pictures taken 20100706 I was in a bad mood, and things just got worse as the hours passed. At first my intentions were to go to three different second hand shops, in three different parts of Luleå: Kronan, Kupan and Myrorna. My plan: 1. Walk to Kronan, and maybe get a glimpse of some paintings I remember seeing on some functional type of building in that forest years ago. Kronan closes at 16:00. 2. Take the bus to Kupan. They close at 18:00. 3. Take the bus to Myrorna. They close at 18:00. I was feeling a bit blah, so it was after 14:00 before I got started. It wasn't just late, it was warm too: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1930.jpg Colour coded skiing/running track(s): http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1931.jpg I found tree number five: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1932.jpg One of these is not like the others: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1934.jpg This is not a bird house, but what is it? http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1935.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1936.jpg Map of Ormberget: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1938.jpg This map is extremely incomplete. There are little roads going all over that place! I picked the road to Lerbäcken. It's 1,9 km between some place and this tree. It's not clear if the 1,9 is before or after the sign. http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1940.jpg Here's the solution to the not-a-bird-house mystery: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1941.jpg Then I saw another snake on the road: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/snake_on_the_road_yellow_and_black_stripes.jpg And a tree with a tie. He must be dressed up to go to a party: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1943.jpg And here's his Poleish wife, with matching hair band and makeup: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1944.jpg (I suspect that she's had de-barking surgery.) Apparently there are interesting bridges in this forest too: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1945.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1946.jpg and creative young architects: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/blue_house.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/transparent_roof.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/transparent_roof2.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/transparent_roof3.jpg Feeling tired on your long walk through the forest? http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1948.jpg 0,5 km: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1952.jpg This bridge is made of fake wood: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1956.jpg A pile of "sly": http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1957.jpg *goes closer* http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1958.jpg WTF is that chain doing among those tree roots? Dead trees sometimes have interesting shapes: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1960.jpg Scary stuff! http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1962.jpg movie version (5 MB): http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/doll.mp4 As always, animals are fun. I wasted some time trying to get a good shot of a giant ant. This one is sort of successful (even if the grass is a bit distracting): http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1965.jpg Another sign with a distance. This one is more useful, since it actually says what it is a distance to, and in what direction: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1968.jpg By now it was past 16:00, but I figured two out of three is OK. After all, I had got some good phots on the way, and I was at Lerbäcken, right at the end of bus number nine, which would take me to Kupan. I had to wait for the bus. I spent the time looking around. http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/obstacles/welcome_on_foot.jpg Some houses have tiny numbers that are hard to find and even harder to read. Not this place: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/signs/28.jpg This lamp post seems to be going to the same party as those other guys: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1983.jpg I also saw some playground animals, and a boat: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/playground/bird.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/playground/boat.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/playground/moose.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/playground/sand_box_for_grown-ups.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/playground/um_something.jpg The bus finally arrives. http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1984.jpg When I got to Kupan I found a locked door and a sign saying they close at 16:00 during the summer. This also meant that I had missed the opportunity to continue with the same bus to Myrorna. Instead I had to wait for the next bus. I also felt another kind of irritation, which I could solve: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/signs/toilet_1_and_2.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/signs/toilet_3.jpg They must have bought those signs at the same place as "28" above! Then the next bus came along and I went to Myrorna. Just as I was about to get off I realized that it was 17:50 and I would just have time to get into the shop before I would have to leave again. Instead I continued to the next stop and had something to eat: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1988.jpg By now I was thoroughly annoyed. I was so annoyed that I decided to take the next bus in the "wrong" direction. Instead of going home I went to Gammelstad and had a third go at the path through the forest to Porsön. When I had decided this I looked at my feet: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1989.jpg Completely unsuitable! But, I was in a terrible mood, so this felt *right*! I didn't even check my bag to see if I had The Protective Gear with me! When I got to Gammelstad I took some touristy photos for Tim: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1990.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1991.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1992.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1993.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1994.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1995.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1996.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1997.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1998.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/1999.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/2000.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/2001.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/2002.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/2003.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/2004.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/2005.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/2006.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/2007.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/2008.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/2009.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/2010.jpg It was now past 19:00 (which explains why the place was so empty). (I did have the mosquito net and gloves in my bag.) The stupid "spit animals" are *everywhere*! http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/2013.jpg A mushroom: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/2014.jpg And another, next to phone: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/2017.jpg And some mosquitoes ( MB): http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/myggfilm.mp4 I didn't take many photos during the walk. I was in such a bad mood that I didn't care if I stepped in mud. I just walked, and walked, and walked, swearing all the time. I did make a new version of the film walking across that scary place. This time I filmed a shorter part of it, and I stopped in the middle so the pieces would be small enough to email. part 1 ( MB): http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/scary1.mp4 part2 (MANY MB!): [Ha! That's what I thought! That one was too big too! *grrrr*] The "pool" was much less pool-like this time: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/2018.jpg http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/2020.jpg Shoes after walk: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/2026.jpg (They don't look so bad. They were soaked, and I did step in plenty of mud. I also stepped into deep, moist white moss and brushed against grass and blueberry [bushes?].) The mosquitoes had followed me out of the forest and I had to abandon the bus stop and walk to another one. Then I had to wait for an hour for the next bus. It would have taken me half an hour to walk home, but after all the walking I had already done that didn't feel like a good idea. Finally, the bus home: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/photo/2010/07_moody/2027.jpg