Lapland

[Olof_imp]

D+6. Today we rode to Fatmomakke. It's is the most prominent Sami sacred village in Sweden and one of the best preserved in the world. The place has for thousands of years been an important spiritual place and is still used as a cultural meeting place. The oldest buildings date back to the end of the 16th century but most buidlings are from the beginning of the 18th.





The roads here are gravel, varying between hard and grippy and quite loose. We found the sign of 65 North. No souvenir shop. No café. No sculpture for taking selfies with. No traffic. Just the sign. Us. And the gnats.



In an attempt to be a bit more outdoorsy and embrace nature we followed a particularly loose gravel.road to Marsliden, the starting point for one of the trails, with the ambition to spend a quiet day on the mountain. By the time we got there, the gnats, heat and relentless sun had convinced us that we'd rather go for ice cream. We got the picture, jumped on the bike and skidded back to Saxnäs and our trusty grpcery store. Which of course has an ice cream machine.