It took us a while to get going and prepared in the morning. The low pressure system was causing gray skies and forbidding weather. So we cycled part of the way to Stockholm to hire a canoe. It was really nice on the water and it is surprising how slowly you (I) go in an old fibreglass hire canoe. We decided to turn back after 30mins and only make it an hour's rental, but we were lucky in that we got to see the bridge open from the water to let all the boats through.
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Then we went to Drottningholm, only to discover that it closes at 4.30pm..... Which would have given us less than an hour in the castle, so we contented ourselves with a look from the outside and a stroll through the formal gardens. We are constantly surprised by the closing hours here in Sweden (same problem in the Nordiska museet), which just goes to show that we probably shouldn't have stopped off to look at some really very lovely furniture at Ekeroe Mobil, a large wooden framed barn. I found my perfect armchair: a lovely comfortable moulded fibreglass form with leather on the outside and fabric covering the seat and back. Fabulous. Yours for only 40 000 SEK (approx £4000 or AUD $8000), yours, not mine!
That night there was a massive downpour, which was so loud that I actually couldn't sleep for the drumming on the roof! If only we'd put the cover on the plane.
wow! you've built your own plane?!! that flies??!! I'm so impressed - there was I thinking I was clever knocking out the occasional dress. I hope you have a wonderful journey.
ReplyDeleteThanks Clare! It's really just like sewing, just a somewhat bigger project with slightly higher stakes ;-)
ReplyDeleteto be fair, 4000GBP buys less than 7000AUD these days, but that's still an awfully extravagant chair ;-)
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