Sweden at its magical best

Aquila
Alan and Sarah Bennett
Sun 18 Jun 2017 05:44
58:33.3N 15:08.4E

A breath-taking passage today, right from the moment we weighed anchor in this most peaceful part of the canal.  Those 58,000 Swedish soldiers who hewed this section should be revered by every crew - their achievement is truly awesome. After 2 magical hours we reached the first of the descending locks, and were across Lake VIKEN in time to make the last transit of the day down the five flight of locks at Motala and into Lake Boren.  An hour later and Aquila swung to her anchor once more in another unblemished bay.  As the sun descended we enjoyed another scrumptious dinner.  Phase 2 is certainly living up to all expectations.