Not much of a day here!

4:30 am alarm. Down at the station Oslo in good time. Train to Sweden. Change trains at Katerineholm. Two nice Brazilian men helped me Off with the bike. Quick out of the way for others getting off. Find where the next train goes from. Over to platform 5. 30 min wait for next train. On board. All going well. But where is my little brown bag? My carry on bag that has all the things I need on the journey together with the docs I don’t want to trust to the check in.

Not here! Panic But the train is  moving. Nothing I can do. A nice young woman sees my distress and phones the tourist office st the station. (The station is unmanned). She can’t leave her post For 20 min but will check then.

By that time I’m off the next train but Johanna reports back – nothing found.

So I got to the hotel. And then picked up the hire car. And drove 40km back to Katrineholm. All to no avail. An hour of my life I won’t get back in the police station making a report. Maybe insurance will pay something but it’s more the inconvenience.

Spent tje rest of  the afternoon buying a phone charger and doover  to transfer photos to the phone. And establishing that I can’t get a charger for the watch. At least I have a spare watch. I keep remembering things that were in the bag – the cheat sheet for the passwords; the rugby top (only lightweight top ) that will have to be replaced  but most missed are the iPad and diary, including details of All the photos.

So im a bit out of sorts. Hate trying to Do long typing on the phone. Don’t expect much in the way of Blogs in the next couple of weeks. This blog is driving me crazy!

but I have my passport and money and cards and bike – though I haven’t yet checked if it’s unscathed – and most of my clothes. could be a lot worse

I’ll try to reset in the morning  at least I have some breathing space – events don’t start till Monday