Högmarsö

We left the Åland islands at 10.15am ( somewhere along the way the clocks went back) and we arrived here after a relatively slow and bumpy journey of 50nmiles - 8 hours later just in time before the rain started!

We'd read up on this surreal harbour in the northern Stockholm archipelago. It sounded so bizarre we just had to make the extra few miles to see what it was about. Great huge ships, some just rotting away sat in multi layers , others used as homes . The weirdest place with a working boat yard , cranes, slipways and winching machinery along the waterfront and in behind some opulent Swedish homes jarring with the scruffy ship yard and warehouse look.

The ship yard restaurant with outside eclectic mix sofa and benches under large sail awnings lead you into a carefully designed restaurant. Local photographs , plants, and industrial vents and pipes give the place authentic character . Great staff and delicious food - a real buzz and atmosphere . It was obvious this place had a thriving business - their excellent reputation was clearly pulling large numbers and people were arriving in smart ribs (as well as cars) from their waterside homes from near and possibly further afield islands .

We awoke the next day to the ferry's fog horn and the splatter of rain on deck. Eugh!!
Consequently, we made a slow start, hoping the weather would improve.
Ron's desire to make use of all the things we've got on the boat meant as soon as I mentioned we could try out the awning to protect us from the rain , off he went & out it came ! Half an hour of putting it up, and the rain had stopped! So we took it down again.🤣
I picked up a few provisions and a mooch about the small boutique - a little something for the visitors and they stocked a few brands that we have back at Wroes!

The morning turned from damp to warm and humid, so we left the quirky shipyard and headed towards the inner Stockholm archipelago.Read more