The last leg to Stockholm

We have done a lot of biking to explore the inland area. Sweden is a mass of lakes and pine trees, pretty much what you’d expect really, it does what it says on the tin.

Keep a good look out, you never know who may be watching you in the forest!

There are no zebra crossings on the canals but rabbits, well that’s a different story.

Once out of the Gota Canal we were into the Baltic proper. The temperature is dropping rapidly; we are after all on a latitude level with the Orkneys and in a few months the locals will be skating where we are sailing! We did have to wrap up when the wind blew.

Sweden is known for its many archipelagos, the most well know being off Stockholm but the island are spread all along the coast; beautiful cruising grounds.

As we got close to Stockholm real estate become more and more of a premium. There are some homes in pretty extraordinary places on the islands and get a load of the slide on the left, you could have some real fun on that!

Stockholm is a beautiful city with a lovely water front.

Melanie is flying home from Stockholm. I am now taking the boat 150 miles south to put it to bed for the winter; the storage price halves once away from the big city. I had beautiful blue skys and there cold air produced some beautiful early mornings.

That’s it for this year. The boat is sheeted over for the winter as there will be 2 meters of snow around by Christmas; I just hope I have got all the water out of the pipes or the –25 temperatures will lead to a messy start next year!