another season in the Baltic
While in Kalmar, waiting for the next frontal system to pass through, we took a walk over to Kalmar Slott, a very impressive royal castle, beautifully restored. We visited it last year, and it’s worth a second trip. The special event was a ‘Son et Lumière’ exhibition of Van Gogh’s life and work. We sat […]
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Well, there have been a few very jolly days taking us from Ystad to Kalmar. The sea area has a bit of a reputation, but we had the most fabulous breezes to take us across and into Kalmarsund. We stopped off at a favorite island, Hanö, and had the most lovely walk through the woods […]
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Monday evening, and after the foggy day, we looked out on the Oresund Bridge that links Sweden and Denmark. For followers of ‘The Bridge’ it is the bridge. Swedish autistic cop, Saga Norén has solved many a murder around there. Tuesday, and another foggy day took us to Ystad, the murder capital of Sweden, where […]
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Sure enough, the fog was back in the morning. But all our neighbours have work to go to on Monday, so were heading off anyway. ‘Next door’ said it was sunny up North in Copenhagen. We decided to join the convoy, and if the fog didn’t clear before Spaghetti Junction, we would just carry on […]
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Saturday, star date May 18. The wind has eased, but we now we have woken up to thick fog. Out there, our passage east takes us through one of the busiest shipping lanes in Europe. Complete with a roundabout, linking three traffic separation zones, with big ships coming and going through the narrow sound south […]
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(With apologies to Creationists) Here we are nestled in a very sheltered harbour at Rødvig, because out there, it’s honking. Yesterday was no better, so we have been ticking off a few maintenance tasks and stocking up the fridge. The local Co-op Super Brugsen was a short walk along the coast where we looked out […]
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It’s been a week since we were finally able to leave Augustenborg, and begin our passage east. The weather has been great. Bright and sunny, with a cool breeze, just right for our first few days. You know, when we remember, post-incident, how we did something to avoid the problem we have just encountered. Again. […]
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Did anyone see 1864, the Danish 8 part historical drama on BBC a couple of years ago? Recommended. It recounts the tale of two brothers caught up in the doomed battle for Schleswig, when the Danish government refused to split the region down the middle and share half and half with Prussia. The centrepiece of […]
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Thursday 2nd May at 10:15 was our appointed slot to launch Melodrama for the season ahead, and so we set off on Monday to drive out to Augustenborg in Denmark, where Anders and his team had been looking after the boat all winter. It looked great; polished, anti-fouled and the few little ‘jobs’ all completed. […]
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