SUNDAY MORNING,AFTER A LEISURELY BREAKFAST ,IT WAS TIME TO PACK UP,GET THE BIKES LOADED,AND START ON THE 5 HOUR JOURNEY BACK ACROSS THE SWEDISH BORDER INTO NORWAY,AND HEAD FOR THE 'MOSS' FERRY ONCE AGAIN.....
ON THE WAY,WE STOPPED OFF IN 'KARLSTAD' ? INITIALLY TO DO SOME MORE OUTDOOR KARTING.....? BUT THIS WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN,SO INSTEAD WE TRUNDLED OFF,TO PARK UP AND HAVE SOME LUNCH,IN A FIELD.........WHEN WE CAME ACROSS MY FAVOURITE?
OH NO? A SWEDISH 'CAR BOOT SALE' OR LOPPIS.....
I WAS OFF,OUT THE DOOR.....
''SEE YOU IN HALF AN HOUR..............MAKE SOME BUTTIES?,WHILST I AM GONE.......''
I CAME ACROSS A 1980 SWEDISH EQUIVALENT, OF THE 'RACMSA' MOTORSPORTS DIRECTORY.......
BUT IT WAS REALLY HEAVY,AND I WASN'T SURE HOW WE WERE DOING FOR WEIGHT WITH THE SUITCASE'S FOR THE FLIGHT HOME ? IN THE END ,I SETTLED FOR A PHOTO........
HOWEVER,I DID MAKE A PURCHASE......
TWO, 1960'S STAINLESS STEEL MERCEDES 280 SL WHEEL TRIMS FOR 60 SEK........
NATURALLY,THE MISSUS WAS ABSOLUTLEY 'CHUFFED' ABOUT THIS.......
ASKING ME WHAT THE F*^CK,I INTENDED TO DO WITH THEM.......?
BUT,WE WERE GOING PAST THE HOME OF A 'NORWEGIAN' FRIEND OF MINE,ABOUT 200 MILES AWAY,THAT RESTORES OLD MERCEDES,AND I NATURALLY THOUGHT HE MIGHT HAVE NEED OF THEM....?
SO WE LEFT THEM, OUTSIDE HIS PORCH......