It feels as though the last few weeks have been all work and no play, so we decided to take advantage of the sunny weather and take a short trip to our club island, Lacka, just for a change of scene. It is really sunny, but still rather chilly in the wind, so we were well rugged up for the sail across a very wavy Mysingen.

The little horseshoe bay on the western side of the island where we tied up was in lee, so the waters were still and calm and we hopped on to land to have a look around. It is beautiful in the late spring, with everything looking so fresh and green and extremely lush. We even found the first lingonberries for the season, glistening in the bright sunshine.




Lingonberry translates into English as cowberry. It is not a berry that I was at all familiar with before I came to Sweden. It is most commonly picked and made into a rather tart jam, that can also be served with savoury dishes as can it's cousin the cranberry. People also make it into a cordial or juice. They grow in abundance on the forest floors and it is great fun in July/August to wander around and pick buckets of them just for jam making.

As I said, the wind was really cold, so we sought some respite in the club house high on the windward side, facing Mysingen.




Lambi enjoys the warmth and cosiness of being inside and I love to watch the wild seas crash into the rocks below us. There were no other boats out today, so after a short time we ventured out into the cold wind and back to the shelter of the bay where it was calm, peaceful and the water showed no signs of the violence on the other side. It really is like a whole other world.




With the sun glittering off the water, the fresh newly sprouted leaves on the birch trees letting in the dappled sunshine just adds to the picture of tranquility. A little later another sailing boat came into the bay and moored on the other side.




Dinner, a good night's sleep and a lazy motor home helped to recharge our batteries again for the week ahead.