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Egg & Bacon Buttie Hike No 2 - Söderåsen National Park

2012-01-22T16:01:00.010+01:00

When out walking in the snow it's important to have the correct equipment....and a suitable tree branch to hang your rucksack on, out of the snow! ;-D That way you can enjoy your egg and bacon sarnie with peace of mind :o))

Don't step on the ice!

It's always good with a little direction every now and again :o)

The raised wooden pathway was very shaky in the middle. Christel gingerly got to the other side but now it was my turn.....*wibble*

Awww, such a cutie! :-D

Winter wonderland

Up to my boots in it. But there's nothing nicer than that sound and feeling of walking in virgin white snow!!

Off she goes!

Christmas tree :o)

The sun, the snow, the silence. Love it!

As it looks right now...

2012-01-19T19:02:00.001+01:00

A tired Bruno and I with our feet and paws up :o)

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To the top of Halland!

2012-01-15T18:46:00.003+01:00

Found my new bike whilst out walking today! ;-D Whoever dumped it was rather innovative with the handlebar invention...! :o))

Time for a spot of lunch at the top. Egg & bacon sarnies, yum!

Drinking the freshly filtered water at Brantekälla.

Baby Christmas trees!

Geocaching at Eskakälla. The water bubbles up from the underground rocks and flows out down the hill.

Resident Robin

2011-10-29T17:14:00.002+02:00

Robin with his friend, Pisse Nisse :o)

Bathtime

Bruno on the beach

2011-10-01T20:09:00.002+02:00

Coolest pooch on the planet :o))

October 1st Sunset

2011-10-01T19:41:00.001+02:00

A lovely evening walk along the beach and beautiful sunset. It's been 25c here today. If only every autumn started like this (and continued...!) :o))

Karlskrona Archipelago - Tromtö & Aspö

2011-08-11T20:32:00.007+02:00

Off we go on MS Sea Breeze through the Karlskrona Archipelago on our way to Tromtö for the night with our project management training team.

Christer at the helm...with a little help from the sat nav

The rest of my lovely colleagues relaxing on deck :-)

Petruska puts her feet up for once (something you don't see very often!) ;o))

Jean-Christian, permanently in a good mood and always smiling. Just how it should be!! :-D

Two seagulls also enjoy the view

Rainbow over Ivö

I hope they all got a good shot!!

Rainbow from end to end across the harbour

Stig gets the swing grill going

Peepo! On our way to Aspö

It's good that the islanders give visitors a warning on arrival :-)

Birthday Moose Safari, Markaryd, Småland

2011-06-19T21:35:00.004+02:00

"Moosing around" before we go into the moose park

What a magnificent animal! And finally a girl with longer legs than Christel! ;-P

She poked her nose in through the car window so that we could pet her. It SO made my day!! :-D

The car got a good moose inspection :-)

This one was hiding in the grass. We almost missed it ;-))

Camouflage!!

He was rather chilled out as we drove on by but we were looking for "Kalle", big daddy of the park.

A mother dozes with her baby! Cuteness x 1,000,000!!

Ah, at last we found the king of the forest, Kalle, looking rather non-plussed at our visit!

Of course we couldn't resist rounding off the afternoon with freshly baked waffles, ice cream and a coffee :-P

Christel couldn't resist the temptation either to get on board before we headed for home!! :-D

Summer Garden at Cherry Tree Cottage

2011-06-08T20:48:00.005+02:00

Life is like a bowl of cherries...or at least like a tree full of cherries!

Cherry picking!

My scarecrow is doing a great job of keeping the birds off our veggie patch

A baby Transparente Blanche apple on its way into the world!

Thinning out the apples on one of our apple trees

The veggie patch is coming along nicely :-)

Gooseberries

White currants

Our Ingrid Marie apple tree

Our old cherry tree, gives us loads of fruit every year (if it ripens quick enough and the birds don't eat all the cherries before we can pick them!!)

TappaVandringen 2011, Varberg - 21km hike

2011-06-01T21:03:00.001+02:00

At the start with a smile on our faces....or rather a very nervous grimace!!

Christel knows the way!!

Someone with my kind of humour!! :-)))

At the first watering hole, a band tries to keep our peckers up in the pouring rain!!

A long trek down a field track. The wind was wicked and the rain got into every nook and cranny!

....but Christel and Christina are still happy happy happy!!! :-D

A kite surfer makes a splash

14km down, 7 to go, and still smiling (if not almost wet through and sporting a fascinating colour combination!!) :-D Gotta keep moving on!

Swedish humour ;-)

It's a shame you can't hear the photo because the waves crashing against the rocks was lovely!

HOORAY!! The finish line was just around the next fortress :-)

Spring beach sunset

2011-05-19T21:45:00.003+02:00

Just back from an evening walk along the beach. What a beautiful sunset it was this evening! Wonderful!

Bruno

2011-05-19T19:48:00.003+02:00

A fine pooch! Dogsitting for a few days. I don't think we'll be giving him back! ;-))

Frisbeeeeeeee weeeeeeeeee!!

Pleeeeeeease throw the frisbee, Helen, pleeeeeeease!!!!!

Skåne Event 2011 - Finjasjö, Hässleholm

2011-05-16T20:13:00.005+02:00

No, she's not praying!! Christel checks out a suspicious pipe to see if the cache is hiding in there...

...but it wasn't! Where is the darn thing?! Well we did find it, sneakily hidden in the grass!

Pia and Sanne also made it to the top but Helena decided to stay ground-level and take care of the dogs. Cache logged and a glorious view enjoyed!

On the way up! Don't slip!

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Charlie.

There are some lovely trails to walk in the woods around Finjasjö!

A stray rape seed plant.

Hector shows how tough he is against the sheep!

However, the sheep were having none of it and started to chase us!

I will follow ewe! Run for your lives!!

One last show of muscle from Hector but the sheep really weren't impressed!

Ewe lookin' at us?

The entrance gate at Hovdala Castle

They have a great café at Hovdala Castle where they also brew their own beer and do a lovely selection of sandwiches and cakes :-P We deserved out break after 6km of caching!

On we went, and Pia found the next cache.

Me and my twisted rucksack strap. No wonder it felt weird! But it didn't stop me or anyone else from enjoying the view on our 11km hike!

A suckling calf with a rather unimpressed mother who mooed at us constantly!

Day 2 and Christel is sent off on another physical challenge. It's really handy being so tall! ;-)

Along the trail, with tired legs and blisters on our feet.

Another bovine friend we passed in a field.

Homeward bound. :-) What a fantastic weekend! Lots of walking, lots of caching, and great company :-D
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There's a hare out there

2011-04-21T20:27:00.003+02:00

We had the pleasure of a visitor in the field across the road this evening :-))

Halmstad - Earth Hour Geocaching event

2011-03-31T19:14:00.003+02:00

The sky's the limit!

The Navigator

Some of the tallest Swedish pine trees I've seen so far....and we weren't even in Småland!

There's still some ice about...

Looking for the final cache of the day. We knew it was there somewhere!

Here the local conservation society were conducting an experiment for wood preservative products! *excitement* .....

Christel up a tree....and other things

2011-03-06T13:32:00.003+01:00

We've pruned all our fruit trees today as they were badly in need of doing. Christel did the dangerous climbing stuff....

....I stayed on ground level with the tree saw (looking a bit like the Grim Reaper...!)

And the first Snowdrops are out!! :-DD It's Spring!!

The face of boredom??

2011-01-22T18:43:00.002+01:00

Thyme, looking rather nonplussed after making him sit through a trial run of my project management course presentation.....

Cross-country skiing - Training for Vasaloppet! ;-P

2011-01-06T15:23:00.002+01:00

As we got another nice dumping of snow overnight we thought we'd get our skis on take a glide through the woods.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Anette's vrålåk!

2011-01-01T12:22:00.003+01:00

Pengar och bilar är långt ifrån allt i livet....men visst känns det bra att kunna skaffa sig ett vrålåk när din kompis fortfarande bara har råd till en skateboard! ;-))

Ronaldo the Robin - Lurking in the bush!

2010-12-31T12:14:00.004+01:00

Aren't they the most adorable of birds! I'm pleased I got this shot!

He's been hiding under our snow-covered bush so we've put more food out for him now :-)

A Touch Of Frost?!

2010-12-27T15:54:00.003+01:00

The steps from the pier down to the sea are just inviting you to take a dip.....

Icebergs ahoy!

How I regretted leaving my gloves in the car!!

Ratatouille anyone?

2010-10-03T10:15:00.002+02:00

Next zucchini off the plant: le big one!

Bunny Moments

2010-10-01T19:47:00.001+02:00

Helen and our little one

The cat sat next to the mat

2010-09-21T22:52:00.000+02:00

Munka Ljungby - Forsen Cache (http://coord.info/GC2DEFH)

2010-09-14T19:21:00.004+02:00

Off we go on the hunt for more Tupperware! We also thought this cache would be a good place for Millie Dog Travel Coin.

First I had to climb along the fall. Nerves?! You bet!

Then I had to look around a bit

I still couldn't find it.

Another check on the GPS told me that the cache was actually 3 metres behind me so I did find the cache, log it and placed Millie in there for the next cacher to move along....and without breaking my neck!!

Blekinge Geocaching Event 2010 - Karlsnässkogen

2010-09-13T21:51:00.006+02:00

Getting ready for night caching in the woods!

On our way to find our first cache

Helena gives orders!

Christel and Charlie lead the way

Found it!

On to the next one

This cache was lost waaaaaaaaay under the rock, but we still thought we had a chance of retrieving it.....if....only....we.....could....reach.....it!!

Doggy carriers!

Hector and Christel look perplexed. It must be here somewhere!

Nix Pix! Not in here! This place is already spoken for ;-))

But we did at least find the Troll Family along the "Trollstigen" :-D

September days at Cherry Tree Cottage

2010-09-05T20:26:00.003+02:00

Little fluffy clouds above Cherry Tree Cottage. Autumn in Sweden is a wonderful time of year. :-D

The olives have now ripened on the tree. The question now is, what the dickins shall we do with them!!!

A spider guards its raspberry.

Our autumn raspberries are now starting to ripen.

Rood food! A naughty plum from our plum tree. ;-))

Christel picks the ripened raspberries. By the time we've eaten the first batch the rest will be ready.

Best view of the garden, hehe! ;-P

Buster

2010-09-05T20:00:00.000+02:00

You lookin' at me?!

Silly moments - Courgette Supreme!!

2010-09-01T20:56:00.001+02:00

We're kinda chuffed at growing such a big courgette this year. I was tempted to leave it and see how big it would grow but there's too big a risk that the slugs would get it. Will make a nice dish with it at the weekend ;-P

Djurholmen Tour - Hallandsås, Skåne

2010-08-29T10:33:00.005+02:00

If you ever wondered which hole I've crawled out of, now you know! ;-)

Caches 1, 2 & 3 sorted! Following the blue trail for part of the way to geocache no 4 - http://coord.info/GC271K4

Christel carefully edges her way down the waterfall. Quite slippy. The things we do in order to retrieve Tupperware boxes using millions of pounds worth of satelite technology...!

Softly softly catchee monkee

Is this poisonous? In any case it was HUGE!

Spot the Troll? ;-))

A slug digests the mushroom it's just munched on

Lazy cow....do cows dream? And if so, what of?!

Cadbury Chocolate Pudding

2010-08-19T22:11:00.000+02:00

Unfortunately it didn't last long.... ;-))

Grasshopper

2010-08-19T22:02:00.001+02:00

Not happy with the focus on this shot. Couldn't quite get the macro function to work properly. Perseverence, Helen, perseverence!

Paris in colour

2010-08-12T21:39:00.005+02:00

Maubert-Mutualité Metro at dusk

The Louvre Pyramid at sunset

Under the Louvre pyramid

Sunset view from the Louvre to Place de la Concorde, down the Champs Elysées to the Arc de Triomphe

River Seine and Nôtre Dame cathedral

RER B3

Breakfast at Un Moment Gourmande

Place Dauphine

Bateau Parisien on the Seine

Eiffel Tower at dusk

La Grande Roue at Jardin des Tuileries

Place des Vosges, Paris' oldest planned square

Paris in Black & White

2010-08-12T21:05:00.004+02:00

Eiffel Tower ants-eye view

Eiffel Tower from below the Trocadero

Love tokens on the Pont de l'Archevêché

Musée du Louvre

Rue de Bièvre

Arc de Triomphe

Place Dauphine

Eiffel Tower view

2010-08-10T22:13:00.002+02:00

A quick photo snap from today on our whirlwind tour through Paris. It's nice to be back and Christel is loving it! :-) I've missed all the pains-au-chocolat!

Christel's Cucumber

2010-07-18T12:36:00.000+02:00

Coming along nicely :-P

Birthday Girls 2010

2010-06-20T21:14:00.003+02:00

We didn't realise it would be this big an event!

Thanks go to Martin & Anna for managing enough puff to blow up the balloons! :-D

Representing Poland and Germany for the evening.......cheers girls! :-D

Whatever you do don't let it pop!

Christel lends a hand....

Although Tina's not convinced!

As modelled by Christina

Tappavandringen 2010 - Varberg

2010-05-30T12:38:00.003+02:00

Proudly holding our certificates :-P

Taking the coastal route.

Gorgeous weather all day up in Varberg

Come and get some lurrrrve!!!

Woman in black!

Almost back at the finishing line behind Varberg fortress

Swedish beach sauna

2010-05-30T11:36:00.002+02:00

The smell of burning coals was lovely! And there were people in it steaming away like prawns. :-)

Skåne 2010 Geocaching Event - Bridge Challenge

2010-05-23T21:21:00.004+02:00

So here's the deal: Get the coordinates, punch them into your GPS and then find the hidden treasure.....which we did. The question was how to get it....!

Getting advice and instructions on a guy who'd just tried to retrieve it (but who had dropped his keys in the river trying....) Hmmm, perhaps NOT the best person to take advice from but still.... ;-)))

Now we're egging on Christel though ;-)) She's a tough cookie! :-P

Go Christel, go Christel, go Christel.....gently gently though! :-P

And logged! ;-D

Germany 2010 - Hike at Felsenmeer, Odenwald

2010-05-16T21:27:00.004+02:00

Lunch break

Ants...?

Anja - up!

Almost at the top. View over the Lautertal valley

From the bottom looking up

Me on the rocks

Happy backpackers :-P

Germany 2010 - Frankfurting about

2010-05-16T21:06:00.006+02:00

Outside the ECB

Meat-eaters beware!

Rape seed in bloom on the way down to Frankfurt

Fat bottomed girls.....?

Commerzbank in the sunshine

My Zeil

My Zeil - Europe's longest escalator

My Zeil sightseeing tour :-P

My Zeil glass structure

Outside on the newly renovated Zeil

At the Römer

Germany 2010 - Chief Cacher!

2010-05-16T21:02:00.004+02:00

Found it!! Now....if.....I....can....just.....reach.....it!

Phew! It's a big one! ;-P

Germany 2010 - The beer view

2010-05-16T20:59:00.000+02:00

I'd say it's looking pretty good all round from this angle!

Helen's buns

2010-05-02T14:18:00.001+02:00

To get the right bounce in your buns you need to knead carefully and with panache...;-)

I like them big :-P

Söderåsen Spring hike!

2010-04-25T16:40:00.002+02:00

When we did our little trek through the snow here in Winter we said we would come back and see how it all looks in the Spring. We were not disappointed today! It's just beautiful!

Icey cold but very clear!

Very grateful that the National Park owners have put down decking to walk on otherwise the place would get trashed with walkers

Here I am at the bottom of the talus slopes, formed during the last ice age by ice erosion.

Puh, once again at the top of Söderåsen (Kopparhatten) after the most wonderful ascent in gorgeous Spring sunshine.

Lunchtime!

The darling buds of May....errr, I mean, April :-)

Overlooking the lake on the way back down from Kopparhatten

Volcanic sunset? - April 2010

2010-04-19T21:11:00.005+02:00

Across the pier, waving goodbye to Kullaberg

Grass blade with a view

Soft pier

Angles

Wispy sky

Hike to Nimis, Kullaberg

2010-04-18T20:47:00.006+02:00

Why am I the one always lagging behind with the camera?! :-P Off we go, through the woods, down the slope, down down down the slope!

It's wood and nails, wood and nails, wood and nails, wood and nails, wood and nails, wood and nails,........

It's a loooooong way down.....(and an even longer way up, puh!!) ;-))

Found it! :-D

A Swedish artist started building this in the 1980s. We had fun playing around in the wooden structures, but it was a squeeze in places!

How do we get out?!

Back at the top!

Christel wanted ice cream....so of course she had to get the 0,5L tub...!! :-P

Kamomilla lag - Today's first cache

2010-04-18T20:43:00.002+02:00

"One shouldn't hurt others, one should always make an effort, apart from that one can do what one wants" - Couldn't agree more!

Helen's new home

2010-04-15T19:55:00.001+02:00

Not fireproof :-P

Wandering around Hovs Hallar

2010-04-10T20:22:00.003+02:00

Creative rock formation?

Onwards and upwards! But mind that back!

Made it! Puh!

Sedimentary rock formations

Cosy cove.

How do we get back?!

This way looks good, says Christel! :-)

Errrrr......is it?!!

Maja

2010-04-10T20:19:00.002+02:00

Look into my eyes, not around the eyes, in the eyes.....

Cake: A nice welcome to work!

2010-04-09T07:55:00.001+02:00

Just got in to find this on my desk. Someone has been thinking of me! Nom nom nom! :-P

Happy Easter!

2010-04-04T14:23:00.001+02:00

From our own Easter Bunny

Easter

2010-04-03T20:13:00.002+02:00

Who's eying up the cakes....??

Someone's just been told off. "Who, me?" says Fluffa :-P

Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Is it time for dessert now Aunty Christel?

Christel demonstrates the correct way to hold an ice cream cone :-P

Tulips from Christel

2010-03-20T10:01:00.003+01:00

Still looking lovely! :-DDDD

Big LOL!

2010-03-05T21:45:00.001+01:00

One too many? :-P

Cheese!

2010-03-05T20:15:00.001+01:00

After Work - zzzzz!

2010-03-05T18:43:00.001+01:00

Just messing about. It's been a busy week! :-P

Hoodie Bear!

2010-02-28T20:19:00.000+01:00

It's da shit!

Is it Spring yet mummy?

2010-02-28T20:11:00.001+01:00

I want to go out and play!!

The Big Melt

2010-02-28T18:40:00.002+01:00

The ice shelves are now starting to break off

30cm thick!

It's a long way up!

Mini icebergs

The beach and shoreline slowly start to reappear

Lunchtime on the pier :-)))

Pawprints in snow

2010-02-20T12:45:00.001+01:00

Sweet

Snöskottaren 2010 - Guld Medaljen

2010-02-18T21:37:00.001+01:00

Too many kalamata olives

2010-02-18T12:43:00.001+01:00

Valentines

Valentines Roses

2010-02-14T11:36:00.001+01:00

Spoilt rotten :-P Hope everyone else is having a great day!! xxx

Booze Cabinet "Billy"

2010-02-13T17:12:00.003+01:00

We needed a new booze cabinet as the other one was getting too cramped! Fortunately, IKEA stuff can be used for anything! ;-))

Ta daaa!! Roll on party planning! ;-)))

From Fluffa with love!

2010-02-13T16:33:00.001+01:00

Just got this little valentines greeting pic off my fave pooch! :-P

Icey dunes and frozen sea

2010-02-07T16:01:00.002+01:00

You can't hear a thing. It's spooky!

Ice bench - bad if you have piles!:-S

2010-02-07T14:57:00.001+01:00

Brrrr!

Anette's smiley button

2010-02-07T14:12:00.001+01:00

So we always know where we are in the woods :-P

Jägermeister ->> Schneegermeister!

2010-02-04T17:54:00.001+01:00

There is one good thing about the snow ;-) It keeps the important stuff cool :-P

Snow up to the windows.....

2010-02-03T18:41:00.002+01:00

Twin peaks leading into the driveway!

Snow up to the kitchen window. Kinda funny, but scary too!

Snow cottage.

Pisse Nisse is slowly disappearing under the snow

Christel has had to dig out the conservatory so that the snow doesn't fall in when we open the doors.

Snow storm - on my way home. Shit!!

2010-02-02T16:07:00.001+01:00

Want to move to Southern France asap!

Angelholm Hospital - Minnesmottagning: Memory Acquisition??!!

2010-01-31T15:21:00.001+01:00

Minnesmottagning: where they take your memory and wipe it, or what?! :-o

Parafin hand treatment

2010-01-30T14:45:00.001+01:00

Now ready for kung fu fighting!

Extreme Christel makeover!

2010-01-30T13:50:00.001+01:00

Christel gets the Peggy touch!

After work beer!

2010-01-29T19:14:00.001+01:00

Out with the girls. Wonderful!

From ice cream scooper to snow scooper

2010-01-27T18:34:00.001+01:00

She's got the technique! :-P

Bleurgh! More snow :-(

2010-01-27T14:18:00.001+01:00

Fed up with winter now

For Jeni : DB mug on tour :-)

2010-01-25T20:36:00.002+01:00

Have you still got yours Jeni? ;-))

Kopparhattan, Söderåsen National Park

2010-01-24T15:21:00.001+01:00

Made it to the top!

Chocolate Sponge Pudding & Birds custard!

2010-01-18T12:32:00.001+01:00

My wonderfully lovely colleague brought back this for us from Ireland. What a nice welcome back to work! MEGA grins! :-D

The happy losers

2010-01-16T20:19:00.001+01:00

3-0 down into the final period but we're all very happy (due to the beer)

Ice Hockey Rögle vs Brynäs

2010-01-16T19:30:00.001+01:00

Oh dear, already 2-0 down in the 2nd period :-S

Vovvebilden

2010-01-14T11:55:00.001+01:00

Från dagens tidningen. Så himla söt! :-D

Not much happening

2010-01-14T11:51:00.001+01:00

Coffee, newspaper, people watching.

Angelholm Bay

2010-01-13T17:27:00.003+01:00

Walk, coffee, cookie

2010-01-13T17:27:00.001+01:00

Happy :-P

One-legged duck

2010-01-10T16:47:00.001+01:00

Poor little thing :-(((

The Big Cheese

2010-01-09T21:02:00.001+01:00

Smile! ;-)

Early morning in Peking....

2010-01-08T09:43:00.001+01:00

...must look like this! ;-)) Our little house guest has settled in nicely though!!

My current view on life

2010-01-07T15:04:00.002+01:00

It's all gone bottoms up!!

Frozen Garden

2010-01-06T18:16:00.004+01:00

Voyeur!

The Darling Buds Of January :-))

Snow crystals

Trying to keep warm

Peepo!

2010-01-04T16:10:00.001+01:00

You lookin' at me, kid? My friend's cat is quite a character and very sweet! ;-))

Warning, lazy cat! Yep! Sounds about right!

Holding the baby

2010-01-03T18:21:00.002+01:00

No tears so far....from anyone! ;-))

Billiard Queen

2010-01-02T19:53:00.001+01:00

I'm getting totally thrashed here! LOL!

Hoover Heaven!

2010-01-02T15:39:00.002+01:00

Just messing about and having a laugh at home today. Christel demonstrates super suction at its best!

Conservatory & Garden

2010-01-01T22:02:00.002+01:00

Our "Pisse-Nisse" :-)

Candles in the wind.....almost

Boob-jar

Bamboo

The Creaky Windmill

Jägermeister & Midsomer Murders

2009-12-30T22:46:00.002+01:00

Cheers m'dears!! ;-))