The wonderful summer weather seems to come to an end. The forecast for the next few days is clouds, rain and partly high winds. We are therefore heading for Vaxholm to spend a few rainy days in the harbour. On route, we stopped at Gällnö – of course!
A couple of harbour days were called for. I used the time for work-work.
Today we went just around the corner to Ålö to go for a nice walk to one of the sandy beaches. We did not choose the “Stora Sand” (big sand) beach, but selected a smaller one. Amazinf place. My swimming trunks were the big hit there!
What a treasure! We have been in the Stockholm archipelago for over 10 years now, but only discovered the Ålö circular walk this year. And what a treat it is. First you take the 5 minute ferry-ride from Rånö to Ålö and then you try to find the beginning of…
There runs a track from Ranöhamn right across to the little shop at the other side of the island. The track crosses a wonderful forest full of life. Stunning!
Fantastic moon over Finnskär!
We are contemplating to get an inflatable Kayak to explore the skerries when at anchor. But these things are quite expensive. In order to find out whether we like kayaking, we decided to hire one and to take it to the outer skerries for a test. We loved it! And…
To our huge surprise, we met another Austrian boat on Ranö. Herbert and Gisela anchored already in the bay when we arrived. A chat, an invitation to a BBQ and a night-cap on their boat with long talks about east-and-west and north-and-south. A very pleasant evening! 2 Austrian flags in…
Wiki says: “A halo is an optical phenomenon produced by light (typically from the Sun or Moon) interacting with ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere.” Looks great with Akka in it.