07-02-10 12:06 PM - Post#143345    

This year’s Primus Meet will be held in august 27-29 (Friday to Sunday). The site this year is Mössebergs Camping in the small town of Falköping, 130 kilometers north-east of Gothenburg (or, if you come from Denmark crossing the Öresunds bridge, 400 kilometers north of that). The program is not yet decided, but the pre-planned activities will mainly take place during Saturday.
As usual “Primus Träffen” is held at a camping site and this one has cottages as well as sites for caravans or tents.
The camping site’s own home-page is so far mainly in Swedish…

http://www.mossebergscamping.se/index.html

…but contact information in English can be found here:

http://www.camping.se/templates/product____232.asp...

As this is just a bunch of enthusiast coming together firing up stoves, lanterns and blow-torches (and swap a few), there is no need to register to participate in the Primus Meet (but you are recommended to make your arrangements with the camping site in advance). Apart from the Swedes, our friends from Norway, Denmark and Germany are known to turn up. Why not add another country to that list!
So, this is the year for a trip to Sweden, welcome!

Stefan

07-02-10 01:24 PM - Post#143353    

Thank you Stefan. I'd be pleased to attend but it's a mite far for me and the ute.

lance
Note to self, have the Range Rover fitted with pontoons and extra fuel tanks at next overhaul.

With respect to combat you will never know of what you are capable until faced with the situation, then you will either enhance your reputation or die. You may do both but for certain you will do one or the other. "Legends Of The Stardancer" Llance

Edited by Lance on 07-02-10 01:29 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.

07-02-10 07:43 PM - Post#143411    

Lance. you will need some sort of boat motor as well.

Coat on....

Best, Rick Yes, they are George!

07-02-10 08:33 PM - Post#143426    

Good choice of location this year!
Most collectors seems to live in the southern parts of Sweden (where I also count in the Svea landscapes even if they for some reason often is called mid-Sweden...), so Västergötland is as I see it as central we can get. And also close enough to the continent.

I hope I will be able to attend this year!

Christer

08-02-10 01:15 AM - Post#143477    

• Rick b Said:

I'm thinking of driving across the Baering Straights during freeze up. If i'm lucky i'll only need the pontoons for the leads. Hummm, might need a way to get from the water to the ice shelf. Okay i'll get the ferry.

lance

With respect to combat you will never know of what you are capable until faced with the situation, then you will either enhance your reputation or die. You may do both but for certain you will do one or the other. "Legends Of The Stardancer" Llance

12-05-10 06:39 PM - Post#157299    

What to do when you deviate from the narrow path of kerosene stoves. (1)

If you should feel like nurturing your other interests while at the Primus Meet 2010 here is a suggestion:
There is an enthusiast-run motorcycle museum just down the hill from the camping site. At the time of the Meet, the museum will be open Saturday and Sunday 11 to 17 with a modest entrance fee of 40 SEK. I myself like that museum. Not because I’m an expert on motorcycles, but because I love to hear an enthusiastic collector talk about his “babies” (you all know the type, I’m one myself…). They have more than 120 bikes with the oldest one from 1904, a German Wanderer.
The “Lennart Magnusson Motorcykelmuseum” have a web-page with a short summary in English and German but the rest is in Swedish. On the other hand the pictures speak for themselves.
http://www.mcmuseet.se/

Just an appetizer. A Douglas Competition 350 cc 1950.

Stefan

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29-05-10 09:22 PM - Post#159494    

What to do when you deviate from the narrow path of kerosene stoves. (2)

So, another enthusiast-run museum, the Ålleberg Sailplane Museum.

This museum is situated on top of the mountain Ålleberg, on the other side of the town. (A plateau mountain, just like Mösseberg.)
Around 1941 a Civilian Glider School was established on top o the mountain, a very suitable place, considering the flat and open top and steep sides. Since then Ålleberg have been kind of a centre for Swedish sailplane training and meets and this is where the hobby have its roots in Sweden. Some of the original wooden barracks and hangars are still there. The “Ålleberg Segelflygmuseum” have some 20 gliders, mainly from 1940-1960, and associated equipment such as winches and instruments. This is the only museum of its kind in Sweden and possibly in northern Europe.
Their web-site is all in Swedish, but again the pictures speak for themselves.

http://www.svs-se.org/museum/

During the Primus Meet 2010 the museum will be open all days between 11 and 17. There will also be the Nordic Veteran Sailplane Meet at the same time, so it’s fair to assume that there will be a lot of activities at the mountain Ålleberg as well as on Mösserg. Imagine veteran gliders being towed by the airfields Tiger Moth!
There is a 10 minutes drive from Mösseberg to Ålleberg, and while you are there enjoy a cup of coffee at the café (and the view)!
Stefan