Jätte Super Toppen Kanot

The title of this post is a hilarious pun in Swedish. Trust me.

On the weekend I donned my inflatable trousers, grabbed the nearest canoe, and took to the mighty Öreälven (which, as far as I can translate, means "The 0.18 Australian Cents River", at current exchange rates.)

One of my co-paddlers, Robert, has been sick for months, and actually died on the morning we set off. But since he payed the fee for the trip, we decided to take him along anyway, Weekend at Bernie's style.

Here he is, on the way to the jetty:




And canoeing:




And enjoying the sun on the riverbank:



Splendid!

For lots more pix click here. Some of them may appear to show a living Robert, but it's all just tricks of light and shadow, and the occasional length of fishing wire.

An upshot of the trip was the invention of two new forms of eatery, at opposite ends of the spectrum, demographically speaking.

1. Lightning Quisine - not, as you might expect, lightning fast delivery or any such nonsense. This is food that has been cooked by being struck by lightning. Due to the extreme unlikelyhood of lightning striking a freshly prepared recipe at just the right time for it to be served piping hot to the waiting customer, this exciting new quisine will be ultra ultra expensive, probably several million dollars a meal.
2. Hamwear - for the outdoors enthusiast. A line of boots, and possibly other apparel, made entirely out of cured, pressed ham. Lost in the wilderness without a bite to eat? No worries! Warm up your boot and chew on that!

A multimedia extra. I like this clip: