The first locally produced seasonal raspberries are always a special tasty delight ... :-)
Saturday, 23 June 2018
Midsummer Eve celebration in Hittarp
Midsummer Eve was again celebrated in the traditional Swedish way in Hittarp:
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
A great evening for windsurfing in Hittarp
Last night the wind here in Hittarp was perfect for the local windsurfers:
Sunday, 17 June 2018
Baltic 175 Pink Gin in Öresund
Baltic 175 Pink Gin - the Finnish built Sailing Yacht of the Year - passed by late this afternoon, unfortunately without using its sails ...
"The Baltic 175 Pink Gin, the world’s largest carbon fibre sloop, has been voted the Sailing Yacht of the Year at the prestigious World Superyacht Awards 2018. She also won the Sailing Yachts 50m and Above category making it a glittering achievement for the silver-hulled sloop." (Baltic Yachts home page)
https://www.balticyachts.fi/pink-gin-is-judged-sailing-yacht-of-the-year-at-world-superyacht-awards/
Thursday, 14 June 2018
The full-rigged training ship Danmark in Öresund
The fully rigged training ship Danmark passed by tonight on its way northwards in Öresund.
The 77 m long Danmark has an interesting history:
"The Danmark succeeded the København, a five-masted barque which was lost mysteriously at sea at the end of 1928, as Denmark's principal training ship.[5] Launched in 1932 at the Nakskov Shipyard in Lolland and fitted out the following year,[3] she was built to train officers of the Danish merchant marine.[4] In 1939 she visited the United States to participate in the 1939 Worlds Fair in New York City, but at the outbreak of hostilities in World War II she was ordered to remain in US waters to avoid capture by the Germans.[4][5] She was then based in Jacksonville, Florida and maintained with the help of the Danish American community there.[4][5]
After the attack on Pearl Harbor the captain, Knud L. Hansen, offered the ship to the U.S. government as a training vessel. This offer was accepted, and the Danmark moved to New London, Connecticut to train cadets at the United States Coast Guard Academy there.[2] Approximately five thousand cadets were trained before the ship was returned to Denmark in 1945." (Wiki)
The 77 m long Danmark has an interesting history:
"The Danmark succeeded the København, a five-masted barque which was lost mysteriously at sea at the end of 1928, as Denmark's principal training ship.[5] Launched in 1932 at the Nakskov Shipyard in Lolland and fitted out the following year,[3] she was built to train officers of the Danish merchant marine.[4] In 1939 she visited the United States to participate in the 1939 Worlds Fair in New York City, but at the outbreak of hostilities in World War II she was ordered to remain in US waters to avoid capture by the Germans.[4][5] She was then based in Jacksonville, Florida and maintained with the help of the Danish American community there.[4][5]
After the attack on Pearl Harbor the captain, Knud L. Hansen, offered the ship to the U.S. government as a training vessel. This offer was accepted, and the Danmark moved to New London, Connecticut to train cadets at the United States Coast Guard Academy there.[2] Approximately five thousand cadets were trained before the ship was returned to Denmark in 1945." (Wiki)
Flowers in the Sofiero castle garden
Here is a selection of flower images from the Sofiero castle garden:
Tuesday, 12 June 2018
A Swedish Ford 1926 Street Rod
This beautiful Ford 1926 Street Rod I photographed in Höganäs, Skåne:
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