Northern Light – chilled thoughts from the top of Europe

"Let it be one cheerful rational voice amidst the din of mourners and polemics." Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1840. A Brit-in-Helsinki's blog about global politics, climbing, cycling, things that annoy me and other bits of life. But not necessarily in that order.

Monday, September 29, 2008

"Ant and Dec survive Taliban attack"

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There are some headlines, such as the one above, that there is simply no way you can avoid clicking on. From Yahoo news : "TV stars Ant...
Sunday, September 28, 2008

A Walk at Salmijärvi, Nuuksio

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No climbing this weekend, but some hiking pictures instead. Either my colour blindness is miraculously getting better or due to something to...
Saturday, September 27, 2008

"Reach Out" 6- (E1 5b) - Reventeenvuori

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The following video is 'from the archive' and shows the first ascent of the climb in the post title. This is mainly here for Tony, a...
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

"We only question. No answers...."

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(Autumn colours and APCs in Kauhajoki NYT/AP ) ...and "the world has changed, I can say it." said Mayor Anti Rantokokko of Kauhaj...
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Monday, September 22, 2008

Finnish people in cool weather

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Not that bloggers would ever be obsessive weirdos with excessive numbers of bees in their bonnets about completely unimportant things and a ...
Sunday, September 21, 2008

Weekend climbing post

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Sometimes I think I'm getting a bit bored with climbing. This normally lasts about 3 days, 4 at the most if I'm really down. I guess...
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Friday, September 19, 2008

Live foreign minister gossip!

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The interesting men of Nordic Foreign Policy (snapped on my phone) I'm listening to Carl Bildt of Sweden (left) and Alexander Stubb (rig...
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Iftar with the Ambassador

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I got invited to my first Iftar dinner last night. Iftar is the meal that breaks the daily fast during Ramadan. Amusingly this very nice oc...
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