Vedborm calling to the faraway towns!

I've been introducing Grandma Stina to the wonders of the internet. We were pleased and surprised to see that her home hamlet of Vedborm is actually mentioned on Wikipedia.

Population: 63 . Local feature of interest: a large bog.

So the arrival of four Oscarsson-Farrows has made a significant impact on the population density!

I'm sure I've seen more than 63 blue tits coming to eat at Stina's bird table.

There used to be a shop in walking distance that the infant Ulrika would be sent to to buy eggs and flour. Now it's a 20 minute drive to the ICA supermarket in Löttorp. In February it is not exactly heaving. In the summer, you can't move for rowdy holidaymakers from Stockholm. The local slang for people from the 08 area is seagulls: we make a lot of noise and leave shit everywhere!

Vedborm is not a place to bring some of my sophisticated, streetwise urban friends.

I'm reminded of celebrating Midsummer once with my good friend, Londoner John Chappell, in the heart of the Swedish countryside. Such was his shock at being exposed to the vasteness and purity of the Nordic region, that we were forced to put all the cars together in a ring and, turn on the motors and expose him to a large dose of exhaust fumes before he felt himself again.

Kai and Zoe mercifully find the transition a lot easier !