Cooper’s weekend
Mid-November is a pretty depressing time of the year. The leaves have fallen off the trees, it gets dark by half past four, it's generally grey, overcast and cold. When…
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19 November, 2023
Windy weekend
Babet drew in from the east, not the usual direction for a storm. Normally they come in off the Atlantic and the North Sea. This side of the island of…
21 October, 2023
Getting colder and darker…
...but the sunsets are fantastic! Low pressure systems keep rolling in from the North Sea bringing rain and cold winds. Gusts sends the garden furniture dancing around the balcony and…
19 October, 2023
Indian summer on Koster islands
Summer 2023 is drawing to a close. What began with a heatwave turned into the coldest, wettest summer for years. From the day we returned from the continent you can…
3 September, 2023
…and it kept raining
Wasting days doing nothing. Watching the weather change. Listening to the rain. Running outside to catch the sun. Face stuck to the screen scrolling through mindless crap waiting for the…
17 August, 2023
Summer roadtrip – day 8
The final night of our trip is spent back in Berlin. We arrive just after lunch from Leipzig. The hotel room is in Kreuzburg, a bohemian part of Berlin. We…
25 July, 2023
Summer roadtrip – day 7
Day 7 is a transport day. First stop is Regensburg and the Dachshund museum. The world's biggest collection of Dachshund stuff ...ever. We lunch on the Bishofshof am Dom and…
21 July, 2023
Summer roadtrip – day 6
Today we leave Bolzano and start our journey back north. Up through the Brenner Pass and all the roadworks again to Innsbruck and a recharge before heading to Salzburg. In…
20 July, 2023
Summer roadtrip – day 5
The apartment cooled down enough for us to get a good night's sleep. It's smaller and a bit more worn than it looked on the AirBnB pictures. A talented photographer…
19 July, 2023
Summer roadtrip – day 3
Rained during the night again and the morning is quite cool. Look around the Schloss park before the egg and bacon hotel breakfast. Pretty soon we're on the road again…
17 July, 2023
Summer roadtrip – day 2
A light rain during the night lowered the temperature somewhat and the morning is a little cooler but humid and sticky. Creaky beds and the heat made for a poor…
16 July, 2023
Summer begins
Summer took its time this year. Then, suddenly, there it was. Weeks of glorious sunshine, warm evenings, and no rain. Now the "no rain" part is beginning to be a…
18 June, 2023
