Arctic Circle Return-2015
Bosjon and Filipstad on Sweden's National Day.…
We set off this morning on a trip via the forest roads with our friends to Filipstad to see the National Day celebrations and having arrived in the town where it was raining lightly, we spotted the enthusiasts who had brought their classic cars in…..
The first one from 1958 was an NSU Prinz……
With a small two cylinder engine in the rear….
While the next was a Volvo Sport 544 which still has the original owner looking after it! It has covered 500,000 Miles while the owner explained that it had to be re-sprayed as his polishing took the original paint off the roof so it ended up with a ‘Bald Patch’!!
The car is still in daily use and uses no engine oil, while it is on its second engine….
Next up is an American De -So-To which was bought in Denmark and brought over to Sweden…..
Then a short while later this car arrived, as the rain stopped….
A Model T Ford…..
As a recently re-sprayed Austin A30 rolled up!…..
Followed by a Bubble Car, which I was told had the canvas roof as a safety requirement which allowed the passengers to get out or be removed if the car was damaged at the front and the door could not be opened as it went across the front!.....
While parked up by the wall was this Fuchs 1952 Gasoline Engine Powered Bicycle, which could give a few ‘E-Bikes’ (Battery Assisted Bicycle) a run for their money!.....
As we moved down towards the Tourist Information Office, we could see Blue & Yellow Balloons along with small Swedish flags being brought out and given to the townsfolk…..
As this young lady was really into the spirit of the occasion…..
Then the parade started to get together…..
And a short time later set off along the main street with the music being played by members of the music school…..
As we got into the small area by the river the master of ceremonies up on the stage said a few words then after a count of 1, 2, 3 all the balloons were released into the sky….
While a couple of minutes later the music school started to entertain us with different pieces of music….
We did spot one little girl in National Costume….
While another little girl gave a very nice performance of a popular Swedish song that brought tears to the eyes of a few people in the audience.….
As I then spotted some ‘Musical Bananas’ being played by these two boys at the back of the stand!….
I was told by the Bandmaster that he thought they contained grains of rice, but he wasn’t sure…..
After departing to a local Café for a very welcome coffee and cream cake decorated with a small National Day flag we made our way back to Bosjon and went for a troll down to the lake at our friends house …..
And there it is…..
While the boats wait to be put back in now that all the ice has gone….
As we took seat and listened to the ‘Thundering Silence’ as the Tourist Office call it, and it was very nice just to relax…….
Tomorrow is planned to be a real lazy one, so for us it will be feet up and chill out…..
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