(Almost) out of the Göta canal

Only 3.2 miles and 2 locks brought us to Mem, where the Göta canal finishes. We are still inside the canal in the last Gästhamn. Very quiet and idyllic.





One more lock to go here. 3m down.



And then we will be back at sea level, in the Baltic. Destination tomorrow is Arkosünd just over 3 hours away. A new adventure, the Swedish east coast, awaits!

We'll probably write a bit more about the canal later, but at this stage we want to say that it has been as fantastic as it was made out to be. A wonderful mixture of lively and quiet stopovers, beautiful and varied scenery, narrow canal stretches and nice lake crossings: one never gets the feeling of 'now its enough'. We have been hugely privileged to be able to do this. It is however very doable and we would suggest that anyone with a boat that can handle the trip (and that really means the trip to get to or from Göteborg) and of course the time to do it would do themselves a disservice by not heading to Sjötorp or Mem!

Location:Mem