Snow brightness

Somewhere north of Gävle, the sky cleared up and I was treated to expansive views of Umeå and the Bothnian Bay on my flight up to Kiruna yesterday. Once on the ground, the quicksilver stood at -12 degrees but, with all blue skies, Anna and I were soon on our way out along the Luossavaara trail with our skis on.

The only downside with these clear skies is that it gets pretty cold so, waking up to -21 degrees this morning, we decided to go to the swimming hall instead which was lots of fun. And, to my great surprise, Eddie volunteered for some skiing after lunch so I am happy to see that all of the family gets a bit of exercise before it is back to school on Monday.