Halandsleden Walk #3: Fjärås-Lindome (Saturday 04/06-16)

After a break of a bit over one week, the Hallandsleden walks continued. From now on I did the walks alone (since my mother was busy with other things). At first it felt a bit odd to do these sort of long-distance walks alone but I soon got used to it. This time I was walking from Fjärås (which is not far from Kungsbacka) to Lindome (where Hallandsleden ends (or starts from the north, depending on how you see it) and where Bohusleden starts). This part of Hallandsleden also overlaps with E1 long distance path through Sweden. The walk was 20km in total, out of which the last 3.5km were needed to get to the bus and it took 4h47min in total. The terrain was quite different from the two previous walks and included a lot more walking in the woods. Overall the part of Hallandsleden north of Åkulla (mentioned in the previous blog post) tends to have more height variations, includes more walking through the woods (including walking on trails in the woods rather than on gravel roads) and has a more similar character to that of Bohusleden when comparing to most of Hallandsleden. Either way, it's time for the photos:

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Not far from Fjärås. Equalized using the Levels tool in GIMP.

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The photo looked too green and so I equalized using the levels tool in GIMP.

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Equalized using the Levels tool in GIMP.

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This photo shows a part of the ancient momuments at Brattabjär near Hjälm. Specifically it shows two barrows that are roughly 4000 years old (from the bronze age). During the bronze age it was common to make the graves high in order for them to be widely visible. Each barrow was inteded for one person but research has shown that they were used for several generations. I rotated and cropped the photo and then equalized the green channel.

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Also on Brattabjär there's a cottage ruin from the 1800s. It's possible that some of the stones used for the staircase were grave stones from the late Iron Age (500 to 1000 AD). Edited the photo first rotating the photo and cropping it, then by slightly decreasing the brightness and saturation, and finally by equalizing the histogram.

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A view of Stensjön near Hjälm. Rotated and cropped the image. I then made it brighter and increased the contrast a bit.

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Another view of Stensjön.

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The river Hjälmsfallen falling into Stensjön. Decreased brightness for some of the bright spots.

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Stora Iglatjärn. Rotated and cropped the photo.

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Lilla Iglatjärn. Rotated and cropped the photo.

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Going up towards the Gothenburg moraine.

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Blåvättnerna. It is near this lake that Hallandsleden ends and Bohusleden starts.