hick capital city

I love the oddities and the quirkiness of some of the inhabitants of this city. Yesterday while biking into town I passed two "characters" that really made me smile.

Gubbe nr.1 was biking slowly westerly on Södermälarestrand. He was on an old clunker and in no particular hurry. He was traveling in an opposite direction to me, but something made me take note. He was carrying in his left hand, a push lawn mower. You know the old kind, no motor, no glitz. It was complete shaft to blades. I had to giggle as we all passed him on our way to work in the glorious sun of the premature summer.

Gubbe nr. 2 was coasting along somewhere in Gamla Stan. He was on a "sparkcykel" which is a sort of sled. But this guy had "modernized" and kept with the season. His was equipped with wheels. The blades were like those of the x-country skiiers. His trusty dog trotted alongside.