Friday 7th June. The Cottage and back home in Pitea.

 What a beautiful  place. The cottage is sooo comfortable and except for the mozzies at night its idyllic. Marianne and JO worked on this place to make it the cottage it us now. The other bigger house was Marianne's family home and they               

used it as the cottage for quite sometime until they finished the new cottage. After breakfast and packing up we drove up to where they ski in the winter. JO pointed out the expanse of forest and land that belongs to M and her family. It's a huge area and they would like to sell it but need the agreement of everyone!!! They own their cottage and land alone so won't be selling it. Up to the slopes where they ski and Tim snowboarded. We then went to the bottom to see the lifts and slopes. It's a great area and not super commercialised at all. Very family oriented with a caravan park as well.

We then drove on past more rivers and lakes, no lack of water here. The use hydro and lots of wind farms. We stopped at a camp run by a swede and kiwi!!! She had also travelled extensively in Australia so we had a great chat and a drink and homemade bread. We travelled home via Kim's house and he gave us a tour. Beautiful and he is doing lots of work on it. Pizza for dinner and soon time for bed!!












Comments

  1. Anne7 June 2024 at 12:44

    The countryside and especially the Lake look beautiful. Didn't get a very good look at their home though. Guessing it was the brown one?
    Can't imagine suing a caravan in winter!

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  2. Jenny7 June 2024 at 15:40

    Love the scenery photos- it looks beautiful.Wonder how long the caravan park opens?

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