From our children

"We do not inherit the world from our parents, we borrow it from our children"

And he's off again!

Norwegian red

The pick-up

At 11c the water is warming up nicely, though Harald refuses to jump in unless he's been in the sauna first

Fyrtårn

I ask every kid who comes to the café to write some essential vocabulary in my little wordbook so that I might learn Norwegian. Two young teenagers consulted each other for a good ten minutes then came up with this one-word contribution: fyrtårn - lighthouse. My favourite photo is in their honour!

More taken by the day!

And just in case the relevance of these photos to my swimming blog seems to have sunk into the sea, I post one blog per swim!

Come rain or shine

Am thinking of hanging an exhibition in the Bjørnsund leirskole café - feedback on favourites welcome!

South Bjørnsund

An even smaller island a stone's throw away

Baking & bathing

We are doing a roaring trade at the café, which means there's little time for fishing or swimming




but where there's a will...