Not a saint but a boring and safe Volvo car. This beautiful sports model, P1800 was made from 1961 until 1973 and it gained cult status from the TV-series the Saint. The British TV-series with among others, Roger Moore, was made in impressive 118 episodes from 1962 to 1969 where the main character, Simon Templar, drove a California white P1800.
This could be the most beautiful car ever made, ever. What do you think? Ha de Gött!
Some photos from the old industrial belting factory in Göteborg, Sweden.
This historic factory, Göteborgs Remfabrik, was built using clay bricks in 1900 after the original wooden building was destroyed by fire. Most of the machinery, dating from around 1900, was imported from England and powered by a steam engine via belts. In 1916, the steam engine was replaced with an electric motor. Some modernisation took place in 1940s when fluorescent tube lighting was installed. Hardly anything has changed since then.
The factory remained in operation until 1977, when the employees and the owners shut down the machines, locked the doors, and went home – leaving everything as it was. This makes it one of the best-preserved industrial sites in Scandinavia from the early 1900s.
Today, it’s a museum, and most of the equipment can still run. An association of volunteers maintains and run the machines. You can find out more on their website, Göteborgs Remfabrik. These dedicated men and women deserve great respect for keeping history alive. If you ever find yourself in Göteborg, it’s worth a visit.
Never put your fingers in a running machine, ha de Gött!
What if there is no heaven
nor a hell below
You would constantly be reborn
Not as a mouse or a wolf
You was forced to live
Someone else's life
A middle age king in abundance
Or a homeless on the street
A character in a crime novel
The handsome bright detective
or the victim, just a beautiful corpse
An endless cycle
Like the Tellus spins around the sun
Would that mean
Heaven and hell
simultaneously on earth
Just a question of
Fortunate, have it all one percent
Struggling, ninety nine percent
A throw of the Universe dice
or, how did you love here and now
Tänk om
Det inte finns någon himmel
och heller inget helvete där nere
Du skulle ständigt återfödas
inte som mus eller ulv
Du skulle tvingas leva om
Någon annans liv
En medeltids kung i överflöd
eller en hemlös på gatan
En karaktär i en deckare
Den snygga och smarta detektiven
eller offret, bara ett vackert lik
I en evighets cykel
Som Tellus snurrar runt solen
Skulle det innebära
Himmel och helvete
samtidigt på jorden
Det är bara en fråga om
Lyckosam, en procenten som har allt
Kämpande, nittionio procenten
Ett tärningskast av universum
eller, hur du visat kärlek här och nu
Try not to overthink, ha de Gött!
Be prepared, ha de Gött!
Don’t be one, ha de Gött!
Let the water flow, ha de Gött!
I sometimes wish, I would go blind
Untouchable from the darkness
Finding that only path to walk
Guided by an invisible beacon inside
A shepherd holding on to his rod
I wish I could have that blind
Faith
Svensk version / Swedish version
Önskar ibland, jag kunde bli blind
Onåbar av mörkret
Vandrande den enda vägen
Vägledd av ett inre ljus
En herde som håller i sin stav
Önskar jag kunde hitta den blinda
Tron
What’s never challenged cannot grow, ha de Gött!
Sometimes you need to break the rules, ha de Gött!
This picture was taken this summer outside Halmstad, Sweden while visiting our good friends. The name fits, I think, as we attended a very good concert with Sting. Even if it’s not barley as he sing about. To the left it’s wheat and to the right it’s oats.
Don’t get lost, stay on the road, it will lead you somewhere. Ha de Gött!
Today a video from the photo workshop at Åkulla Beech forests. Step in to autumn colour heaven.
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