(R)ode To Joy

Towards the end of 2023, adventurer and photographer Anna Blackwell decided she wanted to get more into cycling. So, in true Anna style, she threw herself in at the deep end and decided to bikepack 1,000km across Sweden. Joined by her good (and much more bike-savvy) friend Matt Buckley, the pair set off for ten days of cycling and wild camping. Their route took them from the south-west of Sweden, up the spectacular coast of beaches and copious ice cream, before heading inland for several hundred kilometres of enchanted forests and gravel tracks.⁠ They finally rolled into Stockholm with tired legs, bellies full of cinnamon buns, and plenty of wonderful memories...