We set
off from the inner islands of the Stockholm archipelago, which are more densely
wooded …
… past
typical Swedish summer homes …
We
stopped in Möja to do some shopping. It’s
a sizeable island, accessible from Stockholm by ferry, and has cafés,
restaurants, shops and accommodation.
However, by the end of August the tourist season is more-or-less over,
so it was very quiet and, apart from the food store, most things were closed …
Here are
all the mail boxes for the whole island …
Having
stocked up, we set sail for the outer islands of the archipelago …
These
birds have found a convenient resting place …
There are
dangerous unmarked rocks lurking on or just below the surface, which must be
avoided!
We
arrived at Gubben in the Stora Nassa group of islands, put out our stern anchor
and tied up to a couple of bushes and a rock (hammering a pieton into a
crevice) like all the other boats – it was a beautiful, calm afternoon …
The outer
islands are barer and more rocky with sparser trees …
… and the
Autumn colours are already beginning to show in August …
The next
day, I had an early morning swim under this dramatic sky …
… then
the sun warmed up and it was another glorious day …
We had a
ramble round the island through the heather which seems to grow out of bare
rock …
Sometimes,
looking down, the islands look like a relief map laid out beneath us …
By the
time we came to leave, we were the last boat in the bay …
We left the
wilder islands of Stora Nassa and headed back towards the inner archipelago …
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