another season in the Baltic
Ian and Mary left the ship at Ystad, where there is a good train connection to Copenhagen. It’s a pretty town, and we spent a second day catching up with boat cleaning, laundry, shopping, and generally chilling. There was a mink scurrying between the rocks round the harbour, which seemed to live on an abandoned […]
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As a gin drinker, I’d always assumed all vodka is made in Russia. So it was a huge surprise to travel into the Swedish port of Åhus, and discover that the world’s fourth largest brand of spirit is distilled here. 90 million litres of Absolut Vodka are made here every year in a rather pretty […]
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We are working our way round the coastline of Sweden, heading generally towards Denmark. From Kalmar, going south, the wind was a southerly. When we turned West, the wind was a westerly, and then we turned southwesterly – you don’t need me to tell you! Generally the wind has been 15-25 knots, occasionally gusting over […]
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It’s been an enchanting week. It’s Sunday morning, and we are back in Kalmar city marina, reading the papers (online) over a coffee, in the warm sun in the cockpit, and chatting to our German and Swedish neighbours. Invariably, the recurring themes include – what’s that flag, Ireland, Britain, Brexit, Boris, the backstop, the EU, […]
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William thinks it’s dangerous when Karen isn’t busy, and he’s probably right. The Dog Last August, in Göteborg, I was bitten by a dog. It was on a lead with its owner, and I was walking by, on the pontoon, and it had a taste of my leg joint. Apart from the scar in the […]
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If, like me, you enjoyed our crew’s description of our time in Finland, here is the ‘other half’ describing our cruise in Sweden. Mazu’s next blog Enjoy!
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