Long walk - 19th August

Very relaxed start to the day, where I even went and sat outside with my first coffee, or at least until I realised there was no Wi-Fi or mobile signal.

Decided to do something that wasn't theme park related for our last day, so planned a good long walk, starting along the coastal path and then heading inland towards a lake.

The route was supposed to be 15km long and take about 5 hours. Starting at 11, we picked up the trail at the end of the lane.

The first part was following the coast, the sea was a bit choppy from the wind, but the weather couldn't have been better with broken clouds. Past an old marble quarry and then inland to Kölmarden theme park.

This was closed today, even the restaurants that have sprung up around, so no ice cream for me (which I was secretly glad about).

Away from the park and further inland, slowly climbing through alpine forests to reach the lake. We were all hot and bothered by the time we found somewhere for lunch, but a quick toe-dip in the freezing glacial waters of the lake soon cooled us down.

We'd all had a good walk by then, and didn't fancy doing the full trail, so cut across the woods to pick the trail up on the other side. Trouble is, the path we used went straight through someone's garden. It wasn't highlighted on Google maps, nor on the leaflet we'd picked up. They weren't happy, their dogs went berserk but luckily they let is through (and were nice about it).

The final part was along an old railway line, long since removed, but nice and flat.

Along the walk, we saw a smooth snake, a frog,  a red squirrel,  a slow worm, some giant ant nests and plenty of mosquitoes.

Back to the shack, then out for a final salty burger, to the supermarket for snacks and back for our last night.