A summer report from a park

It was a brutally warm day. I had been out on a long bike ride, in total around 80km. I parked the bike at Mariatorget on Södermalm, and walked up to the Ivar Lo park which has the best view over the city, at Monteliusvägen. That turned out to be a bad idea. Walking in, I was close to a heat stroke. A few people gave me worried looks as I made my way towards a bench in the shade. I sat down for a few minutes, drank a bottle of water before snapping a photo of the Ivar Lo bust. Ivar was a childhood friend to my grandfather, and he grew up to become a famous author. He lived across the street from the park for half a century, and after his death in 1990 the park was renamed in his honour. After regaining my strength I walked back down the hill, drank another bottle of water, before cycling over to the Woodland Cemetery where I cooled down in the restroom with more water, and a few minutes later I pedaled for home, a 25 km ride. After an early dinner, I was out of it for the rest of the evening.