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Thunderbolts and lightning, very very frightening

Yesterday afternoon there was a thunderstorm and one of the lightning caused a fire to start just about one kilometer from where we live. Together with the local fire department the neighbors headed of to extinguish the forest fire. Luckily it was just a small fire, the lightning had struck a pine tree and the fire had started at the end of the roots. After this experience we now have a plastic container with almost 1000 liters of water standing ready until the dry period has ended.

Behind Jens Erik you can see the pine tree where the lightning struck.

And yes, the title of the post is a reference to Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen.

A room with a view

As long as your name is not Mrs. Richards and you insist on having a room with a (sea-)view I would recommend booking room 1920 at Villa Norangdal, the very same room we had last week. From that room you will wake up to a beautiful view of the narrow valley Norangsdalen.

And if you are not familiar with the name Mrs. Richards, spend 2 minutes watching this clip from Fawlty Towers [video:youtube:tcliR8kAbzc]

Being a handyman

One of the stones on our stair came loose so I have to fix it. First removing the old mortar before applying new one. Having the proper equipment made that job easy.

Plan was to fix it at once, but off course at one spot the heating cable had been a bit misplaced – so I did cut it. So now waiting for the electrician to help me out fixing it before I can apply new mortar and once again fasten the stone.