Neil Hopcroft

There is a river running through the centre of Uppsala.

Standing above the city of Uppsala is the imposing Slott.

In the grounds of Uppsala Cathedral there are more runestones

I went back to Uppsala.

We walked up the hill from Uppsala to the castle on top of the hill.

A. with a runestone.

I wanted to show A. the runestones in Uppsala, so we bundled onto a crowded train and headed north. Thankfully the connection from Uplands Vasby wasn’t so busy and we had a chance to relax a little before hitting the bitter cold of easter.

After leaving Uppsala I found some more rune stones. I believe these are U962, U963, U964 and U965, based on finding them outside Vaksala church, but cannot find any information on their inscriptions or translations (can anyone read runes?). Updated: This site suggests some translations.

Walking around Uppsala I found a square full of rune stones. [image missing] U937 – “Tjägn och Gunnar reste stenarna till minne av Väder, sin broder.”

I drove to Uppsala to have a brief look around before I had to return the car. It struck me as a place I would like to return to for a better look around at some point.