■ Swedish Canoeing experience ■ Canoeing skills ■ Bush Craft & Traditional skills ■ Fire making ■ Crafting ■ Nature Connection and Observation ■ Personal & Group Inquiry ■ Creative activity & excercises
15 – 21 September 2024, Jämtland, Sweden
In the abundant harvest time and the transition into Swedish autumn, the canoe will carry us on a waterway journey, living outdoors whilst moving through and with nature. We will make our way using traditional/bushcraft skills to be in conversation with the natural surroundings we exist in. As we are directly dependent on the elements around us, these will determine the themes of practice in our everyday rhythm. Water, wind and weather will be our conversation partners in the way we travel – fire, wood and shelter in our time of rest – map, compass and the natural environment for navigation and time – use of tools, canoe skills as well as holistic awareness teach us how to care for the safety and wellbeing of both ourselves and the surrounding environment.
Into the holding of this rhythm we follow ‘the way of water’ as a focus of study. The experiential, exploratory nature of the journey allows us to explore our inner waters as much as the outer waters of the Earth and thus grant us the chance to find clearer insight into the true ideas, values, and choices that we wish to guide us from within. Throughout the journey we will come together in conversation, sharing, exercise and reflection in order to open up the great wisdom of the group around the roles that this theme plays in the worlds that have shaped us, in the ideas/norms/values that exist in ourselves, what is part of the old story that we wish to leave behind and what is the new story we wish to step into.
Will you join us? Send us an email to homeboundjourneys@gmail.com before the 15th of August to sign up!
PRACTICAL INFORMATION –
Where: Södra Årefjällen, Jämtland, Sweden.
Overall, we highly recommend to travel over land and sea for several reasons. A longer journey gives you the chance to acclimatise in both directions. Give yourself the experience of a night on a ferry or a train and give your money to the more sustainable ways of travelling if possible.
1) Car (+bridge/ferry) = 25h (driving hours without stops, calculated from Belgium) +- €400
Biggest pro is flexibility: both routes, intensity and duration are adjustable to your own needs/wishes
2) Freight ship + car = 44h (33h on the ship, 11h driving hours without stops) +- €700
Best option if you don’t like driving in Western-Europe and want to give yourself an extra moment to relax to start and end your journey with.
Route: Ghent Harbour (Belgium) – Gothenburg Harbour (Sweden)/Brevik Harbour (Norway) – Sweden -> Undersåker
3) Train = 34h (calculated from Belgium) +- €350
This option offers sustainability on many levels: we think it balances quite well between the money, time and energy you invest and what it asks from our planet.
Route: Brussels – Cologne – Hamburg (night train) – Stockholm – Undersåker
4) (train+) Plane + train = 5-20h (depending on connections, calculated from Belgium) +- €300-600
Always the fastest option and in that way more comfortable if you don’t have or see a possibility to spend more time travelling up here.
Route:
- Brussels Airport Zaventem/Brussels South Charleroi Airport – Stockholm – Östersund -> Undersåker (train/bus)
- Brussels Airport Zaventem – Oslo/Copenhagen – Trondheim -> Undersåker (train)
- Amsterdam Schiphol Airport – Trondheim -> Undersåker (train)
- Brussels Airport Zaventem/Brussels South Charleroi Airport – Stockholm -> Undersåker (train)
When: 15- 21 of September 2024.
Arrival and departure time TBA.
Who: This journey is for all ages above 18 * Check in with us about participation possibilities for those under 18.
Language: Our common language will be English. No matter your mother tongue, you are welcome.
Costs: €590,- – €790,- Contribution range* *Having access to the outdoors is fundamentally important to us and we therefore wish that money is not the constraint that keeps you from partaking in the journey. For this reason, we offer a few discounted places. As these places are limited, please get in touch in case you’d like to request a discounted spot. Reserve your spot by contacting us at homeboundjourneys@gmail.com. Experience level and Physical abilities: We believe in the power, value and importance of community and the variety of qualities, experience, skills and interests that each individual brings. Therefore this journey welcomes all levels of experience. Gear: Participants must bring their own personal gear, aside from the group gear provided such as equipment for cooking, common camp space and canoeing. Safety: Every participant is responsible for their own personal travel insurance. Food: We provide full organic meals. A rough trip-outline: Sign up? Questions? Write us an email to homeboundjourneys@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you!
We welcome you to find the contribution that respects your care, gratitude and support for the sustainability of the work we do to enable this journey, as well as your own financial means.
If your financial means allow you to contribute in the higher range, you directly support our striving to enable accessibility for as many as possible. Thank You!
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION –
Tents can/may be shared.
We aim to cater for allergies and diets. Contact us to check in if you have any questions.
Day 1: Afternoon/Evening arrival and settling in.
Day 2: TBA
Day 3: TBA
Day 4: TBA
Day 5: TBA
Day 6: TBA
Day 7: Last paddling day, final rounding off and closing. Optional evening sauna or travelstart.
* This trip-outline can still be adjusted. 
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