Entries by Cody

Back In California

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Arrived back home to Santa Barbara last night after a long day of travel from Stockholm.  Even though the weather is quite stormy here with heavy rains forecast, the temperature is quite warm after 4 months of northern Europe winter – September 17th was the first day I got snowed on. The Blog will be […]

Brecon Beacons Winter

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We’ve had a fair bit of snow here in the south of Wales (and the UK as a whole, causing quite a bit of chaos) over the last week (snowing right now as well).  My current location is right on the edge of the Brecon Beacons national park, so it’s been nice to get up […]

South Ronaldsay, Orkney

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Abandoned house, South Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. I wonder what stories these old walls could tell.  Once it was probably the center of a large farm.  Times changed and the old ways lost their charm.  The young generation left home for the glamour of the city.  No one wanted to live on the edge of the […]

Loch Brittle – Isle of Skye

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Late afternoon light over Loch Brittle, Isle of Skye, Scotland. I say late afternoon and not evening, as I do not consider 4:00 pm to count as ‘evening,’ despite the fact that it was nearly dark at this time.

Hay on Fire Festival

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Tonight (Halloween 2009) was the Hay on Fire festival here in Hay-on-Wye, Wales.  The night first started with a parade through town that slowly made its way out to the ‘Warren’ on the edge of the river Wye where the fire festival was held.  The crowd numbered in the thousands to watch the fire dancing, […]

Kungsleden – the Huts

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The STF (Svenska Turistföreningen) runs a series of mountain huts (fjällstuga) along the Kungsleden trail. The huts are only open until the 20th of September but they all have an ’emergency hut’ which stay open year round which one is able to stay in.  Leaving Abisko and heading south, the first hut is Abiskojaure. Fire […]