Haydn Blackey
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Haydn is in his ninth year of retirement and enjoying every moment of it - how did I ever have time to work back in the day?
So, the holiday is now behind us - seems like a good time to start planning the next one!!
A final post with my reflections on what turned out to be a wonderful, enjoyable and relaxing trip.
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A final post with my reflections on what turned out to be a wonderful, enjoyable and relaxing trip.
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Reflecting on the Holiday
So we come to the last blog post of the holiday. I wonder what image best sums up an amazing three weeks away. I think it is the awe of see...
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August 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
So, the holiday is now behind us - seems like a good time to start planning the next one!!
A final post with my reflections on what turned out to be a wonderful, enjoyable and relaxing trip.
norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/refl...
A final post with my reflections on what turned out to be a wonderful, enjoyable and relaxing trip.
norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/refl...
The journey home - imagine, I've completed the blog only six days after getting home!!
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The journey home
Today's post is probably a bit prosaic as we head home, but here is a brief outline: Early Morning I woke up at 3.30pm and get to writing t...
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August 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The journey home - imagine, I've completed the blog only six days after getting home!!
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Ekstedt - a great example of cooking with flame and doing it do amazingly well, the last night of the trip.
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Ekstedt - Flame On
The Fantastic Four are now somewhere through their fifth or six reimagining since I used to be a fan of them in the UK comic Smash back in ...
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August 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Ekstedt - a great example of cooking with flame and doing it do amazingly well, the last night of the trip.
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Our last full day in Stockholm, time to get more of the Tunnelbana art - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/more...
More time on the Tunnelbana (Underground) - Friday in Stockholm
Our second day in Stockholm is another day when we explore the art on the Tunnelbana. This is how the day began Getting up I wake up at 5.30...
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August 28, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Our last full day in Stockholm, time to get more of the Tunnelbana art - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/more...
Arriving in Stockholm and taking eccentric photos of the art on the Tunnelbana (subway), holiday coming to a close - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/on-s...
On the Sleeper and into Stockholm
Yesterday's post ended with us going to bed in the sleeper compartment at 11.06pm. We were heading for: So, let's pick up the story from ...
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August 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Arriving in Stockholm and taking eccentric photos of the art on the Tunnelbana (subway), holiday coming to a close - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/on-s...
My catch-up on the last few days of the holiday sees us in Kiruna and leaving it from Stockholm norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/kiru...
Kiruna and the Sleeper
Our second day in Kiruna sees us back in the town centre as the church reaches its new home. More to come about that, but first back to the...
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August 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My catch-up on the last few days of the holiday sees us in Kiruna and leaving it from Stockholm norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/kiru...
Hi all,
I'm safely home, all the clothes washed and all the accounting done - so time to progress with the latest blog post from last Tuesday, the day we followed a church around town!! - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/did-...
I'm safely home, all the clothes washed and all the accounting done - so time to progress with the latest blog post from last Tuesday, the day we followed a church around town!! - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/did-...
Did the Church move for you??
An odd title for a blog post I know - but it really did seem that Kiruna's mining company Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB (LKAB) had arranged t...
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August 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Hi all,
I'm safely home, all the clothes washed and all the accounting done - so time to progress with the latest blog post from last Tuesday, the day we followed a church around town!! - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/did-...
I'm safely home, all the clothes washed and all the accounting done - so time to progress with the latest blog post from last Tuesday, the day we followed a church around town!! - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/did-...
From Tromsø via Narvik to Kiruna - Norway to Sweden an enjoyable day, but we will miss Norway which we have come to love in the last two weeks - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/fare...
Farewell Norway we have loved you - I reckon we will be back
We start the day in Norway and end it in Sweden, thankfully, even with my fears, everything works out well with the travel. So, we end the ...
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August 23, 2025 at 8:32 AM
From Tromsø via Narvik to Kiruna - Norway to Sweden an enjoyable day, but we will miss Norway which we have come to love in the last two weeks - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/fare...
A day of laundry, mass, trolls and polar history (oh and a pizza) - can one ask for more - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/laun...
Laundry, Mass and Museums in Tromsø
We met new friends today - well I think they were friendly! More about the Troll Museum and much more on this Sunday in Tromsø, but first an...
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August 23, 2025 at 4:29 AM
A day of laundry, mass, trolls and polar history (oh and a pizza) - can one ask for more - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/laun...
Dinner at Emma's Dream Kitchen (Emmas drømmekjøkken) was tasty, but long - 4 hours 20 minutes is longer than it took to write this blog post!! - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/midd...
Middag på Emmas drømmekjøkken - Tromsø
Middag på Emmas drømmekjøkken literally means 'Dinner at Emma's Dream Kitchen' not the use of the possessive apostrophe doesn't occur in Nor...
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August 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Dinner at Emma's Dream Kitchen (Emmas drømmekjøkken) was tasty, but long - 4 hours 20 minutes is longer than it took to write this blog post!! - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/midd...
Sorry about the 48 hour break since the last post - but a Sleeper Car on a train for 16 hours isn't conducive to blogging - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/satu...
Saturday in the Gateway to the Arctic
Gateway to the Arctic is another of Tromsø’s names – it related initially to the whalers, sealers and polar bear hunters who left this port...
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August 22, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Sorry about the 48 hour break since the last post - but a Sleeper Car on a train for 16 hours isn't conducive to blogging - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/satu...
Travelling to what they used to call the Paris of the North but now tend to call - The Arctic City. A great trip to Tromsø and the first night in the city -
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To the Paris of the North - Tromsø
In the blog of Lloyd and Chrissi's trip to Norway in 2023, Lloyd notes that Tromsø that was known in the 19th Century as the Paris of the N...
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August 20, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Travelling to what they used to call the Paris of the North but now tend to call - The Arctic City. A great trip to Tromsø and the first night in the city -
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A gentle morning in Bodø then on to the Hurtigruten ferry the MS Polarlys for the journey further north - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/yet-...
Yet Further North - Bodø and the Ferry
Today is a day of two halves, the morning exploring Bodø and all it has to offer and this afternoon beginning the next stage of our journe...
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August 19, 2025 at 6:26 AM
A gentle morning in Bodø then on to the Hurtigruten ferry the MS Polarlys for the journey further north - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/yet-...
These long journeys are a real part of our Norwegian experience and very comfortable, today we finally make it beyond the Arctic Circle - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/all-...
All abord the Nordland Line - From Trondheim to Bodø
Today's the day that we pass into the Arctic Circle for the first time in our lives. We were exited enough when we were 196 miles away from ...
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August 18, 2025 at 8:23 AM
These long journeys are a real part of our Norwegian experience and very comfortable, today we finally make it beyond the Arctic Circle - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/all-...
Today's post is largely by the guest blogger - aka Co-pilot (reflecting the days when we were usually doing road trips) - enjoy - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-wa...
A wander around Trondheim - Nidaros while photos and blog posts are edited
Most of today's blog post is about Drew's wandering around the city of Trondheim, formally Nidaros and us getting our clothes back. But bef...
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August 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Today's post is largely by the guest blogger - aka Co-pilot (reflecting the days when we were usually doing road trips) - enjoy - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-wa...
Another update on our trip - spending our second day exploring the lovely city of Trondheim (or Nidaros if you prefer) - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/st-o...
St. Olav's Well and the Kristiansten Fortress
We spend another day in Trondheim enjoying the interesting ancient city and its wonderful scenery. Today our route was like this: In two map...
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August 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Another update on our trip - spending our second day exploring the lovely city of Trondheim (or Nidaros if you prefer) - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/st-o...
A wonderful day in the city once called Nidaros, then Kaupangen, then Trondhjem, and now Trondheim - whatever the name what a spectacular place - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...
The City of Saint King Olav the Second
A little history King Olav II Haraldsson is also known as Olav the Holy, Hellig-Olav, Sankt Olav and Olav the Great. His conversion to Cath...
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August 15, 2025 at 9:08 AM
A wonderful day in the city once called Nidaros, then Kaupangen, then Trondhjem, and now Trondheim - whatever the name what a spectacular place - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...
Four holiday blog posts in a day, it really must be catch-up Tuesday. This one all about a wonderful meal from chef Ådne Børseth Helgetun of Fagn norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/fagn...
Fagn - a chef with the mind of a genius
The word 'Fagn', we were told by the head chef of the restaurant, refers to the welcome, food and lodgings given to travellers at rural farm...
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August 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Four holiday blog posts in a day, it really must be catch-up Tuesday. This one all about a wonderful meal from chef Ådne Børseth Helgetun of Fagn norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/fagn...
Apologies for flooding you with my holiday blog posts, this is the third of the day.
Given the camara and computer stopped talking to each other last Thursday, I've been using our final day in Trondheim to catch-up - thanks for your patience norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/from...
Given the camara and computer stopped talking to each other last Thursday, I've been using our final day in Trondheim to catch-up - thanks for your patience norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/from...
From Olden to Trondheim - A taxi and two coaches
Today is a travel day and one where we are using a taxi and two double decker coaches. This time we have booked the front of the upstairs, w...
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August 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Apologies for flooding you with my holiday blog posts, this is the third of the day.
Given the camara and computer stopped talking to each other last Thursday, I've been using our final day in Trondheim to catch-up - thanks for your patience norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/from...
Given the camara and computer stopped talking to each other last Thursday, I've been using our final day in Trondheim to catch-up - thanks for your patience norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/from...
A wonderful day at the Briksdal Glacier and on the Loen Skylift both a bus ride away from the lovely town of Olden where we are staying
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Mountains, Valleys and Rivers - a fun day in the Olden Valley, the Briksdal Valley and Loen
What a day - there was so much enjoyment today, first at a Glacier at the top of the Olden Valley and then on the Skylift in Olden. More det...
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August 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
A wonderful day at the Briksdal Glacier and on the Loen Skylift both a bus ride away from the lovely town of Olden where we are staying
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This post is about day with Dr. Olden in the town of Olden, Vestland, Norway. Lots of Olden related commentary - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/dr-o...
Dr. Olden in Olden
After a long days travel yesterday, finally Dr Andrew (Drew) Olden has arrived in the village of Olden, in Olden Valley, in Olden Fjord at t...
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August 12, 2025 at 7:23 AM
This post is about day with Dr. Olden in the town of Olden, Vestland, Norway. Lots of Olden related commentary - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/dr-o...
A long day's travel from Bergen to Olden, but all the connections worked out - much to my surprise and pleasure - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/thre...
Three Buses through Vestland
As the title of today's blog post implies, today was a day of travel, specifically through the large county of Vestland which stretches from...
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August 11, 2025 at 5:36 AM
A long day's travel from Bergen to Olden, but all the connections worked out - much to my surprise and pleasure - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/thre...
Taking Restaurant advice from S4C, doesn't seem likely. Given my limited Welsh I hardly ever turn the channel on, but look at what I might have missed out on if I'd not done so. norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/lysv...
Lysverket - Taking restaurant advice from S4C
I'm pretty sure today is the first time (it won't be the last folks) I have taken restaurant advice from Sianel Pedwar Cymru (S4C). But her...
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August 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Taking Restaurant advice from S4C, doesn't seem likely. Given my limited Welsh I hardly ever turn the channel on, but look at what I might have missed out on if I'd not done so. norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/lysv...
What a wonderful place Bergen is, even in the midst of Storm Floris on Tuesday we had a wonderful day - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/havi...
Having a fun day in Bergen -- The city among the seven mountains.
Bergen seems to have collected names for itself over the years. The one I choose for my blog title - the City among the seven mountains. ...
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August 10, 2025 at 6:53 AM
What a wonderful place Bergen is, even in the midst of Storm Floris on Tuesday we had a wonderful day - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/havi...
Travelling on the Bergensbanen - the route from Oslo to Bergen, is such a delight. I try to capture some of the pleasure here - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/ridi...
Riding the Bergensbanen
Monday was all about riding the Bergensbanen , the Train Line from Oslo to Bergen. We had big expectations as this line is called, variously...
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August 7, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Travelling on the Bergensbanen - the route from Oslo to Bergen, is such a delight. I try to capture some of the pleasure here - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/ridi...