Erik was invited by archeologist Anna Nyqvist Thorsson to Husaby Church near Skara in the Götene municipality. His task was to inspect the sandstone used in the construction of the church and the two impressive tombs lined up at each side at the entrance to
Boat trip to - not Virgin Island - but nearly as good, Vinga Island in the Swedish West coast archipelago. Actually, the first island you approach when entering Swedish water by boat. In the old days, you would have the enemy Denmark on both side.
With the beautiful Ledreborg Castle as setting, Jörfi and I participated in the very fun and very wet K9 Biathlon competition in the class of 5 km WALK. However, Jörfi decided she would rather run most of the way. To be honest, we skipped some
by Erik Sturkell The annual meeting for the Geological Society 2025 in Skövde On Friday the 9th of May, the Geological Society had its annual meeting. In the afternoon, after the meeting, we had a mini conference about geo-learning, including university didactics, outreach, and more. At the end of
This past weekend offered by far the highest temperatures of the year so far. After a quite miserable foggy and wet winter in Gothenburg, it was great to see the sun again and feel some warmth. We went to visit our friends Lena and Calle
Hope you have all had a good start on a new year! We have been to Dalarna in Central Sweden and enjoyed the frost and snow - and sled dogs! Our friends Bo and Susan from kennel Ulvedalen still have four Siberian Huskies and although
This summer with all its rainy weather has allowed me the time to read two books about volcanic eruptions. One fictional novel 'Eldarnir – Ástin og aðrar hamfarir' by Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir from Iceland, and one biography 'Surviving Galeras' by the American volcanologist Stanley Williams.
Erik is currently in Iceland to take part in the annual glacier trip to Vatnajökull (Vorferð) with JÖRFÍ. However, he was extremely lucky to even see the onset of the most recent volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula. He was taking part in the weekly
Text and photos by Erik Sturkell On the 19th of February I traveled to Iceland to spend a week. There were a lot of things to attend both big and small. I had hopes high to be able to visit Grindavík and to see the new lava
While Erik attended a wedding in Stockholm, I took our two Smooth Collies in a southern direction to Kungsbacka Brukshundsklubb in Halland. As an owner of two herding dogs / working dogs, it's beneficial for the breed to get a mental description on as many