oh, ok then...

...except dancing maybe

fun day

there's hardly anything more fun than a parachute!

skye's summer project

is learning to swim, she's very excited about it (and so are we!)
she's getting really good and very confident

mormor time

riding on the train

waiting for the train

girls at the beach

here are some old pictures from a fab holiday in wales

mountains

looking east from bodø harbour towards the sharp peaks of the lofoten mountains

approaching bodø harbour

beautiful day out here

almost mid-way between northern norway and iceland
it's hard to believe the wind was blowing at 50knots (about 57mph or 92kmph) just 24hours ago

aarhus

this is a great pal of ours, chris, on a trip we had to aarhus denmark in september 2007, good times!

fun at the zoo

here's an old picture of 2 of our monkeys on the loose at the zoo...

bodø

so this is a new city for me, in northern norway, just inside the artic circle, in fact, arrived last night for fuel (and milk) it's neat and tidy and surrounded by mountains. I like it.
best of all, coming here gave me my first glimpse of the lofoten islands

big sky

crazy moose

another one is this statue of a moose on a rocky outcrop above the road

art installations

the local government has set up a number of art installations like this funny 'wind house' at the picnic area near the bridge

seven sisters

this is a mountain ridge called the seven sisters

helgelandsbrua

went for a run out to this big bridge the other day, there are fantastic views over leirfjord and the surrounding mountains

new norwegian satellite

so it looks like norway is tracking shipping (ok, me!) in their waters from space

world cup

back into port, the sun's shining, the grill is hot and almost it's footie time!

lovund

there's some awesome scenery just lying around here, like this island, which has just about all you need, a mountain, rock climbing, beaches and a hotel

man overboard

ok, so it's just a drill...
but hey, any excuse to race around the harbour in the sunshine will do nicely!

flying north

new rig

and got to wave at thomas, whose on board just now

sleepymeg