Neil Hopcroft

The tinghus (courthouse) is a building I had been meaning to visit for a long time having seen it many times from the road – it is in Haga Park.

I’ve driven past Haga Park a number of times – Haga Slott is one of the many royal palaces still in use in Stockholm. It was a beautiful autumnal day with the leaves turning and falling, showing off their best colours.

When I visited Inverness I spotted a tower in the distance which I had intended to return to, to find out more. It is now a conference centre.

On the way back from Fredricksborg ruin I stopped at Gustavsberg, the home of toilet manufacturing in Sweden.

Siggesta Gård is an art and leisure centre on the road back from Fredricksborg Ruin to Stockholm. There are a number of outdoor activities here, including quite a fun looking minigolf and pony riding.

Beyond Rindö Redoubt I was looking for Fredriksborg Ruin, an abandoned castle, but ended up missing the road and heading off into the countryside – eventually I figured out I’d gone too far along the main road and headed back to find the track to the ruin. There were a number of other people there taking photographs.

[Read aloud to Adelle] We’ll prescribe you another cat by Syou Ishida Following on from We’ll prescribe you a cat, this book explores the additional benefit gained from having access to more than one cat. The Nakagyo Kokoro Clinic for the Soul remains elusive and can only be found by those in need of the […]

On the other side of the channel past Vaxholm is Rindö redoubt. I was looking for lunch but instead found a modern art museum just opening for a new show. This was a little peculiar. Its a fort built late in the 19th century to protect Stockholm from invading Russian ships, but has now been converted into an […]

In the swamps outside Vaxholm is Bogesunds Slott, a fortified manor.

I took the car to Vaxholm, stopping at some swamps along the way.