As soon as the children’s song ‘incey wincey spider’ crawled into my mind and stuck, it was time to leave Sweden and the other disturbingly catchy nursery rhymes, despite the lovely company and much needed break from the van. So, as the beautiful Swedes wished us luck, we apprehensively left for Norway from Lomma, Sweden [...]
Monthly Archive for July, 2008
Wales to Norway – Part 1
Posted in Sweden on Jul 24th, 2008
It’s 12 am and the sun obstinately sits above the horizon. We’re in Norway where much of the land lies above the Arctic Circle. Specifically, we’re on the Lofoten Islands, camping freely on a sandy beach, alongside enormous, 500m plus- granite cliffs begging to be climbed (Steve.H, you’re missing out, man!). Back tracking a bit, [...]
Our van had its first breakdown the other day…let’s hope it’s not a midlife crisis brewing. Backtracking a little: on Monday a week ago our climbing friend Steve once again joined us in Wales. Jess decided to take the opportunity to go shopping without my sighs of boredom for company, leaving the boys to climb [...]