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| A very gloomy view from today's camp. |
A bit of a wet night with thunder, lightning and rain and temperatures
have once again dropped. The forecast for the next few days is not very good
with much the same weather. Decision made to find a camp to stay put and have a
few lazy days. We have done quite a bit of driving over the past week or so and
seems a good idea.
After a visit to Lidl in town, we headed south for about an
hour to this place that we found at a harbour, and it had washing machines and
drier, which are much needed. The weather on the drive down the E4 produced
heavy rain, hail, thunder and lightning and temperatures of 11 degrees…back to
an NZ winters day!
Sandslän is a very intriguing place and feels in a time
warp. It is here where the Angerman River meets the sea and since discovered
there is quite a bit of history about the place. In 1870 logs were floated down
the river from areas further north and a huge log sorting area was established.
At its height about 700 workers were employed during the summer and a number of
workers barracks and dining centre were built and it was one of the largest
timber sorting areas in the world. It
was 1982 when this all closed but some of the buildings still remain as well as
the control tower in the river in front of our parking area. Hopefully if the weather eases tomorrow we will
check out the museum in one of the old buildings.
Met Lillian, the harbour master’s wife this afternoon and
had a long chat with her about the history. It seems very quiet at the marina
at the moment and she said it has certainly not been busy and they are putting
it down to fuel prices.
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Late last night before the storm came in.
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The ski jump leaving town this morning.
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They certainly like cantilevered buildings!
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Camp buildings
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Mum seagull calling to her baby...
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...and baby calling back!
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The very friendly Lillian, who spoke very
good English.
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