Woke to the sound of a fog horn, from the main west channel. Is this a sign of summer? Sleepy head out through the hatch, and yes, fog. Not thick, as the sun is vaguely visible through it. The WiFi here is so intermittent and unreliable that no forecast is downloadable, so we shall just have to wait and see.
Yesterday was a day of variety. Food shopping, sightseing, wandering the pedestrian area, eating icecream like everyone else, bicycling around looking for the bike shop. Found. Saddle now more comfortable. More bicycling around seeing the sights. Walking up to the lookout spot and looking out, in very good visisbility. Buy three punnets of strawberries, (three for two), ate one after lunch, with cream, very good. Snooze. Chat with neighbour boat, English couple, wandering Scandinavian-waters sailors. Tried to chat with Finnish boat on the other side, but comms poor, chat curtailed.
Fog seems to be clearing a bit. Plan for the day is to sail NE, to the inland sea, Lumparn, (opening bridge on the hour, every hour), a couple of probably motoring hours, to Kastleholm, apparently worth seeing, and then a further couple of hours to Bomarsund, where the Russians, who occupied this area a century and more ago, built a large marine base, as their place from which to dominate the northern Baltic, but were defeated and ousted by a combined French and British fleet. Historians theorise that keeping a large Russian contingent busy here had a significant effect on the Crimean War. Interesting.
My blog will probably become rather intermittent, as communication will depend on WiFi availability. If I anchor up in a nice spot, no. If in a guest harbour, maybe. We’ll see. Keep checking!
Fog definitely clearing. Must start the day.
All’s well, from SailorJohn
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