The shop and cafe had long since gone, although there was still a sign indicating it. In the village we met the same guy who had stopped for us 3km up the road, and who said he was only going up the road a bit. We went into Tumbo Church, where at least we could fill up with fresh water. Also signed the guestbook, where we had been the only visitors that day. There were some ancient viking stones there.
The next town had a shop apparently, which was Kvicksund, but it was quite a distance. Out with the thumbs again, and soon after a postvan picked us up and we jumped into the back with the parcels, now we were really travelling! After this short journey we arrived at Kvicksund which seemed quite nice, with water and some form of civilisation too. We ate in a dodgy restaurant, where the owner first shortchanged us. He was Russian or something and seemed drunk, and very loud, however we got out in tact and looked at the train station. There were no trains due to some major work going on, so we asked where the bus stop was, no one seemed to know, but we found it then noticed a truck with an Örebro phone number on it, which was exactly the direction we were heading. After a few minutes the driver appeared, and after some discussion we got our next ride. He worked for Mio, a furniture company, and was first going to Västerås to pick up a sofa for his friend. We didn't mind this too much as he was going to Örebro afterwards. 
All sitting comfortably we set off, but he missed the turning, so we ended up going to Köping, then turning round before getting to Västerås! After stopping off there we eventually got to Örebro where he dropped us off. This journey was around 116km in total.
After a while a man in glasses picked us up. He´d seen us on the way dropping a friend off in Örebro, and thought if he saw us on the way back he would pick us up. He was a bus driver for a company called Euroline, but was driving a car today. He drove a Mitsubishi which he bought in Germany the day before. He was going to Karlskoga roughly 45km, lucky as this was the next town on our list. He dropped us at a petrol station which was supposedly used by trucks. We tried hitching from here for some time, and also asked plenty of people who came to the petrol station. Eventually our first lady driver shouted to us for the petrol station. She had seen us earlier when she was going in the opposite direction, and she had the same thought as the Euroline man.. if we were still there on her return she would pick us up. She was called Annika and sold insurance, although didn't try to sell us any. Again, she was going to the next town on the list, which was Karlstad, around 73km further in the direction of Norway. She told us her boyfriend Ulf was actually going to Oslo on Wednesday early in the morning, so if we hadn't made it by then to call him, and gave us his mobile number. We didn't think we would need it, as looking at the map it didn't seem too far now, but kept it anyway. Annika dropped us off at a large shopping complex where Norwegians apparently come to shop, due to the lower prices. Many people were asked if they were going to Norway, one reply was "No we are going to Burger King". After no luck, we made another sign written OSLO on from a piece of carbord from the ditch, and tried for our next lift. We stood for ages with no luck, and as it was getting late, we decided to camp for the night in a small forest, not far from Toys R Us. We looked back over the map, and had completed a distance of around 250km today.
Next day Tuesday 16th July