Jeg er i Norge! (I am in Norway)
Posted: Friday, 02 February 2007 |
Last Sunday evening a group of us from the North Isles of Shetland went to Norway.
This was an official visit for me this time - no, not like the Queen! When I say official, I mean that this trip was for purposes OTHER than visiting min kjæreste (my boyfriend).
THIS was an IATE trip.
For the un-initiated, IATE stands for Initiative at the Edge. It is een o dem government funded initiatives that provide help and support for peripheral communities. At least I think that is what the purpose of IATE is, but I am certain that someone reading this will be able to give a much better explanation than I.
This trip was to visit a similar community in Norway, where they already have good practice in training, help and support of rural business.
Us Shetlanders met up with some reps from the Highlands, then we split into 2 groups. Most of us travelled to Aurland, which is deep in the Sognefjord, while others went to Værlandet and Bulandet, a group of islands that have many similarities to Unst, Yell and Fetlar.
Hopefully we are going back with a renewed vigour and enthusiasm, which will benefit our islands.
But the business part of the trip is over, and now I am med min kjæreste, (with my boyfriend) but he told me to say that I am enjoying the company of a Viking. Sorry, The Viking. (He is correcting me as I type this.) Tomorrow for dinner (middag) we are eating pinne-kjøtt, (This is a traditional Norwegian Christmas dish normally eaten on Christmas evening, but as he was in Unst for Christmas now is apparantly the time for it. I will let you know if it is as good as guga.)
Anyway, a photo always makes a blog a little bit more interesting, so here is one of Jeg og min kjæreste.
This was an official visit for me this time - no, not like the Queen! When I say official, I mean that this trip was for purposes OTHER than visiting min kjæreste (my boyfriend).
THIS was an IATE trip.
For the un-initiated, IATE stands for Initiative at the Edge. It is een o dem government funded initiatives that provide help and support for peripheral communities. At least I think that is what the purpose of IATE is, but I am certain that someone reading this will be able to give a much better explanation than I.
This trip was to visit a similar community in Norway, where they already have good practice in training, help and support of rural business.
Us Shetlanders met up with some reps from the Highlands, then we split into 2 groups. Most of us travelled to Aurland, which is deep in the Sognefjord, while others went to Værlandet and Bulandet, a group of islands that have many similarities to Unst, Yell and Fetlar.
Hopefully we are going back with a renewed vigour and enthusiasm, which will benefit our islands.
But the business part of the trip is over, and now I am med min kjæreste, (with my boyfriend) but he told me to say that I am enjoying the company of a Viking. Sorry, The Viking. (He is correcting me as I type this.) Tomorrow for dinner (middag) we are eating pinne-kjøtt, (This is a traditional Norwegian Christmas dish normally eaten on Christmas evening, but as he was in Unst for Christmas now is apparantly the time for it. I will let you know if it is as good as guga.)
Anyway, a photo always makes a blog a little bit more interesting, so here is one of Jeg og min kjæreste.
Comments
Din kjaereste OG kebabs...........lykke overlesse!!
Flying Cat from Carnivorous corner
You have a firm tanker do you Ruthodanort? I see three hands on this picture. Where's the fourth? We should be told.
Muness from Discount T-Shirt Shop, Fetlar
Pinne kjøtt, is it not just like reestit mutton, and what are 1 in 5 thinkin of looking for? Our ordbok is too small.
Hyper-Borean from Westover havet
Goodness gracious me! I hope Muness is not indulging in rhyming slang. The Forth is that river separating the Lothians and Fife...
Flying Cat from RAS
judgin by his eyes - that newspaper is hidin somethin....
scallowawife from borin shetland
hyper borean, hae a luk at the caption on the pic for a translation. and Muness, you should ken better as tae ax.
Ruthodanort from Unst
Grovelling apologies. As to the Forth - that's where Ailsa Craig is, isn't it Soljey?
Muness from T shirts online
Is there something that says that if you are a resident of the northern isles, your comments have to be smut, smut, smut? Was Benny Hill perhaps of Viking descent? :-)
Digital Sands from Pure of mind, Berneray
S'ok, diggy sands, I already gave Muness a sound tellin off, hence his apologies. But will he keep his comments more Beeb than Ch4 from now on? Time will tell....
Ruthodanort from Unst
ahem - DS - please don't take this the wrong way, but smut - SMUT? may I politely remind you that it was YOUR blog that had all sorts of comments on the usefullness or not of olive oil - and those comments were not all clean. AND the comments did not all come from the northern Isles. mutter mutter.
scallowawife from complete with halo
Scallowawife - many of the comments about olive oil were of angelic innocent but open to wide interpretation. It is a shame that the WIHB are blaming their current 3.2 million pound deficit on all the "orificial extraction" emergency operations they had to undertake because several people severely misinterpreted one suggestion. Interesting how many people currently claiming to be "saddle sore" don't actually own horses. Yours, Diggy.
Digital Sands from Berneray
Ruthodanort - your fella looks suspiciously like Tim Berners-Lee (the bloke who invented the Web).
Diggy Sands from Berneray
That was scallowawife giving you the halo gen.....
Flying Cat from Cheshire Grin
Let us not mention the the saga of the Norwegian vacuum scallowawife. Its obviously the company that the northern isles folk keep. Or maybe it keeps us amused during the dark nights of winter. After all, we're suffering depopulation so there's only smut left. As to Beeb comments - nae chance: in touch, in tune & independent that's my ramblings.
Muness from T shirt ripping frenzy in Fetlar
Did the can contain Herman's decapitated head? Or maybe some t shirts?
Ruthodanort from Unst
If you go to the Baltasound school website you can see some pics of the IATE trip. www.baltasound.shetland.sch.uk. Theres also some pics o our jannie who just got back from climbing Aconcagua in Argentina. Just click on the Winter Term News and scroll down.
Ruthodanort from Unst
Diggy, was discussin your comment with Scallowawife, and we are CONFUSED.
Ruthodanort from Unst
DG - Ruthodanort and I have read and re read your comment - what does it mean? are we innocent folks still gettin our knuckles rapped? and another thing, neither of us has a horse. hmmmpphhh.
scallowawife from still indignant about smut smear
Is a smut smear what you get if your thoughts are less than pure as the driven snø?
Flying Cat from a doctor's surgery
Serviced T shirts presumably? As to Herman - he's alive & well & not living in a can near you.
Muness from Fetlar T Shirt store
You're confused? I'm confused! But at least I can sit down. The local shop has run out of inflatable cushions; people are having to make do with a pumped-up Guga. See the damage a little smut in the wrong place can do?
Digital Sands from Berneray
Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.
Herman from Ruthodnort's Pewter, Unst
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