Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

Book review: Moonlight Express by Monisha Rajesh

[Hardback, read aloud to Adelle] Moonlight Express, Around the World by Night Train, by Monisha Rajesh We have long thought about going on sleeper train services, circumstances have conspired to make that impractical for us. This book was a way for us to experience some of the romance of overnight train journeys without leaving our […]

Classic cars at Barkarby

This years show at Barkarby was a good deal smaller than last years, since the weather was quite horrible. Still, there were a few good cars out.

Sollentuna beach

Not far from our new flat is a beach. By a lake this has a number of the facilities you’d expect to find at a seaside.

ICE at the Street Cars Fest

As you would expect at a Street Car Festival there was plenty of ICE on show, though I’m not sure that I could see my way to dedicating the whole of my boot to such a system some of these things sound a lot better than the rattly over driven things you hear screeching around the ring […]

Street cars fest summer show

After last years gathering at Barkaby I was hoping for another large outdoor show, but it was more like the indoor show with a few cars in the car park.

Vira Bruk decay

Inside the mill things have been left to be taken over by spiders and flies, giving some impressive looking windows.