Finally (after prompting from Greg) got round to processing my B&W prints from the expedition. Hey. You digital guys never had it so good. If anyone wants to take B&W photos in the future just click the greyscale button in paintshop – its much cheaper!

Once I have scanned them I will post some in the gallery area.

We’ve uploaded the first batch of expedition photos which can be viewed in our gallery. More photos and some video clips to follow soon!

Short vid showing preparation, packing, and moving off across the frozen lake from Akkastugan.

Watch out for Paul’s man-boobs and you may just get a glimpse of Santa in there (aka Bjorn the Warden who was voted best hut warden in the universe 2009 by me).

The huts in the area remind me of the Youth Hostels of yesterday year. Beautifully made and laid out. Woodburning stove for warmth. Gas stove for cooking. Water from the stream meltwater or a hole in the lake. Beautiful locations. You could make a great tour between the huts (the remoter ones are better). Places you can really chill out in.

2 exceptions:

• Singi Hut has been ‘renovated’ using very high quality furniture from Ikea. It’s dreadful.
• Kebnekaise Fjallstation is best avoided. They are trying to turn the place into a hotel. Expensive. Restaurant food does not match the mountain/winter sport environment i.e. its celeb chef crap. All the staff are great but the management need a good hard look at what they are doing.

Hoppy, Greg, Jamie & Paul

The expedition would just like to say thankyou for your support in raising money for our nominated charities. (Remember we haven’t stopped collecting so if you haven’t donated then please do so if you are able.)

Most team members have spent the last week readjusting to complex life and beginning the long process of post trip jobs.

Not sure if it was the triple long-queued security at Terminal 5 or the first sight of grass for 3 weeks that gave it away but we are back in the UK and starting the re-acclimatisation process.

A full report will follow in due course along with several articles on specific items. Galleries will come online after sorting out the 10Gb of stored media we took (it may take a while).