Message from Bob Cawte
Hello All Not long now, may be time to think about what we will be doing in Sweden. I don't wish to set a strict itinerary for the week, but it would be good to have an idea about how many days of driving we want to do/handle. The number of rest days to break up the week so we don't come back needing a holiday ( OK for those who lay about all year ) James
Is there beaches we can have a picnic ( weather permitting ) or places like woods to stroll around ?
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Don't want specifics at this moment, but would be good to hear what everybody thinks. Regards Bob
And a reply from our Swedish Coreespondent and host James "The Judge" Dresch
Hi Everyone,
I am awaiting the local "event" calander that I will be sending to you but it is not yet available. I thought I would make a few suggestions but leave the itinerary completely open, nothing arranged in advance.
Only 2 miles from me there are nice sandy beaches (bloody cold Boltic water) and fantastic woodland walks with great facilities for picnics. We also have exciting "Marlin" country roads for shorter or longer trips and even interesting bronze-age and viking remnants.
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There are a couple of museums that I am sure you will find interesting and I have a garden that is a good area for anyone just wanting to chill out - have recently purchased a Weber type grill.
Please don't hesitate to ask any questions or give any suggestions, I will try to answer as best I can.
Offerings are now being given to the weather gods for June/July
James
From the editor
Its easy on these trips to try to pack too much in when sometimes its also nice just to take it easy and chill out a bit otherwise you can end up spending rather too many hours driving in my humble opinion.
We'll have a nice drive there and back so I guess Im probably personally in favour of going easy on the intinerary but I'll go with the flow.
Hi
All,
I
have just been to the tourist office in Ystad and they informed me that the
"things to do" brochure will be available this Thursday. I will be
there to collect some and if I can get post addresses to those of you that
would like one I will post them to you.
The
journey to Elsingor (Helsingör) is worth the trip and is a whole day excursion.
Normally, one would drive to Helsingborg on the motorway and take the 15 minute
ferry to Helsingör and return via Copenhagen across the bridge to Malmö.
On the coast road between Helsingör and Copenhagen there is a fantastic art
center (www.louisiana.dk) that is in
itself worth the trip and a good place for lunch.
The
local museum I mentioned previously can be found at (www.johannamuseet.se) and is about 6
miles from my home - but it has no English text, only pictures. The motor
museum can be found at (www.autoseum.se).
The coast road to the automuseum in Simrishamn there are several nice Barbour
villages and good places to picnic or eat lunch.
I
would suggest that the group may on some days split up and decide to do
different things. Even if I am unable to clone myself I can supply information
and tips to anyone desiring to do their own thing. For those interested in
doing Copenhagen or Malmö I would advise traveling by train as city parking is
an expensive issue.
Now
for the depressing bits. I have spoken to a friend who has a fully equipped
garage so emergency repairs (god forbid) will not be a problem. Should serious
problems arise on the road between Esbjerg and my place I can come and collect
with a flatbed trailer. Spare parts for Ford based cars should not be a problem
but BMC and Rover would be. I have many Cortina bits myself and my local scrap
dealer will be open for the duration of your stay. Sorry to be pessimistic but
it can be good to know these things.
Looking
forward to seeing you all!
Best
wishes
James
