MDH Hiking Club

Report on HT2011 so far

2011-10-21T00:11:00.002+02:00

Ok I should say Hi!

And then I wanted to say that so far this semester has been a good semester with this exception taht we have not been on Bruksleden yet and there is a reason behind it!

Shahab and I went for a hike between Skultuna and Västerås the week before the semester starts and it turned out like this:

There were no good signs available for they had cut the trees with the signs and there was water all around and though it was in August we got wet in our feet and got lost and decided to walk back to Västerås on a big road beside all the transportation cars in Asphalt which was not pleasant at all.

But what we did was learning the new comers some routs that they can make daily shorts trips on them by their own in case we can not make any plans and as a result we had one trip to Björno, one trip to Lövuden, one to Skerike and one to Rocklunda. All the trips were between 15 to 20 Kms.

I had been trying to get some one from Västerås city who is responsible for the hiking trek and my attempts resulted in the emails which I put in a separate page like the history thingy that we have.

But what the lady says is that they are still working on it and it might take some time before they can say the trek is in a good shape.

But I promise to find some other fun routs and at least one overnighting trip!

I will be back with more good news

Mahgol

Hiking to Björnö September 10th

2011-09-08T15:16:00.002+02:00

Length of the trip: 18 km

From 8 am to 3 pm

Lets start our trip from the main entrance of MDH.
We walk on the orange dotted rout towards the Bear Island (Björnö) and on the way we would make a stop to do shopping for the BBQ at Lidl. It takes us two hours to reach the island. As we get there we make a short pause and walk the 10 km loop during which we will have our lunch. First I wanted to walk the whole group back to the city but many people said it is too much and I decided to catch the bus which goes at 14:45 and will be back in the city center at 15:03.
Comfortable shoes, good humor and happy faces are obligatory.
check the weather and if you thought you might need your jacket take it with you.
Any questions? call me 070 74 17 386 or send an email to mdhhikingclub@gmail.com
See you there
Mahgol

p.s. don't forget to be prepared for your bus ticket from Björnö to the central station. it costs 22 SEK if you pay by card but you can buy it cheaper in the press shops and the main station. The bus in Västerås and most other cities in Sweden is cash free.

Report of the Kebnekaise by Boyan Sheytanov

2011-09-08T15:13:00.001+02:00

It starts with an awfully long train trip. The train is 2 hours late, but SJ have buses prepared for everyone. Nikkaluokta greets a full bus of over 40 people with sun and clear sky. Autumn colors are already prevailing - yellow, orange, red, occasional green. The winding trail offers beautiful views of hills showing above the birch trees. The still waters of lakes small and big mirror everything to make it twice as colorful. People pass by me and I pass by others. We walk together with some for a while, and then with others. A stop at LapDänalds, where a lot of people take the boat to save 1 hour of walking. I decide to save 250 SEK. After 5 hours in a steady pace, I am at the mountain station. Time for dinner and shortly after that - bed, as a long day awaits. 5 in the morning and I am up. Quick preparation of the backpack and we're off at 5:30 - a group of about 20 Swedes and 1 Bulgarian. The first sunlight shines over the hills. Higher peaks are still in clouds, shy to show themselves to us. The trail starts flat and it's breakfast time right before the steep slopes begin. As we make our way up, clouds scatter and we get a really wonderful view of Duolbagorni. The trail turns into a path across stones and creeks. An occasional mist engulfs what's ahead, but after that sun prevails again. The best weather we can get here, the Swedes explain. Up and down across boulders and pebbles, here we are at the wind shelter below the top. It's lunch time, and soon we are off for the south peak. At this height, it's clouds and wind. Suddenly, a snow pile appears right in front of us - the south peak. A steep climb, but we're there. There's really not enough room for everyone up there and the wind is strong enough that after a photo or two, you are back down on the rocks. The way down is kind of tedious - stone after stone, you make your careful steps. Weather is going worse and no sun shines through the clouds. At 17:30 we are back at the station. There's nothing better than a beer in a sauna after such a long walk. The next day the weather is bad (clouds and rain), but I decide to go to Tarfalastugan, as it would be rather boring to spend the whole day in the station. It starts well down the valley of the river, but as the trail goes higher and into the clouds, you can barely see everything. There's no one around but the rocks and they tend to look really creepy in fog. Twice I get back to check if I am on the right way, with the help of the map. Two Swedes accompany me for a while, but afraid of getting lost, head back to the mountain station. Almost on the verge of getting back, the buildings of the hut appear as a mirage in front of me. It's warm inside, but after a chat with the hut warden I need to head back. Wind is blowing against me, making me all wet. I get a faster pace and not long after I'm back down in the valley, where it's drier and not so depressing. Back in the hut, there's nothing better that a sauna with a beer after such a wet walk. Like it or not, it's time to get back to Nikkaluokta. With a slow pace and a lot of stops for photos, I walk down the trail, stopping for a reindeer hamburger. It's cloudy, but the rain waited for me to reach Nikkaluokta before pouring itself over. It's time for another long train trip. Overwhelmed with everything I've seen, I fall asleep, dreaming of stones and creeks, valleys and peaks, birches and lakes, and a white reindeer.

If you want to see some pictures from my trip you are welcome to simply click on the link bellow:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.111785412259075.14227.100002828507977&l=54a36a1405&type=1

Report of the last semester and the summer

2011-08-21T22:20:00.012+02:00

Dear new and old friends!

it looks like it has been a long while since we updated the hiking club's blog. We can simply accuse Facebook for this as well! :)

All the recent activities are recorded on the facebook group.

I think I should start from the bouldering on 19th September 2010:

It was a climbing event which Mansour had planned. There were a couple of climbers who showed up but because of the bad luck it had been raining and the rocks were slippery so it was impossible to climb and do any kind of bouldering.

The next event was the trip to Norway 24 to 26 September 2010:

We were 8 people and two cars. The MDH Hiking Club supported us with cooking stove, car expenses and tents and sleeping bags. It was such a nice trip with super nice company.

We were a multinational group as always:

Nick from USA, Pawel from Czech Republic, Walter from USA, Mahgol from Iran, Jackie from Sweden, Arno from Germany, Bruno from Croatia and Constance from France. We made it to Lysefjord, Ljerag and trolltunga. Mahgol and Constance got some problem with their ankles and knee and could not follow to the the rest of the trip rather than trolltunga. (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=161069003905616)

The next trip was a 14 km hiking to Hallstahammar on November 7th:

They were just three people, Constance, Peter and Koen.

They said that it was so cold and tough. But our heroes did it!

In that time of the year, it is a lot of snow and the sun sets at around 3 PM but they made it.

(http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=130435080345715)

Then our hiking club faced a long depression period because of many reasons but on

Maj 13th 2011 we got contacted by svartådalen organization which takes care of a hiking trail close to västerås and we decided to help them as we did in year 2010.

We were a group of 5 people: Shahab Fekri, Mahgol Amin, Hossein Nourozian, Neda Kazemie and Eric Söderberg who drove up to the trail and marked it and cut some extra branches and got some lessons about Swedish forest.

(http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=204499576251537)

And then when it became warmer it was time for a more serious trip and we decided to go to Kebnekaise which is Sweden's highest peak. 9th to 16th of August 2011 was the set date and we were a group of 4 people. Shahab, Mahgol, Melika and Björn. We partly took the train and partly plain and got ourselves to the Kebnekaise fjälstation and made day trips in the Kebnekaise area.

Now you can say that the blog is updated.

The next post which will come very soon will be mostly about the upcoming events for the Autumn semester 2011-2012

Until then stay happy and blessed.

Cheers

MDH Hiking Club

2011-04-22T19:22:00.002+02:00

Friday May 13th

We will go to renew the marks on the hiking path near Västerås.

If you are interested call me to make arrangements about the tools and the car which should pick you up.

Any further information can also be obtained by simply calling 070 74 17 386, Mahgol

I have a Comviq kompis so it does not cost much

report on the 37th trip by Walter Abbott

2010-09-13T23:13:00.002+02:00

Saturday September 11 marked the first excursion of the hiking club. A group of 11 brave souls set off on a trek that they will surely all remember for a very long time.

We headed north along the bike path that is right by the school, headed past ABB stadium and then again continue

d our northward progress. Our hike lead us through a very neat little Colonyplot and we got to see many beautiful sights that are

hidden in the remote swedish country side. The Hike lasted from about 10am to 6pm and we covered a distance of approximately 23km. Rain was forecast for the whole day, but we got very lucky and it only rained just a little mist for a while. After a long day of lively conversation and lovely scenery we finished our journey at a church, where we caught a bus back to Vasteras. The journey was a great success and the next trip will be one that you certainly don't want to miss.

37th trip, Sep 11th

2010-09-06T20:47:00.002+02:00

Let's meet at the main entrance of the school on Saturday the 11th at 10 sharp.

We walk on bruksleden (www.bruksleden.se) towards Skultuna. It might not take longer than 5 hours to reach the cottgae.

There is place for 8 people to sleep in the cottage in their own sleeping bags and there are already this number of people who have registered for it in the last meeting we had on friday the 3rd..

Others who join can bring their own tents and stay outside or get the bus back to Västerås.

There is a bus going for a church nearby (3 km) every 70 minutes.

I think we can take the bus at 17:27 if not the next one will be good enough.

The others who sleep over the night in the cottage or tent! can choose to walk back to Västerås or take the bus the day after which starts from 9 in the morning but is not so often.

Good shoes, proper clothes and enough food and water is very very important.

For any further questions contact me. 070 74 17 386 - mahgol.amin@gmail.com

The temperature will be between 13 and 18 C and there is a risk of rain up to 2 mm.

more information about the bus? www.vl.se

good news!

2010-08-31T14:34:00.002+02:00

Hi dear all!

We have got some help from some of our wonderful new students.

There are three guys who has volunteered to help with planning and organizing trips.

We are going to have a meeting on Friday 3rd between 1700 and 1800 in the student union's pub. Please come and show up :) in case you are intrested. You don't need to get responsible for anything. Just being there is a big help.

call me for more information 070 74 17 386

Mahgol

New school year 2010 - 2011

2010-07-22T18:57:00.002+02:00

Hi every body, new and old! :)

We welcome you here if it is your first time visiting our weblog.

As you can find out from a fast browse on our older posts you find out that we have had at least two activities each month for the last two years but, this year, Constance is not sure about her plans, Melika and Björn have not set any plans and I am going to be working and studying at the same time and have a kind of tight schedule and there has been no body volunteer to help out yet.

So we have just four major activities planned for the whole school year of which two of them are ready to release now.

There will be two three-days trips, one in September and one in November. If we get enough budget from the International Committee, these trips will be free of charge for the students and the costs will be covered by the IC, if not then the costs will be divided between the participants.

Let say we go on Friday the 10th of September and come back on Sunday the 12th for the first one. We stay in cottages in the woods. The trip includes a hiking of at least 30 km in total.

The one in the November looks to be between 12th and 14th.

We will come back to you as soon as possible with more details.

Don’t hesitate to contact us if you can help us out or you need to be helped out :)

Have a nice continue of the summer.

MDH Hiking Club

Hiking Trip on Saturday 29th of May

2010-05-28T15:02:00.000+02:00

This weekend we want to follow two parts of the Bruksleden, that means etapp12 and etapp13.
This will be a very nice round trip in the region of Trummelsberg - Landsberget - Bastmora. We will meet at the main entrance at the university at 10 and will go there by car. At the moment we have one car, that means place for 5 people. If you want to join please contact me (mantzi@gmx.de). The weather forecast says it will rain a little bit, so be prepared to have a rain jacket and take some dry clothes we can leave in the car. And of course something to drink and to eat. :)
Here is the link for our way:
http://www.bruksleden.se/etapper.htm

see you tomorrow
tobias

Rarely on Sunday

2010-05-21T12:47:00.002+02:00

Hello everyone,

I cannot do any hike on saturday because our national hockey team will play great match against Swedish one on Saturday at 14:00 on Ice Hockey World Championship. But I have free Sunday so I decided to do some trip on Sunday. We (I hope somebody will join me) will go by bus to Skultuna Kyrka at 9:05 from Västerås Centralstation. We will have whole day to get back to Västerås by walk. It is around 20 km. I thing it will take at most six hours. Mahgol told me there could be a lot of water in the forest so take good shoes and don´t forget some snack and enough water. If somebody is interesed, please, let me know and send me an e-mail (j.sukup@centrum.cz).

Honza

While we are not here

2010-05-12T22:20:00.002+02:00

Hi dear friends.
finally it feels like some thing between summer and spring has reached Sweden. This country is beautiful. Enjoy the blossoms and light green leaves, they gonna turn to dark green leaves kind of fast. Spring is so short here in Sweden. Enjoy it as much as you can.
Today Honza (j.sukup@centrum.cz), got some maps and suggestions to do hikes from me.
He said he is ready to go on some hikes during next couple of weeks since he does not have so much to do and he is interested in hiking.
Contact him if you want to go with him.
We promise to have so much fun in Iran. We are finally a group on 8 people going from Västerås. We will have a hiking there and the report will be published here.
Cheers
Mahgol

Saturday the 9th

2010-05-07T13:29:00.003+02:00

This weekend based on two main reasons there are no hikings planned by the hiking club.
1. Constance has not been here in Sweden.
2. Many students are going to Stockholm with Internation Committee so as we said before, we try not to overlap with IC plans.
I will be in Iran for next two weekends and one week after I am in France so there will be no plans from my side. Lets see what Constance does though she is alos in Iran with me the week after.
Keep on checking the blog.
Cheers
Mahgol
p.s. a tip for those who want to go in the nature in this nice weather. You can always call us or write to us and we can provide you everything we have, from maps to GPS or you can just easily find the information on the blog or the group on facebook from the archive.

Report on the hiking on Saturday May 1st

2010-05-02T19:50:00.003+02:00

It was such a nice day!
Thanks to Umesh, Constance, Melika, Björn, Eric, Mahgol, Tomas, Christiane and Clover.
We gathered and met at student kåren at 9 in the morning, drove to north of Västerås and walked almost 20 kms and marked the svartådalens vandringsled. We devided in two groups and Eric provided all the material. There is a nice picture of us at the meeting point.
Next week might be a canoeing/Camping plan. We were back in Västerås at around 8 in the afternoon a long but nice day.
Check the blog and the group in facebook more often not to miss it.

2010-04-30T15:43:00.000+02:00

Hello again!
Sammy decided to sleep after he partied Valborg in Uppsala! :) so we are ten people.
Eric is going to pick up Christiane, Tomas and Markus from Park Hotel at 9:00. Constance, Umesh, Melika and Bejörn will come to student Kåren at 9:00 and Mahgol and Clover are already there, finished with the work they started early tomorrow morning.
Constance says that sometimes I repeat everything too many times but I really think I need to do it again:
The weather will be cold, windy and rainy and the ground will be wet. Please try to wear good(waterproof) shoes. Bring one extra pair of shoes and socks if you don't have rubber boots. If it rains we are not going to use the paint and brush to mark the way but if not then be aware that your clothes might get painted so wear those taht you don't mind having them with some paint spots on them.
Take enough water and food with yourself and know that we are going to cut extra branches of the trees and make small bridges so it gonna be hard but hopefully fun with your good moods.
Eric has bought saws and axes but bring yours if you have by any chance. :)
Any questions? contact me or constance. our contact information is at the bottom of the page.
see you tomorrow
Mahgol
p.s. Umesh I don't know wheer do you live. If you live closer to park tahn school you can also be at Park Hotel at 9 sharp and go with Eric, Christiane, Tomas and Markus.

2010-04-29T10:09:00.000+02:00

Hi dear friends, concerning the hiking on this Saturday, there are three updates:

1- we got another car so we have place for 15 people of which 11 is already booked.

2- people who are already registered are: Bjorn, Melika, Constance, Clover, Mahgol, Tomas, Markus, Christiane, Eric, Umesh, Samy.

3- Since Clover and I are working on the early morning of Saturday we would like to move the meeting point and meeting time to 9 o clock in front of the student Karen in the university area but please just keep it in mind and check the final decision on friday.

Think about having rubber boots or extra shoes and socks.

Cheers

Mahgol

2010-04-26T16:07:00.000+02:00

Dear hikers,
Here is some information about the exciting hiking on this Saturday (May 1st)
We are going to gather by Park Hotel at 8 O'clock in the morning and get the instructions from Eric who is taking care of this program. We need to drive somewhere 30 to 40 KMs in north of Västerås so we need to know who is coming for sure to think about a place for him/her.
Right now we have two cars (Björn and Eric), Melika, Mahgol, Constance, Clover and Krista are following for sure. It leaves three free spaces. I will see if we can get one more car then more 5 people can join.
And as always our policy is: First-come, first-served so please be the first who calls me and books a place:
070 74 17 386
If you have access to car you can join as a whole group of 5 people but in that case you still need to let me know about it.
We will probably be out for 10 hours and need to have enough water, food and cookies with ourselves. It is highly recommended to have rubber boots because it will be extremely wet in the woods and having working gloves, clothes that if they get painted you don't mind so much and warm clothes in case it gets cold are required.
Eric will try to bring axes, saws and knives but if you have any please take it with you. We will mark the hiking way by paint and brush, cut extra branches of the trees on the way, make or repair the bridges and walk all the way to make sure it looks fine.
(We will make marks like the orange one in the first picture and fix bridges like the one in teh second, though the pictures are taken from Bruksleden's homepage)

2010-04-16T16:35:00.000+02:00

Hi dear friends.

This weekend there will be no hikes but we have made a report booklet about the hiking club. Some pictures will be printed and we will have a table in the student open exhibition which is on Tuseday next week in the university.

Please come and be with us at your own table next week.

Have a nice weekend

Mahgol and Constance.

Saturday the 10th!

2010-04-08T17:53:00.000+02:00

This weekend we are going to this place:

I have got the picture from this address.

(http://www.svenskaturistforeningen.se/sv/upptack/Kretsar/Aroskretsen/Aktiviteter/Bilder/)

If you want to know where it is on the map, just simply go to maps.google.com and type (lövudden,västerås, sverige) then you will ge to know where it it.

According to google maps it is just 5.5 kms and it takes 1 hour to walk there.

We have been there before and we know that there is fire places available but bring your own food to BBQ. according to the weather forcast it is not going to be so warm but sunny.

Since there is the ski trip the day before and some people may be too tired to wake up early and since some might party the night before lets meet 10:30 at the main train station, walk to the place, make fire and enjoy our time.

The way back is kind of easy so any body is free to go back when he/she feels like but I think we will go back around 4.

Please bring any outdoor games you have. such as balls or badminton bats or ....

See you there

Cheers

Hiking club

Report on the Easter hike!

2010-04-08T17:43:00.000+02:00

Hi dear hikers.

last week on Saturday the 3rd we were four people who got the train and went to Surahammar!

Mahgol, Maryam, Constance and Honza. But there in the station we met another happy friend: Patricia!

We went to a very nice spot on Bruksleden and got a long lunch rest in the warm sun.
We walked back to Surahammar and got the bus back at 20 past 5.

Those who wanted to come and didn't missed a lot since all of us got free BBQ stuff and the hiking club covered the trips because it was Easter!

Happy Easter!

this week...

2010-03-31T17:26:00.000+02:00

Hi dear Hikers!
It looks like it is going to be a good weather on Saturday this weekend.
Me and Constance thought that it would be good to go for a loop around Surahammar. She has done it before but I have never been on this hike.
We need to take the train to Surahammar and from there we go on Bruksleden Hiking Treck and then take the bus or train back to the beloved Västerås.
The preliminary plan is to meet at the central station at 10:00 and take the train to Surahammar. It takes us half an hour to reach Sura.
We walk for around 6 hours, making 17 kms walk and take the bus back to Västerås at 17:22 and will be in Västerås at 17:45.
Not only good shoes, extra socks, good mood, enough water and food is REQUIRED but also coins to buy tickets from the machine or coming earlier to the station to buy tickets from the office in the station is also very important otherwise you have to buy the ticket more expensive onboard.
Please chek the blog the night before hiking for any possible changes.
Cheers
Mahgol
p.s. This is the map of the loop we gonna make:
http://www.bruksleden.se/Surahammar/Karta3.pdf

Report on last and info about the next HIKING

2010-03-24T00:29:00.000+01:00

Hello all!

Last Saturday was a combination of

Nice weather,

Nice people and

Nice ending!

We met at the main entrance with some minutes of delay by Constance and me! :)

We walked to the church as planned, had a lunch break in the Church yard and walked towards Hallstahammar on Brukslden. Just at the begining of the traktor way we found out the way was not touched and the snow was kind of deep and melting... so we had a polling round if we should go back the same way to västerås and make the summation of 14 KM or be more adventurous and go a little bit further. So we continued and ended up on 66 towards Västerås. We entered Västerås from Erikslund, did some shopping and then walked towards Clovers place to visit her oppen hous. We were welcome as always, got some dry socks, tea, coffee, pie and some other good snacks and then walked back to the city centrum.

It was a nice day, thanks to all who joined. Correctme if I miss spelled a name:

Constance, Tobbias, Mahgol, Ligaj, Liudmila, Vaida, Katty and Iryna. Oh I almost forgot Teddy who almost evrybody got the chance to enjoy his company at least for some moments.

For this weekend there is no plan fixed yet! I have too much to do but I will talk with Constance but if there is already any body who can take over the responsibility of planning, we will be happy to help with giving him/her the GPS, maps and all the equipments.

Please contact me or Constance in this regard by email or phone which can be found at the bottom of this page.

Cheers

Mahgol

p.s. the meeting with VSIF was really good. they are nice people who are eager to have more international students taking part in their activities. www.vsif.nu

They have their website in English as well.

We are going to have a meeting with them with all the fadders soon, let see if we can make something fun out of it.

These nice pictures are taken by Ligaj. Special thanks to him.

Report on last week and a little information about this weekend!

2010-03-17T17:37:00.000+01:00

Hi dear fellow hikers!

Last week was amazing. We were a group of people called: Quentin, Tobias, Björn, Melika, Ludmila, Ligaj, Anna, Constance and Chandra. :)

We had good luck with weather and fantastic view during the lunch time, at the lake with fishermen who had drilled the ice. Here are some pictures of the nice day on Ängsö. by the way if any body is interested in riding horses on the island, here is the link to the related website and they have it very nicely translated to German and English. http ://www.engsohastar.se/

I think they are too expensive for a group student activity but for those who can, please go on and check the website. Please let me or Constance to know if you needed any help with calling, finding the way or anything else.

And about this weekend.

I beasically thought. It would be best to go somewhere without the need to the cars so that we just walk from the city center or the central station.

I am thinking about a nice shurch called Skrike in nourth west of Västerås about 8 kms walk which if we make it two ways it becomes 16 kms and I think it is kind of lagom! :)

More detailed plan comes later.

If you have any suggestions please let me know by email or phone.

Cheers

Mahgol

p.s. by the way I am going to have a meeting with the guys in VSIF, the school's sport association on Friday. Maybe some activities together with the Swedish students in close future? They are interested in us, I mean the VSIF. :) We will see.

March 13th

2010-03-07T21:50:00.000+01:00

Hi dear friends!

I hope the ones who have done skiing today, have enjoyed it.

Hubert has decided to take us to a ski trip again in one mounth. I would love to follow.

Yesterday Melika, Bjorn and me were on Ängsö. It is an island in south east of Västerås and it is a very nice place. We went for a 5 to 6 kilometer walk and I personally enjoyed it alot. It was just a spontanious call from Melika and Bjorn so no offense for those who wanted to go hiking but we had no plans for this day.

Any way the whole point is that we have to go to this place by car because the bus or train does not go there and it is at least 20 kms from Västerås.

I need to know how many people and who is planning to follow, latest on thursday the 11th so that I can check with the car availability.

You need to write an email to me to the adress mahgol.amin@gmail.com including mobile number so that I can get back to you on phone.

This will be a little bit hard to plan because I am going to the Talin cruise as well. So please help to have a nice hiking on next Saturday.

Best wishes and love to you all

Mahgol

Some Pictures from the last Björnö hike (27th Feb)

2010-03-05T18:57:00.001+01:00

Pictures by Tomas!

Some Pictures from the Hike on Valentine day!

2010-03-05T18:51:00.000+01:00

Pictures by Tomas!

Tobias! Come on send me the group Pictures MAN!

Saturday March 6th

2010-03-02T13:04:00.000+01:00

Dear friends!
As far as I know there are so many of us going to the skitrip on Sunday the 7th, organized by the international committee and since we have some other stuff to do such as maybe studying as well.
We keep this Saturday free for those who need some time to study including me myself.
See you on the skitrip
Cheers
Mahgol

Saturday 27

2010-02-25T16:31:00.000+01:00

This Saturday we will go to björnö by bus or car or bycicle and we meet at 10 o'clock in front of teh restaurant on the island then we walk all around the island. the way is 10km long and I believe the path are free from snow. An easy one!!
Don't forget warm clothes (again and again) and food. We won't have a BBQ but will stop at the end at the restaurant for a fika so bring your money.
As we will walk near björnöbron, some of you might want to take the opportunity and try ice skating. (please refer to our previous posts to buy them in Myrorna).
you can take the bus line 98 (or 15 if you're late) from the train station to "stadsträdgården" and then walk until björnö's restaurant: http://www.vl.se/template/StartPageBus____3658.aspx
You're free of taking any bus you want on the way back. from björnö (around 15:00 or 18:00) or from stadsträdgården.
There might be chance to get a lift from those who have car, please call Mahgol if you are interested in that. 070 74 17 386
hope to see you there

Report

2010-02-23T16:32:00.000+01:00

You are wondering if we did do the hiking on Saturday withe the storm which was kind of obvious in Västerås.
I have to say that yes we did and there are two pictures as evidance.
I personally think it was really fun though it was so ooo ooo ooo cold and the wind and the snow up to our hips in some points...
We started walking from the parked cars aroun 10 and got back in the cars aroun 4. so it was a long hiking. This picture is taken by Honza in the same spot almost just after the beginning and the ending of the hike.
Thanks to Eric, Bjorn, Tobias, Melika, Ayse, Christoph, Honza and Yigit who made it a very nice day.

Deep in Snow, Saturday the 20th

2010-02-18T12:58:00.000+01:00

Hi dear friends!

As said before we are going to nature this week with a guide who is working with the nature reserved areas around Västerås.

We are going by car to somewhere around 30 kms far from Västerås and go to the woods.

Good shoes, extra socks and good pants are highly recomended.

bring your lunch and fikas, good moods and lets enjoy.

We will not push ourselves so hard. So we will try to go as far as we can and then turn and come back. Eric said taht there will be roads around taht we can just jump to them if we had any problem.

Just right now we have access to three cars and Tobias, Melika, Bjorn, Ayse, Mahgol and Eric have already registered to follow.

Please send me a message if you want to come.

070 74 17 386 Mahgol

We meet on saturday the 20th at 9 o clock in front of park hotel and then just follow Eric. (If you want to come but live far from Park hotel just let me know maybe we can fix a lift for you)

See you soon

Mahgol

Report on the last and information about the next hiking!

2010-02-14T22:09:00.000+01:00

The last hiking (Valentine 2010) was amazing! At least I think so.
We ended up in a group of 15 cool people and we had so much fun.
The place we stayed in (www.flackebo.se) was placed in a beautiful area and the lady who was taking care of it (Elisabeth) was so kind and smart.
I should thank everybody for their good humor and helps to make an amazing 26 hour of fun, sport, joy and adventure.
I will post a picture of the whole group later but there are a bunch of pictures and videos already on facebook for those who are on facebook and for those like me who are not, it comes here later.
People, please send me some of your pictures since I am making an archive of our hikes and it would be nice to have some of your group or even any nice pioctures you like them.
And about next week: (Feb the 20th)
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Yes we have Eric who is working for the nature reserved area called svartadalen and he is going to be our guide. I bet it gonna be interesting since he can tell us about the history, plants, birds and other kind of animals that live along the river which also goes through Vasteras.
Please check the website more often since this hiking might be also one of those we have to know who is following in advance because we might need to drive some where by car and meet Eric somewhere along the river but not in Vasteras.
and I have to say in advance that it can be including some walking in deep snow so you need sort of waterproof, warm pants and good shoes.
And it can be tough. more details comes later.
have a great start of the week
Sincerely
Mahgol
I will talk to him tomorrow and

2010-02-10T16:28:00.000+01:00

Hi!

Bad organization? Maybe! So help us to make it better.

Today at 14:00 in Kåren was the meeting and people who showed up or called or wrote to me are:

Constance, Ayse, Tomas, Melika, Bjorn, Tobias, Diego, Yigit and Clover.

Batu is following with his car. Including me it makes 11 people.

We have space for 16 people.

We had Ruben and his two friends in the waiting list, and Christoph and Elham also got on the waiting list. (It makes another 5 that makes it 16 people)

Just right now it looks like Merve, Efe, Albertus, Jongman and Hwajeong have decided not to come, if it is not true and you wish to come PLEASE contact me on my phone 070 74 17 386 today latest 12 midnight since if not those who I mentioned above will just jump in. (this is the absolute last notice!!!!!!)

About the timing a little bit more details: We drive from Västerås around 17:00 on Friday. We have three cars and we are thinking of picking up people from their accomodations. Then we are going to do some shopping in a big store like coop extra or ica maxi since we need to have one dinner, one breakfast and one lunch.

Then we drive to Fläckbo and settle down and have fun (so don't forget the playing cards or musical instruments if you have any and alcohol if you want to drink). During the night we will have a short adventurous night hiking around the cottage and the day after a 2-3 hours hiking around the lake where the cottage is located at.

Then we get lunch and drive back to Västerås. It is obvious taht the hikings are not obligatory so you can come and stay in teh cottage.

Ware paying 1500 SEK for the Cottage and you don't have to pay it but since it is the half of the whole of the budget we have got for the whole year, it would be nice if you pay your share which will be 100 SEk but it is absolutely not obligatory.

We will have real beds and madrasses and pillows and blanckets so you don't need to bring any sleeping bags with you.

Any questions? don't hesitate to call me or Constance.

2010-02-08T16:18:00.000+01:00

Hello every body!

The last hiking was a hard but fun one. Thanks to Ayse, Merve, Ruben, Diego, Clover, Markus, Jackie and Teddy who made it a very pleasant day.

I have not recieved any pictures from this hiking yet but we were in snow up to our hips at some points and thanks to those who went as leader in front we survived!

And this weekend. The cottage we are going to stay in this friday night is booked.

we will drive there so no long hiking but the day after you can choose to follow for hiking or stay in the Cottage and wait for the others who go and do the hiking and come back and then we can drive back to Västerås all together.

The place is called Fläckbo and is located 40 kms from Västerås on Svartådalen. Google them if you are interested.

There is a picture of our cottage on top!

It has facilities to cook and has two fire places, it has showers and beds!!!! :)

I need to see all of you who have registered to come along on Wednesday the 10th at 14:00 in Kåren. It is obligatory and you have to call me or write me an email if you can not join the meeting with a very good reason otherwise you will loose your place and some one else on the waiting list jumps in.

Any questions? Call me or Constance. The contact details finds!!!(swenglish) at the bottom of the page.

Valentine hiking! 12th-13th february

2010-02-03T20:33:00.001+01:00

Hi dear friends,
Well, it looks like we are already fully booked.
The list is closed.
For those who are on the list and decide not to come, we ask them to do let us know as soon as possible, at least 4 days before friday the 12th, so that others who want to follow but have not got the chance, get their place.
Mahgol, Tomas, Melika, Bjorn, Tobias, Constance, Diego, Yigit, Merve, Efe, Ayse, Albertus, Jongman, Hwajeong, Clover.
Now! For those who think it is just fun, we have to say that it is not!
It is F... Cold!
We will keep shifts to look after the fire every hour and still it will be cold.
You need very good sleeping bag. We will try to warm the cottage but our experience is that it gets warm exactly before we want to leave the cottage, the day after.
We have already two cars but we need one more car. So please if you have access to one car let us know and the costs will be covered by the hiking club.
Did you just ask yourself, "were we not supposed to go by bus?" The answer is no, because we will go somewhere else where the cottage is a little bit bigger and the place is one hour drive from Västerås.
The details will be published latest 7th next week.
Yours Sincerely
MDH Hiking Club

Saturday the 6th

2010-02-03T17:46:00.000+01:00

On Saturday February 6th, lets meet at 8:45 at the central bus terminal of Västerås (It is at the same spot as the train station).

The bus number 46 leaves the station at 9:10 sharp. By that time you should have your tickets ready in your hands and you can not buy them on the bus. So please buy them either in the station in the VL office or by the ticket automats in the station area. The bus stops at the station called Skultuna Kyrkan and we start walking from there. We have a short look to the Cabin we gonna stay the next week and then we walk towards Västerås.

Please bring enough water, warm clothes, enough food and extra socks. We can go to a Kafe' in Västerås when we are back and fika together.

You are most welcome to bring your boyfriends, girlfriends or simply friends even if they are not students. No need to ask about it. :)

Don't forget your good moods at home.

We expect the whole hiking be finished in maximum 6 hours. so we will be in Västerås latest 16:00. Don't nag if something unexpected happened on the way and we got late! :)

any questions? call the numbers at the bottom of this page or email us.

2010-02-02T19:34:00.000+01:00

hi everybody
now we are ready with the schedule of next four hikings.
- Saturday the 6th we go by bus to Skutuna and walk back to our beloved vasteras. It is not a long hiking and it might take us around 5 hours considering the snow and picture taking time spendings.
- Saturday the 13th is a little bit different, we go by bus to some where near Skultuna with the last bus on Friday the 12th and we get to the cottage or cabin which can host max of 11 people really packed! then the next morning we walk to Surahammar. it takes around 6 hours and we get the bus back to lovely vasteras on Saturday.
Ones who want to join need to let us know at least one week before.
- Saturday the 20th we go by bus to Hallstahammar and walk back to Vasateras and it takes around 7 hours.
- Saturday the 27th, we will go to Angso. The plan is not realy set in detail but we will do it soon.
This hiking is also just for a limited number of people the max of 15. So you need to let us know about it one week in advance.
We come back to you with more detailed information soon.
Thanks to those who joined the meeting today.
Have a nice week
MDH hiking club

Report and Meeting

2010-02-02T15:49:00.001+01:00

hi every body!
Here you can find some pictures of the last hiking which was actually the first hiking ofthis study year.
http://picasaweb.google.de/lordfaho/Hiking30110?authkey=Gv1sRgCKSxo8uso_zsPA&feat=email
I personally loved it. It was so much fun and I am looking forward for more such hikes.
Today we are going to meet and decide about four upcoming hikes and I hope many of you show up. at least those who got to know about it on the rookie hike.
I will post the results of the meeting soon.
to those who had camera with them and took nice pictures:
Could you please be kind and send me (mahgol.amin@gmail.com) the pictures? I would make a clip of them or try to upload them somewhere so that others can have them too.
With Love and best wishes
MDH Hiking club

2010-01-28T12:27:00.000+01:00

Here are some more information about the Rookie Hike:

We will meet at Coop extra(south east of västerås) on Saturday January 30th, at 10:00 so you can buy some food for the BBQ.

We will then walk until Björnö's beach and have our lunch there.

You're welcome to take any games with you to keep yourself warm while waiting for your sausages.

Snowfight and snowman contest are directly provided by Mother nature.

Check the links for more information.;) And don't hesitate to ask anything.

Yours Sincerely

MDH Hiking Club

www.vl.se for the buss timetables

maps.google.se or www.eniro.se for the meeting point exact place (coop extra Pilgatan 4 västerås)

p.s. our contact information finds at the end of this page so please don't hesitate to contact us if you wondered about anything!

Roooookie Hike

2010-01-24T00:19:00.000+01:00

SO here we are again.
The Saturday January 30th we will go to Bjorno for the introduction first hiking of the semester.
You are welcome to join with something to BBQ and enough water to drink.
Warm Clothes is good for yourslef! :)
More details about meeting time and point will be published soon.
Yours Sincerely
MDH Hiking Club

A New start

2010-01-18T13:43:00.000+01:00

Hi dear fellows!
Now, I mean exactly today, the school has got a new life and the students, Old and New are running all around the university.
On Thursday there will be a Mingle Evening for the New commers and we are going to have 5 minutes time to intrduce ourselves.
We had some good suggestions that we are going to discuss in the first monthly meeting (this is also something new) the exact time of which will be announced later.
I am looking forward for a "hike ful" and "fun weekended" semester.
Keep checking the blog
Cheers

2009-12-18T03:44:00.000+01:00

Hi everybody.

I have some news:

first of all, Hubert the president of international committee has promised us a hiking package which will arive soon!

second is that as some people asked, here are some links to some dance or any other kind of cultural activities in Västerås:

www.vaxhuset.nu

www.vasterasdanscenter.com

www.vass-dans.com

www.buenosaros.org

I think it is good for now,

third is about this link:

http://www.linnemarschen.se/en-us/

Should we go?

fourth is this weekend hiking!

I think we can go on saturday some where by car or simply do a "Björno covered by snow" tour. Or maybe to Ängsö?

Any body has any suggestion?

Ice skating

2009-12-04T14:51:00.000+01:00

Hi dear all!

Tomorrow at 17:00 we are going to do ice skating in Rocklunda.

http://www.rocklunda.com/

If you came and you got lost in the big area, give me a call I will try to guide you.

070 74 17 386

See you there.

Mahgol

p.s.1 there are big indoor and outdoor ice skating fields so don't worry about the weather.

p.s. 2 those who have not still got any shoes, there are even more varities now in Myrorna. try it.

one long but fun night in the middle of woods in a typical Swedish Stuga

2009-12-01T16:28:00.000+01:00

I wish you were all there. It was so much fun. calmness, candles, fire and sleeping bags.
a little bit of rum in black tea and long exposure pictures.
You might find the pictures under this link
http://picasaweb.google.com/lordfaho/Webalbum4HikingTrip1Advent?authkey=Gv1sRgCP_Yxv7PuZjQFQ&feat=directlink
There will be more of this.
don't miss it this time.

tomorrow!!!

2009-11-27T22:22:00.000+01:00

Hi dear friends.
so here we are,
tomorrow, Saturday the 28th of november, we meet at the main entrance of the university at 9:30 and drive up north 70 kilometers. and so on so forth as explained before.
don't forget enough water,
candles,
enough food,
warm clothes,
cards to play or books to read,
paper for fire making,
sleeping bag,
lights,
extra socks,
yummy godis, chocolate, snacks and .... :)
There is the possibility that the cottage is occupied, be ready to get back to the Västerås the same night.
Right now the group is includingÖ
Constance, Anna, Bjorn, Tobias, Melika and Mahgol.
Larissa said she wants to come and she has a place reserved for her but I could not reach her for the final meeting time/place confirmation.
We have three places left for those who want to come but do not stay over the night, they can come back with bjorn's car on the same day.
Please call if you want to join tonight before 1 in the morning and tomorrow before 9:00.
Mahgol 070 74 17 386

staying the night in the cottage

2009-11-26T21:21:00.000+01:00

Hi dear hiker friends

This week as promised we are going to do a hiking some where 70 kilometers in the north of Vasteras to do hiking and staying the night in a cottage.

We have two cars. but we are going to be two groups of people.

one group stays the night, one group goes back to Västerås. Right now, people who have said taht they will join for sure are Anna, Constance, Me, Tobias, Melika and Bjorn and as Tobias, Anna, Constance and me are going to stay in the cottage, we still have one place for someone who wants to stay and as Melika and Bjorn are coming back to Västerås by teh secodn car, we have three space for ones who want do the hiking and go back in the afternoon.

Contact me if you are interested in either way. 070 74 17 386

the plan is roughly like this:

Leaving Västerås on Saturday morning (around 9:00), getting to the parking place, hiking around 12 kilometers and getting ready for the night (making fire, food, water and ...)

at the same time the second group will be walking back to the car and driving to Västerås.

Any amusing material such as chess, cards, paper and pen is suggested, Candles, Extra warm clothes, extra socks, first aid packages, head lamps or at least torches is strongly recomended, without sleeping bag it does not work at all.

The day after taht will be sunday, we will be doing another short hiking (after breakfast) and get to the car and drive back to Västerås.

Please be careful with water and food storage and being efficient not to have too much not too few.

We will be posting a last final meeting point/time message tomorrow afternoon.

Have a nice evening

sorry for the good weather and no hiking

2009-11-20T17:09:00.001+01:00

Hi dear friends.
I am stock in Goteborg waiting for a good price last minute ticket and Constance is going to have her TOEFL test in Stockholm.
But we will have our one night staying in the cottage plan for next week.
Have a nice weekend.
and check for the updates in the weblog
Yours sincerely
Mahgol

change in plans

2009-11-18T12:39:00.001+01:00

Hi dear fellows!
Since me and Constance can not joing this week and we are so selfish, we decided to change the plan to the next week. but this week we will try to have something small.
The problem is that I am going to Goteborg tomorrow and have not bought any return ticket hoping for cheap last minute ones and Constance is having an exam in Stockholm.
Let see what happens.
please check the bolg for the last minute announces.

Report and News

2009-11-15T00:41:00.001+01:00

Hi dear friends.
Though it was a short notice, we were a group of three who gathered in JM-Hallen and did some Ice Skating.
I bought my shoes in Myrorna for 90 Kronor and the Ice Skating field was free and not that crowded.
It was my firt time, I enjoyed a lot and curently I am hoping for the least pain in my muscles.
For the next week as promised we are going for a two days hike including one night which will be spent in a cottage in the middle of woods.
Since the space is limited and the facilities, the priority goes to the ones who have been on at least one hiking during the new Semester (since sep 2009).
We might have space for the maximum number of 8 people. people who are interested please call me or constance and give a 100% yes latest wednesday 18th. First people contacting are prioretized.
The plan is roughly like this:
70 KM to the north by car, between 10 to 20 kms hiking on Saturday, making fire eating and getting ready for the night, sleeping in the cottage, walking back to the cars hopefully from another path but around the same length on Sunday.
Good sleeping bags. water countainers and food for two days is required.
(If there are so many people interested but no space available for this time, we will make sure to have an other plan like this for them on the same date or soon)

ICE skating

2009-11-13T19:50:00.000+01:00

Hi dear hikers! :)

Since ice skating and skiing season is on its way, maybe it is proper to give the ice skating salon in Västerås a try.

Tomorrow it will be rainy and the JM Hallen which is an indoor skating field is open from 17:00 to 21:00.

We can meet by JM Hallen around 17:30 and give ice skating a try or if you have done it before, just enjoy the time together.

Unfortunately they donn't rent out shoes but I personally am ging to buy a pair in Myrorna tomorrow.

Yesterday I was there, they had at least 6 pairs of ice skates from 40 to 300 SEK.

Hope to see you there. (Björn is also going to be there, he can help ones like me who have never tried it before)

The place can be found on the following map.

Have a great evening followed by a fantastic weekend.

question? Call me 070 74 17 386

Hiking from Skultuna on 7th day of every mounth?

2009-11-06T19:17:00.000+01:00

Hi dear friends.

Tomorrow we will take the bus46 at 10:20 (but please be there earlier because it takes time to buy the tickets from the office inside or the machine outside!) towards Skultuna, we get of the bus in the station named Skultuna Kyrkan and then walk back to our home city! :)

You just said: "Come on we have done it before"?

I say: "No!"

We are taking another way rather than Bruksleden which Bjorn has found on the map and will hopefully help us tomorrow to find it easily. (it is tagged as alternative on the map, shown above!)

Extra socks!

Food!

Water!

Good mood!

It will take some time between 4 to 6 hours depending on how much we slow down to jump over a puddle of water or take a picture or make fire, boil water and make tea! ;)

See you tomorrow at the central station of Västerås, some time around 10:00.

Run Along

2009-11-05T17:11:00.000+01:00

Hi dear hikers!
I mean both active and passive ones.
Today we had a meeting with some politiciatns from the Västerås city. They were eager to know about students' (especially internation versions) living situation. They asked about the activities we have and we explained about our hiking club too.
One of them was so nice she gave me her card and I did not hesitate one minute to contact her to get more support from the city.
She helped with some contacts and links but she also sent me this link: http://runalong.se .
I suggest you visit it.
We will be back with information about this weeks hiking.
Have a nice Thursday evening

Hiking on October 31st

2009-10-30T11:59:00.000+01:00

Hi dear hikers! Exam time? Halloween party?

OK Just a short hiking from Meeting point on Bjorno (in front of the first restaurant after the bridge) and making a loop of 10 KM in approximately 2 and a half hours.

Lets meet at 11o'clock in the meeting point.

IF you want to ride your bicycle from Park or Sundinska we can go at 10:20 from Sundinska together.

We can BBQ after the hiking or easily go to the restaurant if they are open.

It will be very beautiful with all the autumn colours.

See you

MDH Hiking Club

** Any questions? feel free to call Mahgol or Constance. the contact detail can be found att the end of the main page of the weblog.

20th hike

2009-10-22T17:51:00.000+02:00

Hi everyone!

On Saturday the 24th we will hike between Hallstahammar and Surahammar.

It will be an easy 16.5 km hike, though we will go through swamps, so don't forget good shoes!

We will take the bus from Västerås central at 11.30, please be there before to buy your tickets in time.We will arrive at hallstahammar at 12.00 and start our trip.

It will take us around 4, 5 hours, depending on our team level, weather (cloudy) and the track's condition.We can take bus back home at 17:00/ 17:22 (train)/ 20:30/23:10

We might stop in Surahammar and eat a bit.

http://www.bruksleden.se/Hallstahammar/Karta2.pdf the map

http://www.bruksleden.se/etapp_6.htm a description of one part of the path (swedish- sorry it's not available in other languages)

Constance

19th hike!

2009-10-16T01:21:00.000+02:00

Dear hikers!On Saturday we will meet at the main entrance of the uni at 10.00 and make our way to Hallstahammar. The hike is 25 km long so count between 6 and 8 hours.You will have the possibility to have a dinner there or to take a train or bus back to västerås (42 and 44 sek).the first train is at 17.30, then buses at 18.00, 20.00 and 23.00.It should be raining so don't forget to bring good clothes as well as your meal and good mood with you!

Please check these websites for more information:

http://www.sj.se/purchase/booksearchtravel/findTravels.form

http://www.bruksleden.se/oversiktskarta.htm

(look at karta1 and 2)
constance

Report of the Skultuna Hike!

2009-10-11T23:40:00.000+02:00

Hi!
We were 8 people and did take the bus to Skultuna Kyrkan, walk to Bruksleden and took the path all the way to Västerås.
It started at 10:00 in the central station and finished at 18:30 at the same spot.
The weather was not bad as we expected instead it was actually very good.
We were Bjorn, Melika, Constance, Eva, Marion and Maya, me and Anna if I am not wrong with the spellings.
We had long stops for taking picture or for finding a way to avoid the water or checking the Old Curchs on the way or making fire for boiling the water and making tea! :)
We found some mushrooms and berries on the way.
Some got wet in their shoes but we had fun and we made friends.
Next hikings plan will be posted soon.
Keep on checking the weblog and please leave comments if you feel like.
Have a great start for the week.
MDH International Hiking Club

Skultuna!

2009-10-07T12:24:00.000+02:00

Hi dear Hikers,
We are going to Skultuna in nourth of Västerås on this Saturday.

It will be cloudy and cold on Saturday but as swedes say,

There is no bad weather, there is just bad clothing!

(check the weather forcast websites yourselves please!)
So take rain jackets, warm clothes, extra socks, good shoes.

It gonna be around 18 kms to walk from Skultuna Kyrkan(Point A on the map) to Västerås.
We suggest to meet at the central station at 10:00 in the morning and buy our bus tickets by our mobiles or the ticket machines. (It might take some time, have money on your mobiles or take money or credit card to pay on the ticket machines)

The bus number 46 goes to Skultuna. The ticket will be less than 35 SEK.

We suggest to take the one at 10:20 and get of the bus in the station "Skultuna Kyrkan" which is shown as "Skultuna k:a" in the list of stations in the website http://www.vl.se/ and then reach the red path on the map no.1 from http://www.bruksleden.se/ and take it directly to Västerås. We suggest the purple path on the following picture but check it please on Bruksleden yourselves too.
We expect it to take maximum between 4 to 5 hours to get back in Västerås.
Take enough water and food for yourselves and don't forget your GOOD MOODS at home or if you have been on the trip to Helsinky in Finland or on the way back or any other possible place!

p.s.1. There is an old church (Skerike kyrka) on the way back at the "Point B" that is absolutely worth visiting. p.s.2. The emphasis is taht every body feels the responsibility of checking the posted information too. We suggest you check and choose.

Some Pieces Of Information

2009-10-02T13:41:00.000+02:00

Hi everybody.

We did go canoeing and it was fun!

This week weather is like this:

It is not a big problem for hikers but since we are in Autumn and we can still have nice weather I thought we can have a nice after cruise (Helsinki) hiking.

Have a look on the website www.bruksleden.se and check the website www.vl.se and keep in mind the home page: http://www.smhi.se/cmp/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=5236&l=sv

These are mainly our tools of planning a hiking.

So next week on Oktober 10th we will go to either hallstahammar or skultuna by bus and walk back to Västerås.

Feel free to count it as the first official hiking around Västerås.

We will be back with more information and flyers in the school and where you leave.

Have a great weekend and have so much fun.

Canoeing!!!

2009-09-17T15:26:00.000+02:00

Plan for Saturday 19th of SEPTEMBER

Hi everybody!
Last week we had a nice rookie hiking with a good group of new and old students. We went on cycle to the Bjorno island and had a short (half an hour) walk to the BBQ place and we did make a fire and met another group of students there and ate and drank a little bit and then some crazy ones swam in the lake and we went back to the Retaurant and had a fika and then went home!

This weekend lets have something more serious and we will meet on Bjorno at the parking place in front of the restaurant. We will rent Canoes and Kayaks and start our sailing trip at 10:00.

The number of the Canoes are limited so don't be late so that you can get one.
Price list:
2 hours 6 hours numbers available
2 person Canoe 150:- 250:- 13
1 person Kayak 150:- 250:- 4
2 person Kayak 200:- 350:- 4

Afterwards we will have a BBQ and there is of course a restaurant if you want to eat there.
If you have any other questions feel free to call Andrzej under number 021 262 00 or call us (Mahgol [070 74 17 386] or Constance [070 06 25 087]).

If any body is fancy cycling to Bjorno, be at the main entrance of Coop Extra at 9:00. (Click on the link to find the way to Coop Extra)

Another thing! You are coming to this canoeing trip on your own risk! :) We are all grown ups, or not?
The weather is going to be sunny, 19 degrees but windy, be prepared for that too.
feel free to bring friends with you.
See you there
Mahgol and Constance

How to go there

2009-09-10T12:48:00.000+02:00

For those who don't know how to go to Björnö, we will have two different groups.
One GOING from Sundinska, leading by Mahgol.
And another one CYCLING from the Uni leading by me.

Sundiska group will leave at 10, you should meet near the entrance, for more information please refer to Mahgol mahgol.amin@gmail.com

The Uni group will meet at 11.10 at the Uni main entrance.

Some questions:
What if I leave in Sundinska but want to cycle to Björnö?
Join us at uni. Or take your bike with you and use it on the way back.'

What if I want to go to björnö but live near uni?
Same thing, just take the bus to Sundinska and join the team there, ask Mahgol to know more about the bus.

Do I HAVE to join?
No, it's just to make it easy for you to go there or funny. We will wait for you at the meeting point on björnö.

Can I go there by bus?
VL doesn't offer so many buses to Björnö so check the website, you can as well come on foot and come back by bus.
http://www.vl.se/template/StartPageBus____3658.aspx

I leave between Uni/Sundinska and Björnö!
Tell us, we will agree on a meeting point on our way!

Constance

cycling!

2009-09-06T21:42:00.000+02:00

Hi dear friends!

I hope you nw commers take the chance to get to know more about the hiking club by joining the first Hike which is organized by Constance.

During the introduction week there was a good suggestion based on a need from the priest of the school.

As she said, there are some students who don't know how to ride ona bicycle or it has been a long time since they have done it and are little bit scared to start again.

We offer them help. Just contact me or constance and we can fix you a cycling session to help you with the principles.

Have a nice start for the week.

Mahgol

Rookie - Hike

2009-09-05T13:11:00.001+02:00

Hi everybody!
Let's meet on Björnö for a short welcoming hike and the launch of a new season of adventures!!
For the first day, we will have a short hike and a BBQ on Björnö's beach.
Bring food and drinks with you, and don't forget games! (beach volley?)
_________
We will meet on the parking of björnö, near the restaurant, at 12.00 and walk through the forest to the beach. After our kick off we will walk a little bit more and back to our start point.

http://www.facebook.com/inbox/readmessage.php?t=158171897813&f=1&e=-12#/event.php?eid=124642919237&ref=nf

New Start!

2009-08-26T12:40:00.000+02:00

Hi everybody!

As new students have arrived and weather is getting in a way that maybe people need some motivation or company to go out and spend some time in nature, so we are back!

at the moment what is being planned is a kayaking/canoeing trip on Mälaren around Björno!

Sounds cool I think.

But we will come back to you soon with more detailed information.

We have been on Local Newspaper

2009-08-26T12:35:00.001+02:00

I just translated this article a few minutes ago, be aware that my english is not perfect, and it's late, so I actually didn't read it! hahaha erhm, feel free to correct me so. :) Constance

What do the international students on week ends in Sweden?Vlt met a gang who decided to hike between Hallstahammar and Surahammar.
The eight students from Mälardalen University arrived by bus to Hallstahammar on saturday's morning. They got to ask to be able to find the start point, near Motionscentrum.
- We were expecting to find a map of Hallstammar, but there is none, explain Mahgol Amin from Iran.
Despite the terrible weather, and the lake of a good map, every one's face were smiling.The students from Germany, China, France, Iran and czech republic were determined to hike on the 16 km long pathbetween the two places.
-We calculated at it will take us 5 hours. We will have a late lunch or an early dinner in Surahammar, says Mahgol Amin.
It's the seventh Hike that the group does in Västmanland and Södermanland. Some of the students use to hike in their homelands.Tomas Pop from Czech republic see a difference between the swedish and the czech nature.
- it's wilder and unspoiled here, Forest are deeper.'
December's weather isn't the same than in czech re. Not always snow.'
-But we have longer days he says.
Something which take all its importance when Mahgol Amin thinks we have been speaking enough.It's time to move on.
-Otherwise we will have to hike in the dark, she says.

15th Hiking 19 March 2009

2009-08-26T12:30:00.000+02:00

I know it is a late announcement but late is better than never.

Here is the plan.

We take the train from Västerås to Eskilstuna at 7:35 and get off the train on the way in Kvicksund.

There we walk along the coast and reach Torshälla in 6 hours.

We should take the bus to Eskilstuna and catch the train to Västerås at 15:52.

Lode has done it two or three weeks ago and he said that it has been nice and ofcourse possible.

So once more don't forget your student cards and good food and mood!

The weather will be sunny but not that warm.

be prepared for the wind along the coast.

14th Hiking 11 April 2009

2009-08-26T12:27:00.000+02:00

There are two options that we have one at the east coast of Mälaren (on Björno) and one at the west coast(Lövudden).

It is kind of easy to go to both but I know that there are some other students who have already decided to go to Bjärno so there is the upportunity of joining them.

I would say lets take this hike easy and basically walk just 6 to 10 kms and focus on a high quality BBQ!

Bring your BBQ material (Chicken, Meat, Vegetables, bread, mustard, drinks, music, camera and ...)

feel free to bring any thing for playing. cards, vollyballs, badminton or ...

so we'll meet at 10 in the centralstation and walk to either any of these two directions and take it easy at the Mälaren coast and enjoy sun.

If you woke up and decided not to go because of not having anything to bbq donät worry we might have a stop by lidle or ICA, Coop or Hemköp on the way to any of these.I will upload some pictures of Lövudden as well coz I know that you all know how Björno looks like.

13th Hiking 4 April 2009

2009-08-26T12:25:00.000+02:00

Since I had not fixed my watch as the new summer time, we all missed the last hike as it was supposed to be. I hope it never happens again.Lets go to the planed hike for last week, this week. We should meet at the Central satation at 9:00 (Summer time! :) )and take the bus number 46 to Skultuna at 9:10.

The ones who came for the last hike (They are four whose names I have so don't try to cheat ;) ) will get their tickets for free but the others can try to buy their tickets from the machine or try to find out how they shoudl do it by their mobiles if they got there earlier otherwise we can find it out all to gether.

We get of the bus at one station before Skultuna (Skultuna Kyrkan)to make a little shortcut to the hiking track. We will walk around 20 kms on Bruksleden and enter Västerås in Rocklunda. I think it might take us max 6 hours so we can be in Västerås at 4 pm.

Maybe afterwards a fika in the city?

12th Hiking 29 March 2009

2009-08-26T12:24:00.000+02:00

Since I did not fix my clock as the new summer time, We all missed the hike.

I hope it never happens again.Lets go to this hike this week.

We meet at the Central satation at 9:00 (Summer time! :) )and take the bus number 46 to Skultuna at 9:10.

The ones who came for the last hike (They are four whose names I have so don't try to cheat) will get their tickets for free but the others can try to buy their tickets from the machine or try to find our how they shoudl do it by their mobiles if they got there earlier otherwise we can find it out all to gether.

We get of the bus at a station before Skultuna (Skultuna Kyrkan)to make a little shortcut to the hiking track.

We will walk 20 kms on Bruksleden and enter Västerås in Rocklunda. I think it might take us max 6 hours so we can be in Västerås at 4 pm.

Maybe afterwards a ficka in the city?

11th Hiking 21 March 2009

2009-08-26T12:23:00.000+02:00

Here we are with the 11th Hiking!

Today Nick, Romain, Constance, David and Hubert joined for planning the next two hikings.

I thank them for their contribution.

We decided to go to Surahammar at 10:45 from Vasteras central station by bus number 514 and start our 18 km hike to Hallstahammar.

We are supposed to be in Hallstahammar before 18:00 so that we can take the bus number 511 back to vasteras but if we can't or don't want (in case we have so much fun in the pub resturant in Hallstahammar) we can take the next train at 20:00.

Please bring enough water and extra socks and have good shoes on and bring sweets and godis :D

The weather is expected to be sunny-cloudy but no rain or snow and it will be +3 or more.

Next Hiking Planning 19 March 2009

2009-08-26T12:21:00.000+02:00

Last two hikes we got lost!

I am not that good in finding the way and I think maybe my estimations are not that good so please come and join in planning the hike.

Lets meet up in Karen and if we needed internet to check the maps and routes and busses and trains we can go to a computer room.

Kåren 16:00-18:00

10th Hiking 14 March 2009

2009-08-26T12:19:00.000+02:00

We go to Hallstahammar.

It is a 25 kms long hike.It might rain a little bit before noon and snow later in teh afternoon but it is warm: +3 C. :D

The plan is to get the bus in Hallstahammar at 16:00 to Västerås. Hope fully we make it but if not there is another bus at 18:00 and one more at 20:00.We have the rout on map so no way we get lost this time! loooooooool

Let's meet in the Central Station in Vasteras at 08:30 and start our hike. Please wear shoes that don't get wet easily and something to protect you from wind and rain.

Bring something to eat and extra socks. If you have a Campus and lighter please bring it with you so that we might make a small fire somewhere on the way.

You might find the detailed path in the website: http://www.bruksleden.se/

Hope to see you :)

9th Hiking 7 March 2009

2009-08-26T12:18:00.000+02:00

So here is the plan. We go by train from Vasteras to Eskilstuna for free at 7:35. (So please meet us up at 7:25 in the main "hall" in Central station) Is it too early? Yes I know, but then we come back early as well. :) We will be there in Eskilstuna at 8:07. We will have a short tour to the river and lake in Eskilstuna till we can get the first bus bringing us to Sundbyholm at 8:55. We will be near Sigurdsristningen at 9:20. (the bus will cost 27 as mentioned in the website.) We will look at the wonderful carving and the castle and then a small nice peninsula in north of Sundbyholm and then start our 12 km hike to Eskilstuna. We should try to make it before 15:52 when our train leaves Eskilstuna to Vasteras. We will be back in Västerås at 16:25.You think we can make it? I hope so. Let's give it a try. ;)

OBS. Please don't forget to bring spare socks. warm clothes and enough food and water. I checked the weather online. It says it will be +2 but will feel like -2. cloudy with a little bit of wind.If you want to know where we are exactly going to visit, check this URL out:http://www.eskilstuna.nu/In-English/Start-page/Visitors/Sundbyholm/

next hiking planning 4 March 2009

2009-08-26T12:15:00.000+02:00

As David, Petr and Tomas who were helping for planning the hikes so much are back to their home land, Czech Republic, I need your help for planning the hikings. Lets meet up for an hour before the Karaoke in Karen and decide on where and how and when we want to go for the next hike.You are all welcome, even the ones who don't have any experience in this field so that they can find some. :)

Kåren 18:00 - 19:00

2009-07-23T22:58:00.000+02:00

HI!
I am trying to arcive older hikes and will start with new plans for the new education year which will be with the begining of September 2009!
I will keep updating it!
MVH
Mahgol

Planning for 9th Hiking 3 March 2009

2009-07-23T22:26:00.000+02:00

As David, Petr and Tomas who were helping for planning the hikes so much are back to their home land, Czech Republic, I need your help for planning the hikings.
Lets meet up for an hour before the Karaoke in Karen and decide on where and how and when we want to go for the next hike.
You are all welcome, even the ones who don't have any experience in this field so that they can find some. :)

Snow Sledding 22 Feb 2009

2009-07-23T22:24:00.000+02:00

We meet up in Central Sattion of Vasteras ofcourse at 12 and Hubert will be there waiting for you. :)

He has some Snow Sleds and he will bring it with him.

Then the group will do a short hike about half an hour to the Lidle on Bjornovagen.

At the back side of Lidle thre is a slope that can be used for sledding. :)

Please have waterproof clothes on so that you don't get wet.

Bring something to eat like a sandwich or whatever. :)

And lets have a short but fun afternoon.

8th Hiking 31 Jan 2009

2009-07-23T22:23:00.001+02:00

We meet at 9 in the main entrance of Sundinska and will walk to Bjorno.

The rest of the people will join us in front of Lidl on Bjornovagen at 10 am.

We will take the green hiking trail on Bjorno (10 kms), and finish at the grilling spot on the beach on the west coast of the island.

Please bring something to grill and eat, something to open and drink!

7th Hiking 6 Dec 2008

2009-07-23T22:19:00.000+02:00

Hi, here is the plan for the 7th hike:

We meet at the Vasteras Centralstation at 9:20. At 9:30

we take the bus number 511 to Hallstahammar,

we will arive at Hallstahammar at 10:00.

Then, we will walk to Surahammar (about 15 km).

It might take us at most 5 hours.

If there will be enought time, we can have a dinner in Surahammar.

At 17:00 there is a bus going back to Vasteras from there.

Plase take some money for the bus (cca 40 SEK).

6th Hiking 29 Nov 2008

2009-07-23T22:15:00.000+02:00

Hi, here is the plan for the 6th hike (Saturday 29. November):

We are planning to visit Tido - Lindo, an island southern from Vasteras (map is in the Photos section).

Because it is too distant to walk both ways, we decided to go one way by bus (please take some money for the bus).

We will take a bus to Tido-Lindo in the morning, then spend some time in the city on the island, then walk back to Vasteras .

The weather forecast says that it should get warmer in the end of the week, but maybe with some rain.

So be prepared for everything:).

Here is the schedule:7:45

- Meeting at the Vasteras Centralstation7:55

- Bus number 25 departures from Centralstation8:28

- Bus arrives at Tido-LindoTill 11:00

- Roundtrip around the island (cca 4 km).

Then walking back to Vasteras (cca 15 km) along the shore of the lake.

We should be back in the center 15-ish, we suppose :-).

/David

5th Hiking 22 Nov 2008

2009-07-23T22:13:00.001+02:00

Yooohoooo!It seems like the weather forecast has not been that inaccurate and Saturday will be cloudy and 1 cm of snow in the morning but the rest of the day should be sunny with some clouds passing by.
So here is the plan for the fifth IC hiking on Saturday 22nd of November 20089:00 from Sundinska (Centrallasarettet, Ing. 21)10:30 meeting at the health point in front of the restaurant on Bjorno.10:45 starting the green hiking trail (8 kms to the grilling spot at the beach)12:30 meeting at the grilling spot on the beach on the west coast of the island.
After that I think it depends on our moods we should just keep in mind that there is a 2 km walk for those who left their bikes at the health center of the island before the hike and 8.5 kms walk for those who started from Sundinska.
And the Sunset time is 15:11.Please bring something to grill and eat, something to open and drink!There is a map of our meeting points on Bjorno in the Photos of the Club! Hope you find it.