

We hope to see you welcome you once to attend this wonderful event.

New furniture in the dinging room

After 51/2 years with us and who knows how long with other owners was it time to say goodbye to the tables and seats in the dinging room. They have done their work but it was not save to sit on them longer and repairing them was not a option. And we had all kind of different seats so no entity.
So we bought new furniture. We had to put together the furniture self so hello screwdriver and glue here we come. And the result is there. Finally entity in the dining room.

It´s cold again

This morning when i started the car is was cold but at that time I didn´t realize it was -20. So not that much out side activities today. Except filling our wood stock. A good workout and you get warm.

Then i was time to prepare for the course witch will be held tomorrow at our place. Dalalyft is holding a Exel course here for small company´s.

Before getting the children I took some photo´s in the village.

We made a special price package for people who want to walk in the beginning of the sommar 2012

Walking in the footsteps of Linnaeus to the top of Städjan, northern Dalarna


On the 16th juli 1734 Carl Linnaeus wrote in his diary:
After we had rested overnight in the forest was it a tough journey trough the wild forest en a horrible path trough the mountain ridge named Gränjes åsen.
From here they went up on this high and long-awaited mountain, on the top tips we rested a while. This mountain was a right fjällmountain, for it´s top went up into the so called "secondam aëris region", above the tree level.

Städjan,a 1131 m high peak, looks like a Vulcan and dominates the whole aria. The vegetation in the mountains of rice and  lavhedar. On Städjan west slope will you find a very old pine forest. 

Dick and Karin wish you a warm welcome to join us on this historical tour 


Dates: 15-17 June and 25-27 Juni 2012


Price : 1349 kr ( regular price 1749 kr pp but HI Hostel members ore STF members get 400 kr discount) 


What´s included: Accomodation incl bedsheets, towels, final cleaning, 2 Ecological breakfast, lunchbag, halfday guided tour incl. refreshments and guide