Visingsö is an island in Sweden's second biggest lake. Hopefully the coldest, as we had a dip at the end of the runway - I lasted 10sec and Ju 20.
It is a really beautiful location and you can camp on the shore of the lake (if you're not worried by the powerful cooling effect from the breeze over the cold water). It is also pretty much inside a golf course so is a great destination for flying golfers.
We cycled through town (there are hire bikes at the airfield for people who don't bring their own bikes) which was really very cute and had little market where I bought a local lake salmon from the lady who had smoked it.
Then we tied up the bikes for the ferry to Gränaa (50kr return, bikes 30kr return), which is a nice journey. Aparently Gränaa is one of the oldest towns in Sweden, well we missed that because of all the candy cane shops, actually they're more the shape of Brighton Rock, though not so hard and come in all flavours you can imagine, plus some you probably can't (strawberry or raspberry salt licorice flavour candy canes anyone?)
That night Johan and Vanya from Stockholm/Siljansnäs arrived. Johan flew around the world when he was just out of university and managed to get sponsorship for.most of his equipment and much of the costs, brilliant! They use scooters for getting around, which is a great space saving idea, allowing them to tour with their dog. I'm thinking maybe in future we use scooters or just strap on roller skates. It would make packing so easy!
It is a really beautiful location and you can camp on the shore of the lake (if you're not worried by the powerful cooling effect from the breeze over the cold water). It is also pretty much inside a golf course so is a great destination for flying golfers.
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| Lennart & Terry, fantastic guys we met at Eslov with their most awesome SeaMax flying boat |
We cycled through town (there are hire bikes at the airfield for people who don't bring their own bikes) which was really very cute and had little market where I bought a local lake salmon from the lady who had smoked it.
Then we tied up the bikes for the ferry to Gränaa (50kr return, bikes 30kr return), which is a nice journey. Aparently Gränaa is one of the oldest towns in Sweden, well we missed that because of all the candy cane shops, actually they're more the shape of Brighton Rock, though not so hard and come in all flavours you can imagine, plus some you probably can't (strawberry or raspberry salt licorice flavour candy canes anyone?)
That night Johan and Vanya from Stockholm/Siljansnäs arrived. Johan flew around the world when he was just out of university and managed to get sponsorship for.most of his equipment and much of the costs, brilliant! They use scooters for getting around, which is a great space saving idea, allowing them to tour with their dog. I'm thinking maybe in future we use scooters or just strap on roller skates. It would make packing so easy!
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| Johan, Vanja and Vincent (little head in cockpit) |
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