This post is a detour away from my usual ramblings, but there is a story here. Last week I was back in Finland – my third trip to the Nordic country in thirteen months. This time I was accompanying my 67-year old mother to Tampere. Some aged parents want to be taken on Caribbean cruises, or to places like Majorca or Madeira. Mine wanted to go to Tampere. We are, perhaps, a little different to other families. Why Tampere? Because the city is the home of the Moomin

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