A weather forecast of heavy thunderstorms around lunch time convinced us to get up and get going from our waters edge camp. With the tent so close to the water, I was slightly concerned that a rise in tide levels could envelope us during the night, but the day began with us still safely above… Read more

A beam of sunlight burst over the horizon and from across the sea, shone straight into the tent illuminating it in a warm orange glow. It was only 05:21 but I was glad to be woken up to witness it. I gave up trying to get back to sleep shortly after and took a walk… Read more

A different mode of transport today! We have stayed here at the campsite on Vardö and rented some sea kayaks to allow us to explore the smaller islands and coastline. (And maybe give our legs a rest and remind our arms that they have muscles too!). All rather conveniently, we managed to rent two decent… Read more

The blazing morning sun and few nasty mosquitoe and horsefly bites were enough for us to not hang around the campsite this morning. So we started the day with our now familiar route of cycling to the edge of an island and catching a ferry.  This short ride actually took us in the wrong direction,… Read more

We crossed a number of the Åland Islands via bridges and numerous ferries today! I was the first morning that I woke up feeling tired and could have done with a lie in, but neither of us wanted to hang around a tick infested forest for longer than we had to so we dispensed with… Read more

Ideally, we’d have liked to sleep in late this morning, but a very friendly voice at the end of the room service phone called to let us know that we had one hour to shower, dress and leave the ferry if we wished to stay on the Åland Islands, where we had just docked. Despite… Read more