Oh my aching bones from climbing on stones
Had a very enjoyable bushwalking trip on the weekend in Skuleskogen national park, on the Swedish High Coast. Just as I suspected, the threats of rain never materialized. Bit of spitting on friday evening, but that's it, slowly clearing to a beautiful sunny day on Sunday (appropriately enough).
My Irwinesque eyes spotted Sweden's most venomous snake (everyone else walked straight past him) although I must admit that, in the heat of the moment, I forgot to say "Crikey!". I've also forgotten what it's called, but I remember that it translates to "bitey snake". Most venomous means: if you get bitten, you should probably see a doctor within a week or so just to check there are no complications.
Updates:
1) looks like Ireland trip will be postponed in favour of California and perhaps Mexico for Steve's nuptuals, which are in August this year!!
Obviously the formalities are being rushed through while that sort of thing is still legal, if you know what I mean. (I don't.)
2) Further Europe travel related news: Gay Dodgy Steve (not the one getting married) is gonna be in spain the same time as me, so will hopefully team up with him for a while.
3) Some photos from the bushwalking trip
Just a few here, but lots more here
The group. L-R: Johanna, Clara, Teresa, Kine, Camille the Green, Stina (in front), Camille the Blue (back), Gabriel (back), Some sexy dude (front). As you can see, the group is refreshingly female. Last few trips I've been on have kinda been sausage sizzles.
Kine and Stina were the organisers. Kine lived in NZ for two years, but somehow maintained a high standard of jubbliness. Stina displayed the admirable tendancy to spontaneously nude-up and jump in freezing cold lakes (sorry boys, no photos of that).
Camille and Camille are a homonymical couple from Montreal. Camille the Blue usually wore blue, but in that photo she's in red. Go figure. If you understand French, you can visit their blog and read about the hilarity the that ensues when two people have the same name.
Some miscellaneous scenery shots:
Kine and Camille the Green preparing our feast. A reindeer casserole, with lots of creamy goodness. Truly sensational.
Stina atop a narrow cutting/canyon/chasm/whatever-it's-called:
Johanna walking through the cutting:
In other news:
My Irwinesque eyes spotted Sweden's most venomous snake (everyone else walked straight past him) although I must admit that, in the heat of the moment, I forgot to say "Crikey!". I've also forgotten what it's called, but I remember that it translates to "bitey snake". Most venomous means: if you get bitten, you should probably see a doctor within a week or so just to check there are no complications.
Updates:
1) looks like Ireland trip will be postponed in favour of California and perhaps Mexico for Steve's nuptuals, which are in August this year!!
Obviously the formalities are being rushed through while that sort of thing is still legal, if you know what I mean. (I don't.)
2) Further Europe travel related news: Gay Dodgy Steve (not the one getting married) is gonna be in spain the same time as me, so will hopefully team up with him for a while.
3) Some photos from the bushwalking trip
Just a few here, but lots more here
The group. L-R: Johanna, Clara, Teresa, Kine, Camille the Green, Stina (in front), Camille the Blue (back), Gabriel (back), Some sexy dude (front). As you can see, the group is refreshingly female. Last few trips I've been on have kinda been sausage sizzles.
Kine and Stina were the organisers. Kine lived in NZ for two years, but somehow maintained a high standard of jubbliness. Stina displayed the admirable tendancy to spontaneously nude-up and jump in freezing cold lakes (sorry boys, no photos of that).
Camille and Camille are a homonymical couple from Montreal. Camille the Blue usually wore blue, but in that photo she's in red. Go figure. If you understand French, you can visit their blog and read about the hilarity the that ensues when two people have the same name.
Some miscellaneous scenery shots:
Kine and Camille the Green preparing our feast. A reindeer casserole, with lots of creamy goodness. Truly sensational.
Stina atop a narrow cutting/canyon/chasm/whatever-it's-called:
Johanna walking through the cutting:
In other news:
- the photos prove that I am in need of a haircut. But, for reasons obvious to regular readers, I'm very nervous about getting one in Sweden [1], [2].
- Woody just communicated to me that Tim Bear, the star of who's foot is that?, and his wooz have signed up for the next reef trip already. Awesome. Cok and Roq?
- Hella busy at work, got a large-ish group of suits from various companies coming in a week to decide if they're gonna shower us with money, and we need to put on an impressive show for them. I'm in charge of balloon animals. (quite a high pressure position... guffaw!)
posted by I-Rock at 11:01 AM
7 Comments:
you are way, way too young to be making Dad jokes of that calibre I-rock.
go the satanic finnish rock, ey? whould've thunk it? not Stephen Hawking, that's for sure.
in other news - chicks dig coconut heads. i wouldnt lie.*
*this is not true.
Oh my aching hands, from raking in grands and breaking in mic stands!
Looks like you had some good wholesome fun.
Island next jan? I don't know where I'm going to be next week, let alone then. But I shall scheme and connive.
k - I was just thinking, that's another band for you to be in (mostly for the tiny dancer's sake, but also for general career advancement).
Mat - I knew you'd recognise the source material for this week's heading. I just couldn't think of another appropriate word that rhymes with "bones". I kept thinking "trombones", but to be honest, trombones had little-to-no relevance to weekend's activities.
re: haircuts, I'm thinking I can just look like a knob until I hit spain, where I'm guessing I can get a haircut dirt cheap, and it can't be worse than the one I got here.
Trust me, in Spain your cocnut head will be treated like a GOD! They are still in curly black mullet phase over there.
wicked! that's just what I'm looking for!
Those photos were pretty cool. I want to go bushwalking now. But i don't know if there is much of that around London. Hmmm...
I want to go diving again. Alas, i do not know what i will be doing, or where i will be. I will also attempt to ensure i am able to head home briefly in Jan. When does one have to decide by funboy?
Mr Roq, I would fire off an email to Woody fairly quickly and indicate interest. People are already signing up for it.
I remember for my first trip, your second, I signed up in like November. Now they're filling up in May!
I guess the lack of July and December trips this year would be a factor in that...
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