Today was another unbelievably warm and bright Sunday, so I went for a walk again. On my own this time. I took the train to Jakobsberg, walked to Säby gård, and then made a big and crooked circle around most of Järvafältet. That’s another good thing about clear skies: I can use the sun for navigation. I could simply head roughly north for a good while without having to look at any maps.

Järvafältet is large enough to be quite varied. There are few small lakes: two are shallow and reedy and almost more mud flat than lake; a third one is more rocky. There is plenty of the usual spruce and pine forest with granite outcroppings, plenty of moss and blueberry bushes. There are some deciduous forests. There are small heritage farms, and riding schools. There are wide, even paths that are good enough for city strollers, narrower riding trails, bumpy trails mostly used by mountain bikes, and everything in between.

I walked for four hours and got some of all of that. The narrow, hilly, rocky paths are empty and quiet. The wide, even paths are naturally more crowded, but where they’re not, they make for peaceful, meditative walking.