IIb.5    Section Lillsjöbäcken - Suttarboda  25 km

Lillsjöbäcken

Leken                      10 km

Lilla Tvägelaten           3 km

Suttarboda               12 km

Online I had checked up the bus schedule to Karlskoga. I could adjust my hike accordingly in the morning. I had plenty of time for the good views from Lekhytteklint. I reached the bus stop on highway E18 in time. Here I can go either to Karlskoga or Örebro. I had decided to go to Karlskoga. The bus needs about 30 minutes to Karlsborg and can only be paid with credit card and PIN. They do not accept cash or credit card without PIN.

In Karlskoga I bought enough food to last until Nora. There are several mayor super markets as well as banks, restaurants and other shops. I spent some time at Mac Donalds to recharge my phone and used their WLAN / WIFI. Then I returned by bus, that runs every two hours, back to the trail.

Well fed and with food for the next few days I moved on. Today I wanted to reach the shelter at Suttarboda. The nicest country side I encountered towards evening in Garphyttan National Park. It encompasses the land of a former farm with plenty of meadow and forest flowers. This national park is one of the oldest in Sweden. The shelter has everything but water. To get water I had to walk to a shed several hundred meters away. There is an outside faucet.

View across forests from Bergslagsleden

Boggy path

Engraving from 1940 on Lekhytteklint

Waiting for the bus on highway E18 to Karlskoga

Hanging basket full of blooming flowers inKarlskoga

Wild flowers along the trail