Friday, July 30, 2010

oh, ok then...

...except dancing maybe

Thursday, July 29, 2010

fun day

there's hardly anything more fun than a parachute!

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

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

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

mormor time

Monday, July 26, 2010

riding on the train

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Saturday, July 24, 2010

girls at the beach

here are some old pictures from a fab holiday in wales

Friday, July 23, 2010

mountains

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


Thursday, July 22, 2010

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

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


Tuesday, July 20, 2010

aarhus

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



Monday, July 19, 2010

fun at the zoo

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



Sunday, July 18, 2010

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


Saturday, July 17, 2010

big sky

Friday, July 16, 2010

crazy moose

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


Thursday, July 15, 2010

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


Wednesday, July 14, 2010

seven sisters

this is a mountain ridge called the seven sisters


Tuesday, July 13, 2010

helgelandsbrua

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




Sunday, July 11, 2010

world cup

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


Saturday, July 10, 2010

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


Friday, July 09, 2010

man overboard

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


Thursday, July 08, 2010

flying north

Tuesday, July 06, 2010

new rig

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


Thursday, July 01, 2010

sleepymeg