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Haydn Blackey

Haydn Blackey

@haydnblackey.bsky.social

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Haydn is in his ninth year of retirement and enjoying every moment of it - how did I ever have time to work back in the day?

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Haydn Blackey @haydnblackey.bsky.social · 15d

I've had cheese toasted over pumpkin (in Prague) so I suspect it has a similar stickiness to that. Though this one looks much prettier

Haydn Blackey @haydnblackey.bsky.social · 15d

It looks delicious

Haydn Blackey @haydnblackey.bsky.social · Aug 31

That sense of local variation and the enormous amount of fish being eaten are memories to cherish. But there was so much more too.

Haydn Blackey @haydnblackey.bsky.social · Aug 31

Thanks Jack,

for coming along virtually, again.

It was fascinating, I love exploring new countries and it was amazing to see how different Norway is from Sweden and Denmark even though between them they had ruled Norway for most of its time as a country.

Haydn Blackey @haydnblackey.bsky.social · Aug 30

So, the holiday is now behind us - seems like a good time to start planning the next one!!

A final post with my reflections on what turned out to be a wonderful, enjoyable and relaxing trip.

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Reflecting on the Holiday

So we come to the last blog post of the holiday. I wonder what image best sums up an amazing three weeks away. I think it is the awe of see...

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Haydn Blackey @haydnblackey.bsky.social · Aug 29

The journey home - imagine, I've completed the blog only six days after getting home!!

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The journey home

Today's post is probably a bit prosaic as we head home, but here is a brief outline: Early Morning I woke up at 3.30pm and get to writing t...

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Haydn Blackey @haydnblackey.bsky.social · Aug 29

Ekstedt - a great example of cooking with flame and doing it do amazingly well, the last night of the trip.

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Ekstedt - Flame On

The Fantastic Four are now somewhere through their fifth or six reimagining since I used to be a fan of them in the UK comic Smash back in ...

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Haydn Blackey @haydnblackey.bsky.social · Aug 28

Our last full day in Stockholm, time to get more of the Tunnelbana art - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/more...

More time on the Tunnelbana (Underground) - Friday in Stockholm

Our second day in Stockholm is another day when we explore the art on the Tunnelbana. This is how the day began Getting up I wake up at 5.30...

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Haydn Blackey @haydnblackey.bsky.social · Aug 27

Arriving in Stockholm and taking eccentric photos of the art on the Tunnelbana (subway), holiday coming to a close - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/on-s...

On the Sleeper and into Stockholm

Yesterday's post ended with us going to bed in the sleeper compartment at 11.06pm. We were heading for: So, let's pick up the story from ...

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Haydn Blackey @haydnblackey.bsky.social · Aug 26

My catch-up on the last few days of the holiday sees us in Kiruna and leaving it from Stockholm norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/kiru...

Kiruna and the Sleeper

Our second day in Kiruna sees us back in the town centre as the church reaches its new home. More to come about that, but first back to the...

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Haydn Blackey @haydnblackey.bsky.social · Aug 25

Hi all,

I'm safely home, all the clothes washed and all the accounting done - so time to progress with the latest blog post from last Tuesday, the day we followed a church around town!! - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/did-...

Did the Church move for you??

An odd title for a blog post I know - but it really did seem that Kiruna's mining company Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB (LKAB) had arranged t...

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Haydn Blackey @haydnblackey.bsky.social · Aug 23

From Tromsø via Narvik to Kiruna - Norway to Sweden an enjoyable day, but we will miss Norway which we have come to love in the last two weeks - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/fare...

Farewell Norway we have loved you - I reckon we will be back

We start the day in Norway and end it in Sweden, thankfully, even with my fears, everything works out well with the travel. So, we end the ...

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Haydn Blackey @haydnblackey.bsky.social · Aug 23

A day of laundry, mass, trolls and polar history (oh and a pizza) - can one ask for more - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/laun...

Laundry, Mass and Museums in Tromsø

We met new friends today - well I think they were friendly! More about the Troll Museum and much more on this Sunday in Tromsø, but first an...

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Haydn Blackey @haydnblackey.bsky.social · Aug 22

Dinner at Emma's Dream Kitchen (Emmas drømmekjøkken) was tasty, but long - 4 hours 20 minutes is longer than it took to write this blog post!! - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/midd...

Middag på Emmas drømmekjøkken - Tromsø

Middag på Emmas drømmekjøkken literally means 'Dinner at Emma's Dream Kitchen' not the use of the possessive apostrophe doesn't occur in Nor...

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Haydn Blackey @haydnblackey.bsky.social · Aug 22

Sorry about the 48 hour break since the last post - but a Sleeper Car on a train for 16 hours isn't conducive to blogging - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/satu...

Saturday in the Gateway to the Arctic

Gateway to the Arctic is another of Tromsø’s names – it related initially to the whalers, sealers and polar bear hunters who left this port...

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Haydn Blackey @haydnblackey.bsky.social · Aug 20

Travelling to what they used to call the Paris of the North but now tend to call - The Arctic City. A great trip to Tromsø and the first night in the city -
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To the Paris of the North - Tromsø

In the blog of Lloyd and Chrissi's trip to Norway in 2023, Lloyd notes that Tromsø that was known in the 19th Century as the Paris of the N...

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Haydn Blackey @haydnblackey.bsky.social · Aug 19

A gentle morning in Bodø then on to the Hurtigruten ferry the MS Polarlys for the journey further north - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/yet-...

Yet Further North - Bodø and the Ferry

Today is a day of two halves, the morning exploring Bodø and all it has to offer and this afternoon beginning the next stage of our journe...

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Haydn Blackey @haydnblackey.bsky.social · Aug 18

These long journeys are a real part of our Norwegian experience and very comfortable, today we finally make it beyond the Arctic Circle - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/all-...

All abord the Nordland Line - From Trondheim to Bodø

Today's the day that we pass into the Arctic Circle for the first time in our lives. We were exited enough when we were 196 miles away from ...

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Haydn Blackey @haydnblackey.bsky.social · Aug 17

Today's post is largely by the guest blogger - aka Co-pilot (reflecting the days when we were usually doing road trips) - enjoy - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-wa...

A wander around Trondheim - Nidaros while photos and blog posts are edited

Most of today's blog post is about Drew's wandering around the city of Trondheim, formally Nidaros and us getting our clothes back. But bef...

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Haydn Blackey @haydnblackey.bsky.social · Aug 16

Another update on our trip - spending our second day exploring the lovely city of Trondheim (or Nidaros if you prefer) - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/st-o...

St. Olav's Well and the Kristiansten Fortress

We spend another day in Trondheim enjoying the interesting ancient city and its wonderful scenery. Today our route was like this: In two map...

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Haydn Blackey @haydnblackey.bsky.social · Aug 15

A wonderful day in the city once called Nidaros, then Kaupangen, then Trondhjem, and now Trondheim - whatever the name what a spectacular place - norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...

The City of Saint King Olav the Second

A little history King Olav II Haraldsson is also known as Olav the Holy, Hellig-Olav, Sankt Olav and Olav the Great. His conversion to Cath...

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Haydn Blackey @haydnblackey.bsky.social · Aug 12

Four holiday blog posts in a day, it really must be catch-up Tuesday. This one all about a wonderful meal from chef Ådne Børseth Helgetun of Fagn norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/fagn...

Fagn - a chef with the mind of a genius

The word 'Fagn', we were told by the head chef of the restaurant, refers to the welcome, food and lodgings given to travellers at rural farm...

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Haydn Blackey @haydnblackey.bsky.social · Aug 12

Apologies for flooding you with my holiday blog posts, this is the third of the day.

Given the camara and computer stopped talking to each other last Thursday, I've been using our final day in Trondheim to catch-up - thanks for your patience norwy2025.blogspot.com/2025/08/from...

From Olden to Trondheim - A taxi and two coaches

Today is a travel day and one where we are using a taxi and two double decker coaches. This time we have booked the front of the upstairs, w...

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Haydn Blackey @haydnblackey.bsky.social · Aug 12

A wonderful day at the Briksdal Glacier and on the Loen Skylift both a bus ride away from the lovely town of Olden where we are staying

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Mountains, Valleys and Rivers - a fun day in the Olden Valley, the Briksdal Valley and Loen

What a day - there was so much enjoyment today, first at a Glacier at the top of the Olden Valley and then on the Skylift in Olden. More det...

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Haydn Blackey @haydnblackey.bsky.social · Aug 12

Where did the a as in a day go?? I certainly thought it, maybe my fingers were going too fast.