Yesterday evening I saw a beaver swimming in the inlet! So cool. I first didn't know what it is, but one of the boating Sweds was kind enough to tell me.
After waking up the first boats wanted to get through the floodgates to get from the lower inlet to the higher-level channel. Was cool to see the floodgates work with 4 boats inside!
After a nice breakfast from the Kanalmagasinen (yoghurt, granola, berries, bread roll, egg, tea) I started my day along the channel to Söderköping, a cute little place on the channel. They had an extremely full ice cream restaurant, but I couldn't eat a huge ice cream right after that breakfast :D Otherwise I would've thought tried, although the queue to sit down was insane!
Instead I got some fresh strawberries (first time I needed cash) from the market and sat down on the stream to eat them. There was the first wildlife of today: a snake in the water. I observed it going to the other side of the stream and to some stones.
After the town there was again a wide countryside stretch, through fields and forrest, some few lakes. In the middle of the forrest after a shower it happened: I listened to some music and then heard some noise in the forrest: A mother moose with her calf! Amazing! The mother was dark brown, nearly black, and the calf was very light brown and small and cute :) :) Of course they were gone so fast that I didn't have time to take the phone out and take a picture. This really made my day today. Moose really live in Sweden, I can confirm now :D
The Sörmlandsleden has now followed me for a while, or maybe better I have crossed paths with it nearly since Stockholm I think. It's a long long hiking path in the south of Sweden. Today the cycling and hiking routes were the same for a few kilometers. There was another snake there. Oh, yes, and I saw a fox as well. Its not that we haven't seen other wildlife before, like rabbits and deer, but the ones today were somewhat more rare.
The last part of the day led me to the picturesque fisherman village Valdemarsvik. It's at the end of a long arm of the baltic sea towards inland. Here I had a wonderful chat with friends via Skype and will stay at a campground.
We are going on following your tour and have great respect for your achievement. Next week we also start a cycling tour through the Neatherlands, but with bagagetransport, that means easier conditions.
ReplyDeleteGreetings Uwe und Gisela
Thank you so much Uwe and Gisela. Have a great cycling tour as well next week! Greetings, Anja
DeleteLots of wildlife! The bike pic is cool :)
ReplyDeleteyes, a moose with her calf, that's so cool! Thank you, bike is fully loaded :)
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