Day 28: Lake Viken to Forsvik

Today it was only 21 km and I arrived in Forsvik in the early afternoon. Here in Forsvik I can camp at the lock. The lock keeper (I'm always lucky with that too: to meet someone) showed me a place... I can also use the shower and toilet here with my brilliant "canal service card" and don't even have to pay anything. I also contacted the Vandrahem here, but they wanted €75 for a night, it's supposed to rain at night, but then it won't be so cold...
I was here quite early because I was expecting a longer journey and I so strolled through the village. Unfortunately, all three "food-locations" here are closed, and I would have liked to sit in one, bad luck! Here in Forsvig is the first and oldest lock on the Göta Canal and it is also the highest point on the waterway. The place consists mainly of an open-air museum of the old works here: iron foundry, wood grinding works, hydroelectric power station, water mill, grain mill. You can look at all of this from the outside, but the season is over for inside. So I had a paddling-free afternoon...

Paddling across the Viken today was really fun again. There hasn't been any rain so far (it's supposed to come this afternoon), but the sun has peeked out now and then. Lots of little islands again, sometimes a glassy lake, sometimes wavy and again a stretch of dug canal...
It really is a pleasure to paddle through Sweden in these conditions in the colorful autumn. I am so grateful to be able to experience this!
It really is a dream how the weather behaves! Let's see what I say after the rain...Read more