A popular history of Scandinavia by a Scandinavian with lots of inserts about personal experiences of Scandi social democracy. or growing up in the town where the first stone church in Sweden was built., And I'm fine with all that. The narrative is one about how ordinary folk in Scandinavia have been shafted and exploited by the elites that governed their countries incredibly badly until the rise of an educated class in the 19th century that led to industrialisation, an end to feudalism and the growth of the marvel that is social democracy. All very enjoyable. Yesterday me, Helen, William and Freddie headed up to Chalfont to scout out a hike for the cubs at our Summer Camp in July. The fist time back to the Chalfont Heights Scout camp (now known as Paccar) since camping there myself as a Scout. It was very much how I remember it, although I didn't get a chance to look round Hogtrough Woods, which was my favourite bit. HS2 cuts through the hills nearby and has disrupted some of the footpaths, so we needed to walk it. I can't get a good, safe walk under 10k though - hope our Cubs can manage it.
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