We walked to the library after breakfast, I thought for us to both download today's paper. However, the library is closed on Saturdays. I was able to download the paper by standing outside the library building but the code I had clearly could be used with only one device, namely my IPad. A quick shop at the ICA supermarket and we drove literally round the corner to the free vehicle ferry across to the island of Gräsö, no more than ten minutes. On board, a lady was very interested in our camper so we gave a quick guided tour. Small high tops such as ours are very unusual here.
There is only one camp site on the island, just a few minutes from the ferry. It is quite big with about 300 places. We headed straight there and booked in. It is very much end of season. Only one of the loo blocks is open and there is no wifi at any time. It was our most expensive site so far, 320SEK. There are mainly seasonal caravans here. Most are unoccupied and some were being cleared out for the winter. The site is on the shore of the island, looking across to Öregrund, where we were last night.
This afternoon, we drove on the island's principal road to the northern tip, looking out towards the small uninhabited island of Örskär. The road simply stops at a turning circle. There were some scattered houses but nothing else. We then drove back down the road, diverting on the way to take a minor road for about 3km to Öster-Mörtarö. There were scattered houses on the way but the road reached the coast and then nothing. Back on the main road, we stopped briefly near the ferry to take a photo by the church of an odd conical building, rather like a witch's hat. The southern end of the island looked out to the island of Rävsten, very wooded and, I think, a nature reserve. A few houses to be seen and a couple of small power boats out on the water but nothing else.
On the way back to the site, we stopped briefly at a little building housing a very nicely done display of Gräsö gård, now a nature reserve but historically I think it formed part of the estate acquired by King Gustavus Vasa in the 1400s. He evicted farmers to get it.
The island of Gräsö covers some 36 square miles. It has a population of about 800 (increasing in the summer season). I assume those of working age work off the island. It is largely covered by forest and farm land.
Amanda
Red skies at night don't seem to signify anything
in this part of the world. It has been grey and overcast all day
today and late afternoon rain set in with a threat of thunder. But it
seems to have passed now. We are spending tonight on a proper
campsite, Gräsöbadens Camping on the island of Gräsö, right opposite
where we were last night. We crossed this morning on the free ferry -
just a five minute journey. The campervan gained another admirer on
the crossing - a lady who had lived in South Africa and had a Land Rover with a roof mounted sleeping pod when she was there. She loved
the size of ours, and said it was "superb". I don't think
they see many small campervans over here. The island is 20 miles long
and about three miles wide, with a population of 800. It seems to be
nearly all nature reserve, made up of the densely wooded rocky
"mainland" and the rocky outlying islands. We drove the
length of the island and back - just one road! - and saw very few
vehicles. There were cars parked in various small car parks, their
occupants presumably off either walking in the woods or in boats.
Apart from wanting a hook up tonight, one of the reasons for a proper
campsite was to do a proper washing-machine wash. However, that is
not to be. It is very definitely end of season, and only one service
block is open- not one with a laundry! Although large - there are 300
places - the site is not at all busy, and is very attractively laid
out. Lots of trees and rocky parts.
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