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by SundayAllWeek

Biscuit Tasting: A Foreigner’s Guide To British Biscuits

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A Guide To British Biscuits, Cookies, Shortbread, Organic Alternatives And The Art of Dunking! (unfortunately in my Mother-in-Law’s Book Of Bad Manners.)

The Winner: Custard Cream (average 8.2 out of 10 points)!

Followed by: Rich Tea Biscuit (8), Jammie Dodger (8), Easter Biscuits Hobbs/Better Food (7.4), Oat Crunch (7), Malted Milk Biscuit (7), Digestive (6.6), Jaffa Cake (6.6), Welsh Shortbread (6), Chocolate Chip Cookie (5.8), Bourbons (5.6), Scottish Shortbread (5), Pink Iced Ring (4.8), Ginger Organic/Better Food (4.6), Digestive Organic/Better Food (4.4), Ginger and Dark Chocolate/Vegan (3.8), All Butter Viennies Swirl (3), Easter Biscuits M&S (2.2), Gingerbread Men Milk/Gluten, Peanut, Egg Free (1.4) and last unfortunately: Chocolate Chip Orange Cookie Organic/Better Food (0.2)

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This Easter Saturday, two adults and three children spent some time together around the dining table tasting, dunking and comparing 20 different British biscuits. None of us are normally big biscuit eaters. This was the chance to start endorsing it. One had tea to drink with the tasting, then coffee, whilst the four others preferred milk. Therefore the dunking part became quite limited, but we tried. Towards the end of the tasting we had some Organic Apple Juice for freshness, and maybe a slight bias against the biscuits at the end. Many of the biscuits were suitable for vegetarians, we have included some organic (Better Food shop in Bristol). To our surprise very few were marked “fairtrade”, possibly because they are made in the UK? We also discovered from the children, secrets – that they have custard cream in forest school and a selection of biscuits with jammie dodgers being a favourite in after school club. Happiness in a Biscuit with milk!

Påskeaften var vi to voksne og tre barn som satte oss rundt kjøkkenbordet og gjennomførte “kjekssmaking” av 20 ulike britiske kjeks. Engelskmenn er jo kjent for en utbredt kjekskultur. De dypper gjerne kjeksen i te, kaffe, melk eller varm sjokolade. Hjemme hos oss er det min engelske partner som kjøper inn kjeks. Jeg tenker faktisk på kjeks som usunt magefyll… Men engelskmenn spiser kjeks og dypper det i te eller melk og annet regelmessig, gjerne hver dag. Kanskje litt som “fika” i Sverige? Vi dekker såpass mange som 20 ulike typer, men oppdaget at dette bare er en brøkdel av hva som faktisk finnes på markedet. Etter 20 hadde vi forøvrig fått nok, og vi måtte ty til forfriskende økologisk eplejuice mot slutten for å komme oss igjennom hele smakingen. Kanskje litt urettferdig for kjekstypene vi ventet med til slutt. Et godt utvalg var egnet for vegetarianere, vi inkluderte såkalte “organic”/økologisk godkjente varer (i Bristol fra Better Food). Det som overrasket oss var fraværet av “fairtrade” merket, muligens fordi kjeks i stor grad produseres i Storbritannia? Vi prøvde oss også på å dyppe kjeks i te, kaffe eller melk. Denne delen var noe begrenset siden det kun var en voksen som liker te eller kaffe. De fleste i panelet dyppet derfor kjeks i melk, forøvrig vanlig blant britene. Vi oppdaget også at de minste barna hadde sine favoritter og kjente til flere av kjekstypene, som vi har lite av hjemme. Minsten på 4 år fortalte om lykke når de får servert Custard Cream på uteskolen (forest school) en dag i uka, mens 6-åringen kunne fortelle om et utvalg av kjeks å velge mellom på skolefritids, hver dag. Hennes favoritt er Jammie Dodgers. Lykken er altså: kjeks og melk

 

Details with comments in the order tasted/detaljer med kommentarer i rekkefølgen vi smakte:

 

Digestive 33/50 points

Kids score: 23

Adults score: 10

Description: Crumbly. Good for dunking.

 

Digestive Wholemeal 22/50 points

Vegan Organic Better Food

Kids score: 13

Adults score: 9

Description: Barnyard smell of straw. Good for dunking.

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Oat Crunch 35/50 points

Kids score: 24

Adults score: 11

Description: Wholesome.

 

Malted Milk Biscuit 35/50 points

Kids score: 21

Adults score: 14

Description: Pastey. Salty. Perfect with a cup of tea.

 

Rich Tea Finger Biscuit 40/50 points

Kids score: 23

Adults score: 17

Description: Thin, some say probably the original dunker biscuit, very similar to the Norwegian “Mariekjeks”/Marie or Mary Biscuits. Perfect to dunk.

 

Welsh Shortbread 30/50 points

Kids score: 15

Adults score: 15

Description: Sweet. I love dunking this in tea, but see the point that biscuits for dunking needs to be slightly denser to absorb well and not drop into the drink. Something you might find a bit challenging with this one. So don’t dip it into the drink for too long!

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Scottish Shortbread 25/50 points

Kids score: 13

Adults score: 12

Description: Buttery.

 

Custard Cream 41/50 points

Kids score: 27

Adults score: 14

Description: Artificial. Kids love it! Personally I don’t like to dunk this.

 

Bourbons 28/50 points

Kids score: 20

Adults score: 8

Description: Quasi-chocolate. This is a biscuit I find in my Mother-in-Laws’ biscuit tin. Not for dunking. (Or, hold on – my Mother-in-Law says it needs dunking to sofaen up😳) I’m still not 100% sure whether dunking is for basically softening the biscuit to make it easier to digest, or for taste?

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Jammie Dodger 40/50 points

Kids score: 29

Adults score: 11

Description: Jammy. Good for dunking.

 

Jaffa Cake 33/50 points (officially a cake, not a biscuit)

Kids score: 26

Adults score: 7

Description: Bitter. Not to dunk.

 

Pink Iced Ring 24/50 points

Kids score: 17

Adults score: 7

Description: Armour-plated. Sugar Crash.

 

Ginger and Dark Chocolate Cookie  19/50 points

Gluten Free

Kids score: 10

Adult score: 9

Description: Building material.

 

Stem Ginger Cookie 23/50 points

Free from Gluten, Milk, Peanut, Egg, Soya Organic Fair Trade Better Food

Kids score: 13

Adults score: 10

Description: Dry and spicy. Probably also perfect for dunking.

 

Gingerbread Men 7/50 points

Milk Free, Gluten Free Coop

Kids score: 7

Adults score: 0

Description: Disgusting, “taste-free”.

 

Easter Biscuits 37/50 points

Hobbs House Bakery Better Food 

Kids score: 24

Adults score: 13

Description: Spiced. Yes to dunking this. The bigger one in the picture below.

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Easter Biscuits 11/50 points

M&S 

Kids score: 6

Adults score: 5

Description: Tame.

 

Chocolate Chip Cookie 29/50 points

Kids score: 18

Adults score: 11

Description: Too many biscuits…

 

Chocolate Chip Orange Cookie 1/50 point

Organic Better Food

Kids score: 1

Adults score: 0

Description: Yuck, cardboard.

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All Butter Viennies Swirl 15/50 points

Kids score: 8

Adults score: 7

Description: Buttery.

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And still hungry for biscuit facts? Read this, I missed the programme:

‪TV Review, Britain’s Favourite Biscuit (Channel 5): does exactly what it says on the tin https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/britains-favourite-biscuit-channel-5-a8110626.html‬

 

 

 

by SundayAllWeek

Time Has Come For Some Allotment Fun

New to the allotment? Fearing the committee trawling around and pointing out that your plot is not up to scratch? Read on. I am on my first ever allotment journey and will travel with you through the year.

Onions in the ground has been my biggest accomplishment this week. Fun work to do with my little helper on Easter break.

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Allotment time and work is supposed to be fun, nutritious, practical and therapeutic. I cry inside when I hear people giving it up because of time. Plant something easy! Don’t care about your neighbours beds being weed free. My theory is to eradicate weeds by growing other plants and vegetables where they have a tendency to take over. Well, time will show!

After several spells of snow and winter, Spring is upon us. Last weekend we could even see cherry trees blossom in the snow.  This time I believe the coin has turned and yesterday’s Spring equinox (20th March 2018) promises that we are going into the lighter, sunnier season.

I am also lucky to have my Tim Foster course work and book «Good Earth Gardening» by my side for advice. I have put down some broad beans as I was told they germinate better when it is cold. A fact I picked up from BBCs iconic Gardeners World. Another helpful place to find some tips about seasonal greenery work. I watch it from time to time on BBC IPlayer.

Bookshelf in the shed:

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Today my main ambition was to put woodchip on top of some black plastic that was left on the ground around my blackcurrant bushes from the allotmentier before me on what is now my plot. I presume the black plastic was put there to keep weeds away, and I therefore decided to leave them in place, but they need covering up. For aesthetical reasons I will help myself generously to the free wood chip reservoir on our allotment site. I had to carry around fifteen of these boxes. My pink box revealed:

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End result and I think it looks better. Fingers crossed it will last.

71F7FE47-3639-4F7D-8322-AC95DD70A4DASurrounding my beautiful blackcurrant bushes. Let’s hope the committee notices and are happy 😃

I’m now on Gloucester Road #Bakersandco checking out their brunch, filter coffee (black, a must have for any Norwegian!) and reading Tim Foster’s book. A book review will come some time this year! But the coffee was too thin ☕️

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Happy Easter from Bristol!

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by SundayAllWeek

Sigrid! Ambassador For Happy Norwegian People

A92D4FD7-AA51-44C8-9C9B-EF34FB03F87DOne week ago today I spent the evening listening to Sigrid @Motion in Bristol. During one week in Bristol we had World Happiness Day and #vårjevndøgn, Sigrid and Susanne Sundfør. And right now is the night before the clocks are put forward. Where I grew up, in a Norwegian village, we had light all year around, but no direct Sun from November, and it wasn’t back shining on our house in the valley until last days of January every year.

Sunshine came to Bristol with Sigrid last Saturday. Another #HAPPYDAY, and a reason to celebrate #WomansDayEveryDay after two Norwegian artists have visited the city this same week in March. Pretty cool!

Whilst #SusanneSundfør is not so jumpy and happy, and creates a more characteristic ‘Nordic Noir’ stage atmosphere, Sigrid is the other end of the scale. Happy, fresh, natural and energetic! And some of THE BEST beats!!

4552947A-779F-4E21-88F8-12D9BDDC46AAIt was biting cold and moving into snow. We Norwegians normally like that! And Sigrid didn’t disappoint as she typically pointed out that “we Norwegians wear #wool” (and then we mean wool: 100% wool!). Details important to us wool enthusiasts, and the fact that she showed everyone her wool base layer on stage was no disappointment 🙂 She continued the night with her happy moves, her happy energy and her happy beats in front of a pretty full #Motion nightclub venue.

On a different note I was feeling slightly ripped off because tickets were now available for £13 and I paid £50 because the concert originally was going to be at #Thekla, a much smaller venue, something somebody had taken advantage of reselling really expensive tickets because they sold out fast! Bugger. And then, they changed the venue!  But apparently this happens quite often in Bristol, I’ve been told, concerts moved around the city depending on ‘size’. We bought the one brand of canned Beer and Cider on sale and got on with it.

 

This all didn’t matter when Sigrid started singing! The band slightly anonymous in black in the background. They left Sigrid to do showbiz. Big colourful boards behind, made me think of Scandi and Nordic interior design known through it’s simplicity.

After all it is impressive how she manages to carry this show by herself. She has no dancers on stage with her. This is personality and charisma! And talent, of course. She is a good singer. I didn’t feel the sound picture as a whole was optimal, the band and choirist didn’t quite manage to pull it off in unison, and I had a feeling that some of what I had seen in her music videos or heard on the radio was better. Not so unusual though and this doesn’t mean she’s not good live. Sigrid’s best songs are really the best hits! And she’s a winner. My favourite at the moment: Dynamite! Giving an important message to women; that they are not mostly about pleasing others and making everyone happy all the time. Be Dynamite – completely legitimate also for women! I like it.

Early in the evening she introduced us to some of her not so well known music, carrying on to the hits! Strangers, Dynamite, Don’t Kill My Vibe, her new Raw, one after the other.

Sigrid is great when it comes to creating a relationship with her audience. Somebody shouted: «You’re gorgeous!» and she had to restart a song. She thanked the audience a lot, and we felt that it meant something. This is charming and she was adressing her Bristol audience, not just one more venue with people in it. This is one of her strengths as an artist and entertainer. Her act feels quite personal and authentic. She is also a bit different to the typical female pop singer act when it comes to style and moves. To me she represents a new generation of women, not so much ‘Second to the Man’, but without playing it all out as simply an act. She has grown up with more freedom and opportunities to grasp and take, I think, than generations before her in a Norwegian context. Sadly, many artists change a lot through early professional well meant advice and commercialism, in the end they can end up unrecognisable just to sell more. I think Sigrid will be able to resist some of these forces. Something ‘Don’t Kill My Vibe’ is evidently a result of, but we all know how hard it is. And of course anyone would change going through what she is at the moment.

As a Norwegian I can feel the vibes of excitement as she is right in the middle of her breakthrough! Right now. One of the reasons why I couldn’t miss this concert although my companion was sick in bed at home. And here in the UK we have already realised how big she is becoming as Strangers was used in the intro for the TV screening of BAFTA!

I knew three songs from before: Strangers, Don’t Kill My Vibe and Dynamite. They are still lifting the show and the atmosphere. The age group in the crowd was mixed, and I am especially glad to notice her teenage fans (typical mother of a teenager) as I basically think Sigrid is a great role model for lots of young people. Her unconventional moves around the stage communicates and states: confident, as well as not simply displaying a super confident successful woman at all times. It is more subtle and complex than that. What I mean is that she doesn’t ‘feel fake’. Something she is also signing about in her songs quite a lot, the questions of fake friendships in ‘Strangers’ and “I can never fake it (…) I just wanna be pure” in her new ‘Raw’. With the funkiest beats she pours out her energy, her love for music and her performance reaches out to the people. She is ‘The Woman in the Room’ taking up all the space that she needs! A Star is born and I hope the future is bright and happy for her 🌟 I can’t wait for the school run and rocking in the car with my kids to her music.

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by SundayAllWeek

Susanne Sundfør In Bristol #Colstonhall What A Magical Voice Sounds Like!

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Susanne Sundfør cannot be accused of being an ambassador for Norway as one of the happiest countries in the world. Her music is dark, blue and melancholy. The atmosphere – a cross between jazz and electronically fuelled sounds -lifted us into unknown places by her voice. It’s simply magical!

In a landscape of folklore, “tusser and trolls”, forests and water sounds combined with jazz and electro ecco – it’s big, it’s bold and she is very confident. Sundfør has originality and what I would call a ‘different’ voice. The live stage performance clearly brought out the most powerful in it! It is astonishingly beautiful.

After a rather mediocre warm up act, it is not difficult to understand that Susanne Sundfør is the strength and powerfulness of world class, again – especially her vocal. Wrapped in a somewhat fragile but strong and confident expression and showcased through her flow like, floating motions, witty comments and musical expression on stage. Supported by musicians clearly mastering it all. Together with Megan Kovacs and Jesse Chandler, the three of them alternate between piano, synth, organ, strings, flute, clarinet, saxophone and more. A bit messy on stage, but as a musical picture it is #PicturePerfect !

Today was a day of bad coughs and almost fever for Susanne Sundfør, but that woman can still sing! I am completely new to her music and instantly a convert. Feeling a bit ashamed and ignorant to the Norwegian musical scene as she has recently been in the media headlines because she lost out on the main Spellemannsprisen 2017 (equivalent to Brit Awards here). Previously Sundfør has rejected the category of “Female Artist of the Year” because she does not believe in categories based on gender. More about that on her Instagram or Twitter.

The title of her last album “Music For People In Trouble” sounds to the point from what I manage to catch up from this concert. Not believing in love, warnings of nature destruction and the longing for a secret lover, “good luck, bad luck”, all in her songs. I captured “snow falls” in one of them and got completely mesmerised, hiding tears from my companion on the night. It was magical, that’s the only world for it. I got the feeling of being spellbound (‘trollbundet’/Trollbound in Norwegian).

“The Sound of War” being one of my favourites of the night:

 “And the snow falls down/ Your footsteps on the ground/ Are lost in the silence”

It was probably the mentioning of snow. Later I even thought I could hear her sing something about Norway’s Oil in one song…

«Bedtime Story»

Verse 3

“And when the nights are cold and strange and all the birds are gone

And all the oil’s been spilt, and left us on this Earth alone

I’ll think about the time you reassured me you were mine

Oh, what is love but a frail little dreamcatcher?”

Despite this capturing and to some extend narrowing in on a contemporary sociopolitical situation in Norway, I was a little disappointed by her lyrics. To match the music, I thought it was not quite there, but some was, don’t get me wrong! Overall, I would have expected something deeper, sounds a bit pretentious, but I want it more meaningful with fewer clichés. If this had been mainstream pop, I probably wouldn’t have questioned the lyrics so much. This expectation comes from the depth and mood of the atmosphere created on stage, fuelled by the music and Sundfør’s divine voice which just takes it all to a higher place! Thank you Susanne Sundfør, great night in Bristol!

 

And I’m sure we will get the happy vibes from Sigrid on Saturday@Motion 😀

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by SundayAllWeek

Downhill Art Walk On A Stormzy Day. Street Art In Bristol’s West End?

Update: Wow! This Bristol Banksy changed from my photo on Friday 23rd Feb to reports of tagging on Saturday 24th Feb 2018.

A35F38AC-1878-4A65-9B35-FB6CCAFF063EStormzy had just won best male solo artist at the Brit awards 2018 and I have been humming ‘Blinded by Your Grace’ since I first heard it. It was a happy day, not Sunny, but happy. Some says Bristol is a divided city, and maybe the street art scene is a part of it? Walking around in this posh part of the city, makes you think about a city with wealthy roots and proper, fine art, and Clifton suspension bridge. And this time I had to walk far to find anything at all, anything slightly street artistic that is.

28F46D02-4553-4062-A2F0-111D0258F3D8.jpegFirst, the Water Tower 💦  A Bristol landmark, especially for the locals. (Straight ahead in the distance in this photo.) A good starting point for exploring Bristol as a local, a tourist or simply an “arty farty” person. Surrounded by the city’s big green space, The Downs – this is an excellent start for any walk, a picnic, a snack and a coffee (‘Cafe Retreat’ to the left of the tower). My walk goes down Whiteladies road -Queen’s Road- Park Street where I hunt primarily for street art. Continuing my journey from Gloucester rd. The guaranteed reward is that there is a Banksy or two on this route as well.

I head off down town. (For those of you preferring to walk downhill, this walk is definitely a downhill walk all the way, taking you from The Downs to The Harbourside and inner gem of Bristol city if you want.) But 1st, a toilet pit stop in the Water Tower cafe🤭

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Cross the roads when you see Intersport, a shop loved by us Norwegians (important fact!), and you are on the right track, Whiteladies road. Basically follow this road all the way down the hill. And down, and down. You can go all the way down to the waterfront.

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The first slightly street arty I could find was inside this pub… I was getting impatient. Then Better Food came up!

After that, only the Angry tags, not the beauty of it! Yet.

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I had to take a pic of this, and it is the name of a Bristol band, Google says. The print looks arty to me!

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Drip Fed Empire, an experimental duo fusing electronic music and heavy metal. Interesting Bristol based Performing Arts!

Further down a similar style and writing on the wall appears:

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I pass Bristol Museum and Art Gallery in Queen’s rd, where Banksy’s ‘Paint Pot Angel’ is supposed to be, but I cannot find it. The street art..? I ask inside the museum and yes, it is just inside the building:

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Banksy, 2009: From ‘Bansky versus Bristol Museum’

FE3585B0-6ECB-487B-BFF0-1FCB0EA51578Park Street is coming alive in front of this monumental building as you come back out of the museum. I recommend a glance to the left as a new street-vibe comes alive.

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From here we cross over by the lights and dive into the descending Park Street. And pictures arise from the skyline, finally!

#jodyartist

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And after a couple of tea pots! I head down to the Naked Man and ‘Well Hung Lover’.

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Street artist Banksy has put his mark on this side of Bristol as well! Rumours have suggested he went to Bristol Cathedral School by College Green, the green space behind you as you see the Naked Man Hanging From Window. Actually the road below looks pretty interesting:

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I am on top of the bridge, I don’t plan to go under the bridge and from here there are lots of great routes around the city and down to the Harbourside of Bristol (not even five minutes away). A Fish & Chips restaurant is just around the corner #catch22bristol. For me, the harbourside walk will have to wait as I am heading back up the hill for a cake and a coffee at #pinkmans #parkstreet      I didn’t regret it! Donut heaven.

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Lastly, I want to mention that on this route you’ll find the RWA – Royal West of England Academy of Art – with lots of interesting exhibitions in their gallery – right now “Women with Vision” is on. A celebration of the British women’s suffrage and build up to International Women’s Day!  I plan to visit, just not on a street art, Stormzy kinda day 🙂 Next time it’s RWA I shall pay a visit and “A celebration of women in British art- past, present and future.”

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by SundayAllWeek

An Art Walk Down Gloucester Road

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Gloucester Road in Bristol has a lot to offer. It is known for it’s myriad of independent shops, coffee shops, buzz and street art. Of course the icing on the cake on this particular walk is Banksy’s ‘Mild mild west’ by Stokes Croft – Hamilton House. But they are there, so many great artists! Happy for any name droppping in the comments btw. Especially the graffiti animals caught my attention this time: Dogs, ants, fish and other sea creatures, hares and rabbits, a crocodile, a lion king and tigers.  I have had a great day and spent around 2-3 hours gazing at the sun and strolling along. Not that the sunlight goes exceptionally well with taking photos on my phone, but hey! It works. I started thinking I would include every singel graffiti I found on my route from (N)EVIL RD to STOKES CROFT, but photo space and loading permitted, I had to change my perspective and make a selection based on mainly the photo quality on my mobile device. It would be cool with an album including them ALL. For now, this is what I have and some more on Instagram:

 

 

 

 

 

 

I couldn’t decide which one was the better artwork by Shaun Sepr. A shame with that car! Well, this is where I started my walk, by Boston Tea Party in Bishopston or maybe someone would call it Horfield. Sunshine, hope and chill in the air. Just like I like it. Even the local prison looks gorgeous in the sun ☀️

 

 

Then the journey starts…  I will let the photos speak for themselves. I am not knowledgeable about street art or any art, really. As a Norwegian I know my Munch – and similar to Munch; these pictures speak! They are briefly in chronological order as I walked. Enjoy the walk!

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The old police station letters had something arty about them!

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Side street photo shoots.

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Owl! Ugle!

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This ant is fabulous! #zase #zasedesign

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1/3 of Norwegian cod is exported to Great Britain! Yum! Nam!

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Is this the same artist as the ant one above?? Similar style. #zase #zasedesign

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The shops are definitely adopting the graffiti style!

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And a Primary School graffiti! Go Dolphin Primary School.

Here you can choose to take a small turn down towards Montpelier Health Centre and find an early Banksy and Inky piece “Take the money and run!” 🏃🏻‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️

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Back to the main road on this trail and where Gloucester Rd continues into Cheltenham road…

Then suddenly rabbits and hares were popular animals.

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The Community spirit and campaigning kicking in as I get close to Stokes Croft and Hamilton House. Latter is campaigning not to be closed down #SaveHamiltonHouse

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A female artist #misshazard had started on this piece in golden just as I walked past. I will keep an eye on that Golden Circle.

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Breakdancing Jesus #CosmoSarson

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Mild mild west #banksy

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925F9A6A-D5C3-4325-8E02-C5538EF09403This is where my journey stopped. Iconic.

by SundayAllWeek

Velkommen!

Ola var fra Sandefjord

Tekst: Per Kvist, 1929

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Ola var fra Sandefjord
han var lettmatros om bord.
Skuta kom til England
og i land gikk han.
Meget snart traff Ola der
en som han fikk mektig kjær.
Kunne Ola engelsk nei,
men han klarte seg.

Refr.:

For en ting kunne han si: «My little Sweetheart»
og hun sa: «Yes, very well» og «I love you.»
Han sa: «Jeg vil du skal bli my little Sweetheart»
og snart så kunne hun si: «Jeg elsker du.»
Det gikk på engelsk og norsk, engelsk og norsk,
og den lille Miss fikk på norsk et ærlig kiss.
For en ting kunne han si: «My little Sweetheart»
og hun sa: «Yes, very well» og «I love you.»

Ola kom på fest og dill
kvelden den ble ganske vill
og en kvinnelig polis
som i England gi’s
ville arrestere ham.
Ola synes det var skam
og han slapp og følge med
vet de, hvordan det?
Men da Ola så kom hjem
hadde kjær’sten hans vært slem
med en engelsk orlogsmann
hadde hun slått an.
«Ola, uff, du er så dorsk
jeg er luta lei av norsk!
I love English gå din vei!»
men han klarte seg

engelsk i norsk