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| Allinge is a popular tourist destination because it is a pretty old fishing harbour and town. So we went there. |
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| It is often full in the season, but was quiet when we were there. |
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| Dawn from the boat at karlskrona... we really were desperate to leave! |
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| A big granite quarry near Allinge. The blocks are spilt repeatedly with gunpowder and then wedges to make paving and worktops. |
Our sociable stay in Karlskrona continued with a three course meal onboard Tahi, with our Australian/Swedish friends. It included Swedish Schnaps drunk with beer, white and red wine and we discovered some new foods we should buy a bit late in the day as we are now in Denmark, stuck on Bornholm, for a couple of days. As we have not really explored this island this is not a hardship. We had our wettest ever sail here on Thursday, achieving an uncomfortable 60 miles just off the W wind which rose to a robust force 6 all afternoon. We both fell about in the boat and Pat has an impressive bruise on his forehead. Typically I chose not to make sandwiches as we left Karlskrona at 6am. I'll never learn!
Bornholm is a far east outpost of Denmark in a patch of Danish sea in the middle of Sweden. The Danes have kept hold of it since 1648 despite agreeing to give Sweden land in an agreement to end years of war, (they could keep a close eye on the Swedes.) It's a cycling island with lots of cycle routes. We had a tiring cycle ride and a walk round the NW end of the island today .... A bit hilly and a lot windy. We cycled to the nearby granite quarry yesterday afternoon and were so disappointed it was closing that we got a personal lesson on how to split granite blocks from the curator which added a great deal to our wander round the quarry afterwards. The blackberries in the quarry were the biggest and sweetest ever so we picked loads for tea (and a few more teas)
