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AGC JOURNAL 2016

Off the Grid Sunny Memories

It was great being away from wifi and For a week in the sunshine, I actually got
from smart tech and instead spending out of the office and I did ‘live the dream’
time talking to real people. Unfortunately, that had sustained me during those winter
we barely saw anyone else for a week. months. We certainly were privileged to
When we did meet someone I dusted off be able to join in an adventure, in idyllic
my university Swedish and found that surroundings where we could work and
not much had changed. The Swedes laugh together. Perhaps the recruiting
that I spoke with were very friendly and advert will pop onto my screen in the
I had no blank looks such as I usually cold wet months next year and I will be
get from the restaurant staff at Ikea in reliving it and laughing about it all over
Southampton. The Swedes also seemed again.
quite self-sufficient, as one might imagine
given that many of them live in isolated
homes and small communities. Our guide
was Matt Larrson-Clifford who leads
many expeditions across Scandinavia
and the surrounding coasts all year
round. He has retired from the RAF
to his wife’s familial home in the
middle of their own private forest
from where he plans and organises
adventure training trips involving all
three UK services. Matt can be most
easily contacted through Facebook
and he would be pleased to help you to
arrange any outdoor expedition ranging
from our wilderness camping experience
to canoeing in winter around the Arctic
coastline.

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