A beautiful morning looking off our balcony.

That’s where we need to get to first off. Lysekil, situated on the southern tip of Stangenas peninsula, also at the mouth of Gullmarn fjord.

A nice breakfast overlooking the water, we packed up and headed to the ferry, adjacent to the accomodation.

Behind our accomodation block was this windmill, overlooking Fiskebacksil and well placed for wind, although we have not seen any of these older windmills operating.

The little ferry terminal. Tony checking the ferries progress.

Getting closer.

Really close now as it navigates its way through that very narrow channel, then reverses in for passengers to walk on board.

First little hill climb was out of Lysekil and soon we were following either busy roads or quiet rural. It was a real mix today, with very little cycle paths available.

The wind was a factor today. It was a SW of around 35 kmh with gusts around 57 kmh.

Our route was one of zig zagging our way further north.

On the zig, it seemed to be busier roads, with the wind a huge factor hitting us more to the front and side. Scary at times when the gusts hit, as we are in the right hand side of the road, we did not have much road leverage with drop offs etc.

The zags, they were better as we often had the wind behind us! The roads tended to be quieter as well.

We had a lot of climbing today. 900 metres in our 103 km of riding.

The scenery. Most of the photos are whilst we are in the zags, as it is possible to stop safely.

Slightly inland from the coast, rocks still prevail. Lovely scenery. Dotted by the occasional church, forest and village.

This church is in Svenneby and is one of Bohuslan’s oldest churches. Dating from the 12th century at a time that this land was Norwegian. The baptismal font and belfry both stand on the rocks high above the church.

A little further up the road, Svenneby has a second church.

We turned off and headed into the village of Hamburgsund. Eventually making it into the supermarket for food (as numerous people came up to ask about what we were doing, our bikes etc), we sat and ate by the pleasant harbour and marina.

The town sits by a long channel separating it from the island of Hamburgo. We met a lady on a ebike who was filling her panniers up with food from the supermarket as she lives on Hamburgo. There is a small ferry connecting the island to the mainland.

Time to keep moving. More churches, marinas and villages to see.

We are staying in Dapto, about 5 km south of Strömstad, our final Swedish destination.

Our accomodation is in a kitschy place I would ordinarily roll my eyes at. However, the range of accomodation is extensive, spread out over a huge area.

We are staying at a Pirate themed park! We are in a 12 room hotel, and I have seen no other guests in this part of the complex at all.

The hotel is very well appointed, with pirate themed ‘artwork’ adorning walls, the occasional skull, treasure chest and chocolate filled coins to eat.

Our room is huge, with a lovely corner balcony, with an undercover area for the bikes.

Our washing dried beautifully outside, plus the heated towel racks in the bathroom were turned on (often they are not).

Our room and balcony.

The complex takes up all the land this side of the waters including the green hill to the left. There is a theme park bottom left, conference facilities and the widest variety of accomodation possibilities.

It is very quiet here at the moment fortunately. Dinner was super quiet and nice.

Today has been our last full day riding in Sweden, and what a blast it has been.

So many highlights from meeting Jennie and Cecilia, to the outstanding a Bohuslan archipelago and everything in between.

I love the Swedish supermarkets, the range of food exceeds what we have available. Price wise, the food is still quite reasonable despite the AUD fx rates. many items are cheaper than what we pay.

Riding has been exemplary. With the exception of today, around 75% has been on sealed cycle paths. To date, we have ridden 1,039 km in Sweden alone.

Todays route. You can see the Norwegian border lines, to the upper right and ocean.

Would I come back to Sweden to ride? Absolutely, this country rates as one of the more cycle friendly countries we have visited.

We had been pre warned that Swedish drivers were not as courteous as Danish, but they have been excellent.

Polish drivers are better at road crossings, but as long as you wait, all has been good.

Even the weekend pack riders use the cycle paths here vs the road!

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