Roslagsleden (remaining half of) 10 and 11 (the end) and Oliver Twist (dinner)

6 July 2019

Today, we complete the entire trail of Roslagsleden. Well, not me. I did not  do 1, 2, 5 and 6. The organiser completed the entire trail. Trail 10 and 11 is by far, has the most beautiful trail for me. The trail goes near the waters and soon, we were walking next to the coastline. 

Since trail 10 is quite a distance from Stockholm town, we drove to the bus stop. There were 4 cars involved in the trip. We parked at a huge parking space opposite a petrol station and walked to the bus stop - Grisslehamns Skola. We took bus 637 at 8.29am which brought us to the mid of trail 10 where we ended the last time - Älmsta. From there, we will walk back to the parking lot. 

Roslagsleden 8, 9 and half of 10

30 June 2019

On a very hot Sunday, I joined 2 friends to hike Roslagsleden 8, 9 and part of 10. In total, we did 44km. As you can see from the below photo, we did a fast pace. Thanks to summer, we have long daylight hours, so we could start early and end late. Thankfully, we managed to end early by 6.15pm. It was a bit challenging as it was very hot and some of the path was on tarred road too which was not very pleasant for the feet. 

The 3 of us gathered at Tekniska Högskolan where we took bus 676 at 7.10am. We arrived at Norrtälje bus station about an hour later. We started the walk at 8.20am from the bus station. 

Entering Roslagsleden Section 8.

Roslagsleden 5

26 May 2019

I am back home after a 21.8km walk. Today, a group of us hiked Roslagsleden Section 5. Two weeks ago, I did Section 3 and 4. Initially, we wanted to do Section 6 too which will come to a total of 42km but we did not have sufficient time and it rained during 3/4 of the hike which sapped out most of our energy.

We met at Danderyds Sjukhus train station (the red line) and took bus number 626 at 9.25am to Singö Handel. It was about a 45-minutes bus ride.

It was raining when we alighted from the bus. I took this photo because I thought the road bumps were unique. According to a friend, these road bumps are movable and will be removed during winter. I was prepared this time (it rained heavily during the last 3km back to the bus stop in Roslagleden Section 3 and 4) with the rain - I wore my rain jacket, rain pants, and used an umbrella too. Sometimes, I will close my umbrella in the forest when I walked through tight spaces but most of the time, the umbrella was above me. Yes, it rained 80% of the hike. Shoes were wet and socks were damp. 

During the first 3km of our hike, we had a difficult time finding the trail and was off-trail walking through the forest. Good thing I had my rain pants on, so the branches and high moss dirtied and wetted that pants and not my hiking pants (which were underneath the rain pants). 

Roslagsleden 3 & 4

12 May 2019

I have never heard of Roslagsleden (The Roslag's trail) until I saw this event posted in Meetup. So, I decided to give it a go. I have to say that this is a very beautiful trail! It is different from the usual nature trails that I have been. Previously, I was obsessed with Sörmlandsleden which I hiked 7 sections (the first hike was done in August 2017, and the last one was in November 2017) but there were not many hikes organised for this trail as one needs to take the bus further away from town and travelling takes time too.

We walked, in total, 31.6km and my legs were sore after that. The knees were aching for 2 days and I did an interval run on the second day, where the aches left but my thighs ache instead. I think aching thighs are much better than aching knees. 

We gathered in Danderyd Sjukhus station (the red line) and took bus 676 (a double-decker bus that has WiFi on board) which stopped at Brottby Trafikplats where a drizzle started. We took bus 667 and got off at Stora Karby. Here, Roslagsleden  section 3 starts. The trail is clearly marked with an orange neon sign that states Roslagsleden.

We alighted at Stora Karby and was greeted by a farmhouse. It was cloudy at the initial part of the walk and it became sunny again.