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Dessverre
er det altfor lenge siden forrige utgave av
Haugalandet.Net. For de som ikke er klar over
det, er nettstedet et enmannsprosjekt, men med
mange venner og støttespillere. De siste månedene
har vært tunge, ettersom jeg mistet min mor
etter 3 måneders sykeleie i slutten av mai.
Samtidig samlet jobbmessige prosjekter
seg opp, og "påsi"-aktiviteten Haugalandet.Net
ble skadelidende. Og når jeg skulle ta tak i
sakene igjen, røk den PC'en jeg benytter for
bildebehandling og nettproduksjon. Servicetiden
på 2,5 uke var vesentlig lenger enn forventet,
og gjorde at jeg dag for dag ventet og håpet.
I dag fikk jeg PC'en tilbake. Her er noen glimt
fra de siste ukene.
Jeg
velger å skrive kun engelske bildetekster:
 Glimpses from
the Haugesund area in June 2003
Sorry
to have been gone so long. For those of you
not aware of it, this site is a "one man
show", but with many friends and supporters.
I have had some rough months this spring, as
my mother became sick - and passed away late
May. Simultaneously job projects were
pushed ahead of me. June was needed to get back
on track, finishing projects - and waiting for
my Web production PC to come back from service.
Earlier
today I got the phone I have been waiting for:
Your PC is back! And here I am with some glimpses
of June 2003:
Rain
My
Smedasundet Web Cam and weather forecast service
has been continuosely running through June,
keeping visitors updated. And if your are one
of the Web Cam visitors, your are aware of all
the rain we have had. But June is June, and
the tourists keep coming in their smaller or
bigger pleasure boats. Click
this link to see a rainy picture of a sail
based vessel, using its engine due to the lack
of wind.
The
rain and sun combination makes plants and trees
grow faster than usual. This shot show you one
of the very green (and may be a bit to large)
trees in our
main street Haraldsgaten.
Note:
The last week now has been beautiful, sunny
and warm. It does not always rain. Come - and
experience the changes we can offer. Haugesund
summer is exiting - fresh - and . . .
. .
Rainy
days give us beautiful sunsets
This
link give you access to another beautiful
sunset view. It is shot from Steinsfjellet,
just 10 min. drive from the very city center
of Haugesund. As Haugesund is situated by the
oceanside towards west, we have many of these
sunsets. Even on rainy days the sun may give
us a glimps. Come and see them for yourself!
Airport
surroundings
I
have been walking a lot in the Haugesund
airport areas this last week. I even was
allowed to enter the northern runway area, and
shot a couple of pictures. One of them, a bit
to grainy, show you the Torvastad church and
the bay between the Helganes
(airport) area and Torvastad. The other
one that I present today show us stoney
shores and isles, just west of the airport.
The
work to prepare the work with increasing the runway
from 1600 to 2000 meters has started, as you
may see all behind on this "tricky"
photo, shot southwards from
north of the runway.
Come
to Haugesund and Haugalandet
Be
aware of the possiblities: You can go to Haugesund
by plane from London (Stansted), Oslo, Bergen
Sandefjord and Aberdeen. Or you can come by
car or bus or boat. We even have direct car
ferry connections to and from Newcastle (England)
and Hanstholm, Denmark. People love our wind
and rough surroundings. Try it!
The
Norwegian Maritime directorate will be moved
to Haugesund
The
Norwegian parliament made this important decision
some weeks ago. This site plans to keep
you informed about the development in this important
case. Haugesund is already an important maritime
town, known world wide. And, even if we don't
build ships anymore, our shipyard
has large ship
docks and facilities for maintaning projects.
Sleipner
- the rock it hit
For
those of you remembering the Sleipner tragedy
in November 1999 (followed up by this site),
this shot of the rock Storecalls
on memories.
The lighting steel based tower is a result of
the Sleiner incident, and has been there for
a couple of years now. The pictures was shot
through a wet window on the Flaggrute vessel
VIngtor as I passed earlier this week on my
way to Bergen. On the return trip, we used the
sister ship of Sleipner, called Draupner.
If
you want to know more about the Sleipner Incident,
check
this link.
This
is all for today. Hope to be able to keep you
informed on a more regular basis after the summer
holiday ( From August on ).
PS:
Holiday time
By
the way: Me, my wife Anne and some friend plan
to stay a week in New York late July. May be
I'll bring you some photo impressions fom the
Big Apple, too!
Kart / Maps
Haugesundsområde og havet utenfor. Urter
er markert
Map of the Haugesund
area and the ocean west of it. Urter is marked.
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på visithaugalandet.no
You will find Interactive maps
of all communities on Haugalandet
under the link
"map" ( kart ) on www.visithaugalandet.no
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