When walking home from the shop earlier today Elin pointed out that the Coltsfoot, or Tussilago Farfara, already have said hello to the world. The spring is early this year…
The small yellow dots are the flowers, the picture is taken with my cell phone and full zoom, so no good quality…
I took out my MTB on Saturday for this years second ride. The weather was nice and I wanted to see places I’ve never seen before, so first I took a quick stop at Simen to say hello before I went to Ulvøya, Ormøya and Malmøya. I must say I was really impressed, it is very, very nice on all three islands.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malm%C3%B8ya
http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orm%C3%B8y
http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulv%C3%B8ya_i_Oslo
The first picture is taken on the outside of Malmøya, Maløykalven on the right hand side. The second one on the same place, but towards Oslo, and the last one shows approximately the route I followed.
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My latest book “Styrkeprøven – Den lange veien hjem”, a book about Den Store Styrkeprøven (The Great Trial of Strength) which is a bike race from Trondheim to Oslo 540 kilometers long. As I know, the worlds longest bike race in a single stage. Aksel Selmer decided to write about a book about his experiences and teamed up with Steffen Kjærgaard. Kjærgaard being former team mate with Lance Armstrong!
A must read for people like me, preparing for DSSP for the first time…
Yesterday a guy from the Netherlands on his way home from Helsingfors (Helsinki) to Amsterdam refused to board the plane because he had seen 5 men from Iraq acting suspicious. What had they done? Two of the three men had handed their bags to the three others, then they had gone to the lavatory. Scaaaaarrrryyyyy!
I must say that I’m feeling lucky not having the color of my skin that does not allow me to go to the lavatory without being accused for being a potential terrorist. In fact, I guess I do not realize how lucky I am…
http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/article2319452.ece