Sweden - Saturday and Sunday (Home & Geocaching)

Saturday September 30, 2017

Another quiet day after a full week, spending the day reading, updating my blog, doing some washing, etc.

Sunday October 1, 2017

Unfortunately I had another bad night without much sleep, so I had problems waking up and didn't get up until 8:30am.

We were going to spend another day with Emma, and this time also her daughter Lena. We drove to Svedala where we picked them up and went on in Dianne's car, but not before we found a cache while waiting for the others to arrive.

1742 - Petroleum Tango #69

Next we drive from Svedala via Ystad to Kåseberga, picking caches on the way.  This road leads roughly along the south coast of Sweden.

1743 - Teatern i Ystad

1744 - Rörigt

1745 - Klövasten (earth cache of a split rock)

At Kåseberga we have a break and look around, before we climb the hill, where on top we find another earth cache.  Dianne, Emma and Lena decide to clamber down on the sea side to find a few answers for the earth cache, but it being too steep for Patricia and me we decide to make our way back down the hill on the side we came from.  On the way we see a farmer working the sheep dogs.  As what they do doesn't make much sense to us, we think that this is more or less to show off the dogs' talents and to keep the tourists amused. :-)

I had wanted to upload the video, but it is more than the allowed MBs, and I don't know at this stage what to do about it...  So, I can only show you a few pictures.

1746 - Ales Stenar (earth cache)

Ales Stenar is a site with 'standing stones', much like the various sites in the UK and Scotland, but much smaller than i.e. Stone Henge.  These standing stones however have the shape of a boat or ship and are also very old. 

It's a long and steep way down!

The farmer has left a note

Instead of walking all the way around the point Dianne, Emma and Lena had to climb their way up again, because Lena had left her jacket near the steps...

Sheep dogs in action

After the long walk and climbs up and down we were hungry and so we had a picnic lunch near the shops at the bottom of the hill. The next cache was on the way back at the spot where we saw the hang gliders.

1748 - Kasewood

I forgot to take a picture of the cache, but this was close to the site.

1747 - KalkbrottSwedish Igloo

This cache was at a very interesting place.  In the past these 'igloos' were used as lime kilns.

1749 - Östra Torps kyrka

1750 - 9an Smygehamn

1751 - Äspögården

After the last cache I took one more picture before we dropped off Emma and Lena after another wonderful caching day together.

The next two were taken somewhere along the road.  The mount is a Viking burial place and the statue I photographed in Ystad.  We also stopped at the southernmost point of  Sweden: Smygehuk where we had a well earned ice cream.  After we had dropped off the 'girls' we had our dinner at McDonald's.  Not always my favourite place, but good enough when you're hungry and Dianne didn't have to do the cooking after a full day behind the wheel.