Friday 27 May 2016

Start of the return journey - La Malouine goes back to La Rochelle - 26 May 2016

Thursday 26, after working hours, we were driven to Rangsta to bring La Malouine from there to Södertälje, in order to ensure that the crew coming from France to bring La Malouine back there, can easily access her through public transport. Rain, fog and cold...

This its the reverse trip as the one that took place at the end of September, when I brought back La Malouine from Löparö to Rangsta. In September, Käringholmen had long been abandoned by mating cormorans, and was left to her ghost status after life was pretty much killed by their dejections. End of May, June is the bird mating time, and thousands of them are nesting on such islands in the archipelago. You can smell them miles ahead...

Käringholmen, in May, when cormorans are mating

Monday 23 May 2016

Last week in Rangsta for La Malouine

Brudskär, the island of the bride, is the small island facing Rangsta Brygga, where La Malouine was attached for the past 8 years. Whenever arriving or leaving Rangsta, I always stop there for a minute. This week will be the last week that La Malouine will be placed there, and I will miss the place.
Brudskär, 58°59.419'N 17°44.923'E