So tired

It’s raining once more. It’s been trying most of the week but rarely has more than a few drops arrived. The front garden, which is a raised bed filled with good topsoil rather than the natural heavy clay that abounds elsewhere in the garden, is looking so dry. A few drops have arrived but the mighty winds that have been blowing dries the water quicker than the soil can absorb it. Hopefully today it will do better. At least the soil is getting to look a darker richer colour. The azaleas should appreciate it.

Meanwhile we keep dreaming of Norway. At the moment we’re both feeling so tired of feeling tired all the time.

We’ve been looking at all the proposed trips but they are so expensive. We’re telling ourselves this is probably a once in a lifetime opportunity to explore these Polar Regions. We might, just might, return to the further south parts of Norway, to Bergen perhaps, but we are unlikely to venture into the Arctic Circle again so we ought to make the most of what opportunities that are open to us. I have been reassured by one video of one of the trips that shows the coach used to take you to the venue. I spotted the blue & white wheelchair symbol on the front so presumably at least some of the time they are using wheelchair accessible coaches/buses which even I could get on. How is not apparent but it does make trips seem more feasible.

Our real problem is trying to assess our energy levels. Some of the trips sound wonderful. One trip that has caught my eye is a concert of Norwegian folk music & hymns performed at the Arctic Cathedral at Tromsø. The modern church, shaped like a Sami tent with apparently fantastic stained glass & acoustics, is on my list of things I’d like to see. However, it is out of town a bit so I’m not sure how we would get there without going on one of these excursions. The real problem is that the concert starts at midnight & I’m usually in the Land of Nod long before that. Will I even be able to keep my eyes & ears open long enough to appreciate the 45 minute concert?

We’ll keep on thinking before we rush into any expensive commitments.