The weather has changed here and we are heading towards colder times. A couple of times I have had to brush the frost of my saddle before biking home. I may be getting old before my time, but I think my favourite piece of clothing has to be my thermal underwear. The clear skies my make it cold at night but it does have the added bonus of produce beautiful rich blue skies during the day which really set off the autumn colours in the trees.

Tomorrow I will be doing my impression of a packhorse. We are heading for one of Sweden’s biggest bi/annual markets. I have promised to be on my best behaviour as I follow on behind carrying our newly acquired goods. Apparently they expect to have 100,000 visitors to the market over the three-day period. A huge figure for a few market stalls. I think they must all go to buy a decades supply of socks. Every other stall either sells socks or sweets in bulk. Of course there will be other stalls I expect to see cheap copies of football shirts and whatever they couldn’t sell on TV Shop. There will also be people selling lottery tickets giving you the chance to win something you probably wouldn’t want to buy even if you had the choice. Does it show that I am looking forward to our day out?

No real change on the job front. One of the companies has written back to say they will let me know if they call me for a interview. Maria thinks it is a good sign as it means I didnt land in the bin at the first hurdle but we will have to wait and see.