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Our First Summer Day!
... of the sheet incident but also we’re now going to be in more saline conditions and they would rust very quickly if left on deck). We visited the cathedral, it was nothing special so I won’t include any photos (done enough churches etc!) and that is about it. Drinks at 18:00 with Andy and Pauline, a couple of Skype calls and then dinner. So endeth a boring day blog-wise but we enjoyed ...
Sailing can be a SLOW business
... that sailing would not be an option for him so he set off motor-sailing. We, being made of sterner stuff, decided to sail –actually for sterner stuff read more naiive as after one hour’s sailing effort in the F4 winds we were precisely 1.3 miles further south ie towards Kalmar. So we used the engine with a full main and the stay’sl and in this way we were making 4 miles or so southwards in every hour, arriving a good hour after Odile ...
A Lesson Learned
... ships wrecking themselves on the shoals but it was later taken over by the Swedish state, and it became the most expensive building project ever undertaken in Sweden to that date. In 1969, the lighthouse was superseded by the modern light (see photo on 28th May) and the building fell into disrepair. In 1995 a businessman saw its potential and bought it for £25,000 roughly and proceeded to develop it as an exclusive hotel, complete with helipad, with ...
A Special Last Anchorage in the Archipelago
... came and settled in for the night, both at least 100 metres away from us so they were no bother. In fact one of them did us a favour, as mother and young son went swimming, overseen by dad and found the rock and stood on it (see picture) so we knew exactly where it was.
Have you ever seen a zombie film such as ‘The Night of the Living Dead’? In that, corpses come back to a sort of life and they will do anything to get at you, so if ...
Traveling on
On our way. Kalmar has been lovely. We walked through a beautiful neighborhood and several parks. Flowers and vegetables and the Swedes and their children enjoying the summer sun. The hotel is large and nice. We had laundry done here as Ron could not find a self service one, much to his disappointment. Doing laundry in a foreign country and getting a haircut are highlights for Ron-a slice of real life. Kalmar is full ...
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