What a
wonderful final couple of days we had in the archipelago, enjoying this year’s
Indian Summer in Sweden!
We headed
back to the inner archipelago to one of our favourite places from previous
holidays in this area – Ostholmen. And
it didn’t disappoint – it was just as lovely as we remembered it, but of course
this is after the end of the main holiday season, so it may be a lot more
crowded normally.
This is
approaching the narrow entrance into Ostholmen – there are rocks just under the surface, so the entrance is about half as wide as it looks …
… and
this is inside the pretty little bay …
Here we
are tied up to a couple of trees …
We scrambled
up these trees and rocks – disturbing a startled badger on the way!
… to the
top of the cliff …
… from
where we could look down on the boats as the sun went down …
This is
the view from the other side of the bay, looking towards the cliff we had been
standing on …
Here we
are celebrating our arrival at our ‘destination’ – the final port of call on
our Baltic Adventure – at least this year …
The next
morning dawned another perfect day …
I walked
across the island of Ostholmen through trees sparkling in the sunlight …
… with
glimpses of the sea beyond …
… to the
sauna, set among the trees and powered by an underwater electric cable …
You book
a time by writing your name in the diary, put a few kronor in the ‘honesty box’,
and collect the water to toss on the coals from the old-fashioned hand pump …
When you’ve
had your sauna, you just jump into the Baltic, and they’ve put a handy step
ladder so you can get out again!
I spent a
glorious last morning relaxing in the sauna, jumping into the Baltic and
sunbathing and reading on the rocks – perfect!
Now it’s
time to head towards Saltsjöbaden where Astraia will be laid up for the winter.
