Kiruna Lapland a bit of camping with the wife ....

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Twodogs

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Syl and I have been married thirty years and wanted to mark it with something different so ..Lapland here we come :)

A nice Norwegian air flight up to kiruna well within the arctic circle ,

A couple of night at camp Ripan



Then a roam around town looking at craft and camping shops ,



All the normal stuff,





Kiruna is a interesting place ,



Even had a singer in a second hand store :)




Syl was happy elk hunting




Next day I had arrange for collection from our hotel of all our camping gear and off we went to meet the dogs that will carry us out into the nature for a couple of days :christmas2:





Syl helping to sort out the dogs







Load up jump on and we were away ,





About an hour later we were dropped of in our own bit of winter wonderland :cool:

Time to get the snowshoes on and make a base the snow was very deep ,





Getting the lavvu up ,



Stove in and get some wood prepped



Syl starts to get comfy :D



The snow melting starts



Next morning its time for a look about









Arrr a dead standing branch



Get the snow shoes on and make a path



Get the axe out and start cutting





Then get sawing ,,,



Always remember to knock the snow from the tree before you go for it ,,,,,How Syl laughed :rolleyes:





Syl did her share it was very nice to spend time together in such a fantastic environment ,







Its a win, loads of fire wood to keep us warm though the night ,





Nice view to ,



Syl relaxing



Nice dry gloves in the roof



It amazing how much light is given off by candles in snow ,



Another day and more awesome-ness











Me roaming



Syl enjoying a brew



The time had come to pack up ,

Digging out the snow pegs :)





I go to drive a snow mobile on the way to our hosts camping lavvu .



At the lavvu more dogs getting prepped for a good run ,





Syl chatting away :)



Our ride and gear



Then back to kiruna for a sit down ,,,,



What a fantastic trip we did hope to see the Northen light but no show ,,,,we will go back again:cool:



To finish our trip we headed down to Stockholm for a couple of nights as I wanted to see the sailig ship Vasa ,,,,it didn't disappoint .



Enjoy

Twodogs
 
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Awwww gosh, guys, that looks totally amazing! And your Sylvia looks so happy, what a brilliant anniversary trip to treat yourselves, you both look so relaxed and blissed out xx Stunning, thank you for sharing your trip with us xx
 
I saw this on my phone at about lunch time and spent all my afternoon lessons thinking about how much more fun I could be having in Lapland ;D.

Looks like you guys had an amazing time!
 

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