Linda's rambling

Saturday 25/7 -09

The sun was shining and i started to feel restless after a period of sickness so i suggested to Anders that we would go and check Anno (our rib-boat) after extreme raining. Little did i believe he would feel well enough to wanna take a trip out but to my surprise he suggested that instead of just checking boat, jippie!

Since he just wanted to make sure new streaming computor work first I started to run around packing, making sure that it wouldn’t be to late for us to go out. So, soon enough i’d packed all stuff we needed and some more. Before i packed food and sleep-stuff we called PIL to know if they was gonna be out so we could sleep in their boat and not the attic. thought it could be a good idea not to bring unnecessary food and bed-dressing on a small boat But no, they where just gonna be out some hours more. so all it was and food for grill needing to get bought. Hmmm.. Some mussels and white wine sounded good.. Do i need to say that this thought led to a 2 hour long marathon beetween fish-stores, just to find to little to share with PIL and for dinner for us..? Subborn? Who? Me!?

Approximately 15.30 Anno is packed and we, Linda and Anders, leave Tångudden to go to Brustholmarna.

Sunny, slightly windy and some waves but not to bad on ocean. I get to steer out of the harbour. When giving some gas the boat feels very heavy, strange.. we do after all have a automatic waterpump.. When waves start to feel a bit bumpy i leave over for Anders to steer. Halfway there engine suddenly dies! And yes, typical enough just before surge hits us, perfect timing.. A fast dash to get anchor out (ouch, we’ve packed stupid, my leg..) but before its ready engine starts again, good! That was a bit to exciting.. A calm trip after that and greetings when we, at around

16:00 arrives to Brustholmarna, Hambolts bridge,

where i get food in order in cooler and Anders and FIL pump out water by hand and find the problem. Sooner or later bacon-burgers are on grill and we sits on Troll-bridge, watching sun glitter on water, with beer and rose’-wine in hand. Well, that’s all but FIL who’s driving and suddenly tries to convince MIL to leave, with longing eyes on wine.. It was his idea after all, not hers, to not sleep over Burger tasted wonderful! To bad they where a bit to filling..where’s the begging dogs when you need them!? Now we managed to eat to much instead. I was the missing dogs fault! Promise!

Took us a while to manage to move after that but after a while luggage was sorted and we had claimed our space and beds in attic and lucky that since it later came a couple that also had planned to sleep there, but we where first! Of cause we offered to share space with them and the use of the less nice beds, we’re neither heartless or greedy and they where also members, but they choose the sofa downstairs. When we got to know them they proved to wonderful persons, nice with nice one’s closer to our age in the club!

Ok, we where on an island with 5 places to swim so natrually the bikini went on and the hunt for a break from burning jellyfish so we could get into water started and to our pride we managed not to get burned! I had brought fins, mask and snorkel to snorkel in vain since the rain not only had ruined vizibility but also made water temperature drop…at lot.. Brrrrr! What to do when freezing? Drinking wine and chatt with people of cause! Only wine for getting warm, i prooooomise! Had a great time sitting on Troll-bridge, chatting, eating mussels we cooked and drinking wine, and then some more wine, while nature painted sky with an amazing sun-set, wish i could have captured that one!

Sunday 26/7 -09

Woke up, a bit hung over by some funny reason, after a misersable night with loads of waking ups due to freezing and feeling like in a wind-tunnel. Oh, yes, now i saw that it was a hole at both sides of the bed and with that wind-direction it had blowed through! But, dressed and got out in sun where it was warm and nice and got a lovely surprice in form of a cup coffee from our friends, what a good way to start the day! Sooner or later we sat on islands hill, eating a late breakfast while enjoying a idyllic postcard over archipelago view, lovely! Almost as nice as when i earlier was trying to wake to life while sitting in outhouse that almost hangs over cliff and has a window in the door straight out to archipelago, that’s what i call a nice view! Oh, and yes, i do kind of invites to sitting long..not always that good

So, some chatting with the rest of the members, a walk over rocks and by the lovely flowering meadow ad then playing tug-of-war with the cute tiny dog Zäta that came bounching a’ la’  “Playmates! I found playmates! Jippi! The must wanna play with me!” Who can resist such happy eyes? Not us so playing with her and her knot-ball we did! When it was time to leave she happerly followed us while trying to convinc us to play some more “Look, here’s the ball,  I dingle string so you can get it easy! Oh, perhaps you can’t see it? No problem! I run and stop before you!” She didn’t jump into boat with us but she did dropp the ball on the side of bridge for us to take..with big begging eyes.. When that didn’t work she laid on higher part of the bridge with sad eyes, making a last try to convince us to play by dropping knot ball that..fell in the water! Oh did she whimper and beg “P..Ple…Pleeeeaaase save my ball!” so save it we did.

13:20 Linda and Anders left Brustholmarna to go back to Tångudden.

No incidents this time and Anno sure felt lighter! Only excitement was the HUGE swells from “The aweful ferry” that leaves swells even after it’s out of sight, the joy of no warning, you gotta love it..Not that we didn’t see swells in time butthat doesn’t make them any more fun. But, what was fun was the wave-bumpig on the smaller ones!

13:43 arrives at Tångudden.

This trip-time was more normal and what a great weekend-trip we’ve had!

Oh, forgot, photos taken by Bo Arnholm and they might have been better if my fixing hadn’t failed..

oh nr 2, if you bring mousepointer over photos it should /hopefully) give more explaining text..Please do, that tells a lot extra!

Anyhow, some more photos:

Breakwater with bath-ladder

Archipelago