Monthly Archives: August 2023

Nice and natural

Posted on August 31, 2023 by Gary

In the UK, unless you swim in a public pool with chemicals constantly cleaning the water, it’s called ‘Wild Swimming’. For instance, if someone pops into a river or a lake and swims about. In Australia, that’s just swimming. No … Continue reading →

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Mobile toilet seat

Posted on August 30, 2023 by Gary

There was a hole in Smackbottom Road* just before the turn-off to our street. It only appeared a few days ago. In the hole there were a couple of manhole covers. These didn’t help the bumps, as cars went up … Continue reading →

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Leaving Trosa

Posted on August 29, 2023 by Gary

The news was full of the continuing problems associated with the UK airspace issue from yesterday. It seems there was a ‘technical fault’ that may have originated in France. While it was fixed pretty quickly yesterday, the knock on effect … Continue reading →

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Knowing me, (not) knowing you. Aha!

Posted on August 28, 2023 by Gary

We had dinner at Boman’s tonight. As usual, we were greeted like old friends by the staff. In fact, the chap who always watches Eurovision with his mum, met us at the front door and greeted us by name. I … Continue reading →

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Jumping in to make lunch

Posted on August 27, 2023 by Gary

The yearly harvest market in Trosa appears to be a big drawcard to the town. Hundreds of visitors flood the cobbled streets, visiting the scores of stalls selling everything from sweets to sausages, bundles of brooms to apple and leek … Continue reading →

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I made a cake

Posted on August 26, 2023 by Gary

Lagnö Bo is the commune where we stayed for ten days prior to moving into the Red House. It’s an amazing place where the garden produces excellent organic veg and the building provides shelter from the weather and a place … Continue reading →

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Hat day in ICA

Posted on August 25, 2023 by Gary

Mirinda and Amanda spent the day in Stockholm today. Their visit to the House of Nobility went off very well, as did their sofa/bed hunt. Both of these events were planned. Not so the chance viewing of the changing of … Continue reading →

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Getting a bit more Swedish

Posted on August 24, 2023 by Gary

We had our first Swedish dinner guest over tonight. Obviously it wasn’t our first dinner guest because we’ve already fed Anna and Amanda. No, tonight we invited Nicoline over to Chez Gaz, and we had a lovely night around the … Continue reading →

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Fourteen kids

Posted on August 23, 2023 by Gary

Trosa looked lovely today. A blue sky, occasional clouds, light breezes and very pleasant temperatures in the early 20s. It was a perfect day to wander around our new town, showing it off to Amanda. It was in contrast to … Continue reading →

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Enter with gun and dead seagull

Posted on August 22, 2023 by Gary

Amanda said it was the weirdest thing she’d ever seen live on stage. And, to be fair, it was not a traditional version of Chekhov’s The Seagull that we watched in the Strindberg Intimate Theatre tonight. However, as we left … Continue reading →

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