Neil Hopcroft

We went back to Eskiltuna Flygplats for another Mälardalen Open, some more burnouts

[Hardback, read aloud to Adelle] The Blanket Cats by Kiyoshi Shigematsu is another charming Japanese fiction about therapeutic cats. The cats here are available for loan for three days to the residents of Tokyo and we have the stories of seven recipients of their therapy. In contrast to We’ll prescribe you a cat, the stories […]

On the North of Vaxholm are the ruins of an old battery, guarding Stockholm from invaders arriving by sea through the straights near Vaxholm.

We ventured to the north of the Vaxholm peninsular, where we found another secluded harbour area with views across the sea.

We took another trip to Fredriksborg ruin.

We went to play minigolf at Siggesta Gård, and celebrated our survival with an ice cream catapillar.

It has been a tough few months, details of which I will omit from here. Suffice to say that the whirlwind is slowing and it is time to get back on the blogging horse. I have nearly gotten to the end of the Sweden reposts, reliving those times has been both happy and sad, a […]

We went to Mariefred again.

[Paperback – borrowed] Incompetence, Bad is the New Good, by Rob Grant I was slightly disappointed to discover this was a work of fiction rather than a study of incompetence. It is set in a near-future world where the European Union has turned into the United States of Europe and become overrun with red tape […]

There were some Funny Cars at Fly’n’drive, for a brief drag car show.