SWEDEN AGAIN

OK OK I know, no posts for a while but we have had a busy time and a great five days in my favourite country good old SWEDEN. Some time ago Rustan fixed tickets to see Eric Clapton and Stevie Winwood in Malmo on 31st. May. So we thought we would make a real trip of it and go for a few days extra. The weather was great for the first few days and we made the most of it sitting out at street cafes, watching the world go by with our good friends.

Rustan avoids sunburn. May the force be with you my friend

An added bonus was a lovely invitation to spend a day in Bastad with friends Anna and Anders which is on the way to Malmo. So on Sunday off we went to Anna's family summer house.

Anders, barbie man

The weather was pretty good most of the time and we had a great tour of the beautiful quiet area where their summer cottage lies, right by the sea. Anna and Anders treated us to a fab Swedish meal, straight off the barbie...

SKOL!

We were soon off to Malmo for the concert. I went expecting to be underwhelmed but Eric and Stevie played a great set, plenty of old Traffic favourites and a couple of Blind Faith and Cream too. He also played some acoustic songs, the best of which was Layla......

And then an absolutely stonking version of Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) which of course Stevie played on way back in the 60's. To finish they exceeded even this with one of my favourite Traffic tunes 'Dear Mr. Fantasy' WOW. Thanks to Rustan for organising the trip. Well done mate.

Voodoo Chile