What weather! One minute the sun is shining and we are enjoying ourselves with the patio door open. The next second it starts to pour. And then, all of a sudden, there are gusts of wind that cause the whole boat to tilt sharply to one side. It's still cold, but there are some sure signs that spring is here ...
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Spring is here, even if it doesn't quite feel like it in the icy winds. One sure sign of spring is that boat traffic is becoming more and more intense. The evenings are also getting lighter and when the sun does set, it often colours the sky a beautiful red or yellow.
Another sure sign of spring is that we're getting the motorhome out of winter storage this weekend! What does spring look like for you? If you have a motorhome, caravan or boat, have you gone on any trips yet?
All photos in this post are Peter's. If you like them, don't forget to follow him at Instagram, where he usually posts his photos.
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Mr Frank Olsen says:
Great pictures!
Here in south-west Norway it is also cold, with cold north-west winds and rain showers.
We had the first trip of the year in the motorhome already in February, to Skadbergsanden on Eigerøy: http://janneogfrank.blogspot.no/2016/02/skadbergsanden-pa-eigery.html
And at Easter we were at the very southern tip of Norway, at the Lindesnes lighthouse: http://janneogfrank.blogspot.no/2016/03/lindesnes-fyr.html
21 April 2016 - 7:38
Mr Steve says:
Spring signs are one of the more common features in the blogging world at this time of year. I, in particular, spend a considerable amount of time on these.
It's great to see how many different types of spring signs we encounter depending on how and where we live.
21 April 2016 - 8:07
Lennart says:
Typical April weather!
21 April 2016 - 8:27
Lena & Jan says:
The signs of spring are among the best there are, fantastically beautiful around you in the marina! In our garden it seems to have been green all winter in some places and never before after our wintering in Spain has the lawn been so green as now, it has mostly been moss other springs ☺️?
21 April 2016 - 9:08
JoY says:
Sure, the weather changes during the day, and you don't know what to wear, a thick winter jacket or something thinner so you get cold when work is over for the evening.
The tulips have large green buds that will soon open.
Really like the mirror image Peter.
Hugs
21 April 2016 - 9:19
admin says:
Frank Olsen, glad you like the pictures! Nice trips you have been on, despite the cold. Now it's almost time for you to go on a long trip!?
Steve, yes it is obvious to look for signs of spring this time of year! 😉
Lennart, yes indeed!
Lena & Jan, yes we think it's nice here and extra nice this time of year! Wow, that it was and is so green with you!!!
JoY, agree, hopeless to know how to dress! 😉 Funny that you like the picture, I also like it!
21 April 2016 - 10:08
Solan says:
We are spoilt with good pictures on Freedombloggen. Life on a houseboat is particularly interesting, a nice picture towards the far end of Kungsholmen...
21 April 2016 - 10:17
Mr Frank Olsen says:
Yes Helena, it's now only 10 days until we leave on our long journey 🙂.
(Almost) everything is ready, we have taken everything out of the car and have packed what we need to take with us in a bedroom in the house. Just to carry everything in on Saturday 30 April.
Visa to Russia is ready, insurance and green card are in order, 2 camping cards have been purchased, we have taken out membership in NAF.
So I think and hope we are in control 🙂
21 April 2016 - 10:18
Ditte says:
Surely it is a nice time now, even if the weather is a bit breezy!
The number of leisure boats entering the Saltsjön has increased considerably in recent days, which is a sure sign of spring, as are all those who are sanding, painting and polishing the boats in order to launch them soon.
The boat tours, sighetseeing, have also been running for a week in Stockholm, another sign of spring.
We have practised taking the boat to Nybrokajen (if we do not walk) or the SL boat, but the boats run all year round, but now it is more enjoyable. Even the Vaxholm boats got their spring traffic list on 15/4 so now you can choose a little more tours. Spring feeling there too.
Beautiful pictures! And I follow Peter on Instagram.
21 April 2016 - 10:43
Anette says:
Oh yes, the first picture is absolutely beautiful!
21 April 2016 - 11:09
Dryden - Traveller's Edition says:
Snow is expected all weekend. In Jämtland, that is. So you can sit quietly. 😉
21 April 2016 - 15:48
Matts Torebring says:
Our car is always ready to travel. This weekend it will only be Huskvarna, Gränna and bike ride on Visingsö if it does not rain.
21 April 2016 - 19:21
Anna, Travel on a Cloud says:
You always have such nice pictures! We have to hold on, soon spring will come in earnest. I myself was almost in shock when I came home on Tuesday: from 26 degrees and sun in Rome to 6 degrees, high winds and rain here. 🙂 But today it was better, except this evening when the rain poured down.
21 April 2016 - 21:03
admin says:
Solan, glad you like the picture! It's nice here in the marina, you can come and visit when the weather gets better! 🙂
Frank Olsen, oh what fun! I really look forward to reading about your journey!
Ditte, you also see many boats where you live! I would love to imagine boat trips, but it should preferably be a little warmer first 😉.
Anette, glad you like the picture!
Dryden, aaah... we have rain here, but that's even better 😉 .
Matts, that sounds nice. Hope you have good weather!
Anna, haha I understand that you were in shock. The weather here is not so fun right now 😉.
21 April 2016 - 21:27
BP says:
Fantastic pictures, especially the Traneberg picture. WOW I just say.
Well, it was a bit windy yesterday, which we asphalt farmers felt, of course, but that's nothing compared to the rocking of a boat....
It will be fun to see Freedom 1 again on its stand at the marina;-)
21 April 2016 - 21:47
steel city anna says:
Now it's time for winter, it's almost May! Nice to see pictures from you. Of course it is nice when the light evenings come.
21 April 2016 - 23:21
Shefik veliu says:
Hello my friends I have a new how my time in Stockholm will be on Sunday I am free from 10 to 14 then I am invited in barbecue dinner With kind regards, shefik
22 April 2016 - 0:09
Ama de casa says:
Oh what lovely pictures! 🙂
At home, I don't really know what spring has come up with, but here it's more summer than spring right now 🙂.
22 April 2016 - 3:31
admin says:
BP, glad you like the picture! Yes, the wind is probably felt more here (especially north) and it will be nice to get Freedom 1 home again 🙂 ðŸ™'
Steel city Anna, well now you are kind of tired of the cold and want spring heat!
Shefik, Peter will call you!
Ama de casa, it sounds lovely with summer! Hope it's nice weather in Split when we fly down next week! 🙂
22 April 2016 - 10:19
Anki says:
Fantastic pictures ... the one towards Traneberg is just so good!
A bottle brush is a brush that you use to clean the inside of bottles 🙂 It's probably only you and BP that are like question marks - don't they use them in the capital?
22 April 2016 - 13:41
admin says:
Anki, glad you like the pictures! Haha, really? I have actually never heard of such a thing, then whether it has to do with the capital or not, I do not know 😉.
23 April 2016 - 14:23
Inga Magnusson says:
Nice pictures from your surroundings! Now it has been cold for so long so spring must come. We still have frost almost every night and then there is no speed on the vegetation so it is slow. The days contain all kinds of weather; sunshine, wind, calm, rain, hail, snow. And it changes quickly. Have a good day!
24 April 2016 - 8:36
Maria says:
Here it is hardly possible to even talk about spring some days... This morning I had to scrape ice from the car window and the other week and a few days ago it snowed. It is said that there will be snow tonight/tomorrow again as well. However, it will not be long-lasting because it will be over +10 degrees again towards the weekend 🙂 It's just a bit problematic when you do not know when you really dare to change to summer tyres on the car... But it hailed yesterday, it feels much more spring-like than snow, because hail can even do sometime in the summer without it being super strange, at least at my latitude 🙂 Snow in the summer, on the other hand, would be much more rare.
24 April 2016 - 21:52
admin says:
No M, it really is April weather! Last night it was maybe even 0 degrees here... and in other places it is even colder.
Maria, scraping ice... huh! Yes, it is tricky with the weather in April. We have changed to summer tyres, but just today it almost felt like it was a good idea...?
25 April 2016 - 7:27