The Street Cars Fest came to Barkarby Flygplats. There were a few of the same cars as last time, but unfortunately this was outside, in the corner of a retail park car park, and it was a rainy day so not so many people turned up with their cars.
(see also Swedish cars, German cars and British cars)
(see also Swedish cars and German cars)
Some classic German cars at the Tullinge Classic Car Market
(see also Swedish cars)
At the Tullinge Classic Car Market there were, of course, quite a collection of classic cars from all kinds of places. Here are some pictures of Swedish cars.
After walking nearly two miles down the road to the airfield I found the classic car market and meet.
It took me a long time wandering around Tullinge Flygplats area before I found the car show. You can see why from the entrance…I had actually been past it on the bus without recognising it.
It was the hottest day of the summer when I went to find the classic car show at Tullinge Airfield.
The Island House by Mary Considine
[Read aloud to Adelle]
We picked up this book during our recent holiday in Cornwall, wanting to know more about what life in the county is like.
This book chronicles the life of a London couple who want to drop out of city life. They get an agreement from the islands owners that they can live in a house on an island in return for renovating that house.
The island in question is now owned by the local Wildlife Trust, is half a mile off the south coast of Cornwall and has only three houses. They have childhood memories of visiting and holidaying on the island, when it was owned and inhabited by two sisters.
Life on the island revolves around the temperament of the sea, with deliveries and return to shore only possible when the tides and weather permit. Keeping the house habitable a constant battle with salt and decay, workmen from the mainland need a flexibility to bring their crafts to the house, never mind equipment and materials.
Summer is a time of joy, though, with day visitors to the island and plenty of outdoor time. Winter, however, can be isolating. Less isolating in modern times, with communications that allow the internet to reach well enough across the water to enable the running of an online business from the island.
There is a history of the island, recording most of the notable inhabitants, including the time it spent as a destination for pilgrims – the chapel is now just a patch of flat ground at the top of the hill – and stories of smugglers and shipwrecks.
What is clear is that it takes a certain attitude to life to be able to successfully live somewhere like this island – there is no mains water or electricity, you are at the whim of the generator. More, it takes fitness and stamina. When these start failing they are confronted with a difficult choice, to give up the life they love or struggle on, with the risk of more burden on the air ambulance and lifeboat.
Insight into the trials of a what looks, from a city, like an idyllic life – read this before deciding to give up everything and live on an island.
We found some Papier-maché monsters outside the hippie house in Jamtli.
