Wangerooge (and pictures from Spiekeroog)

First we have the promised pictures of Spiekeroog:

The trip to the last island, Wangerooge, was only one and a half hours. There was a 15 – 18 knot NW blowing but on the ‘Wad’ it was nicely protected. When crossing the ‘gap’ between the two islands (the ‘zeegat’), there was a bit of bumping and rolling but nothing hectic and by 11.30 we were tied up in the very quiet harbour of Wangerooge. The harbour is 5 KM from the town, there is a train which only runs to connect with the (not too frequent) ferry service to the mainland, so we took the bikes and cycled to the nice town for shopping and to climb the old lighthouse from where you have a nice view of the entire island. In the evening, after supper, we walked around the West side of the island on the beach. During the night the weather turned as predicted and yesterday (Saturday) we spent on board reading. Today it is cloudy, cool (16C), dry but with a 6-7 Bft (25 knots or so) NW wind, so we are waiting for the wind to drop before we return to Wilhelmshaven on the mainland. We walked the 5KM to the town to have some excercise (and coffee and a waffle) and took the train back (to give me my 'train fix', but also because the train travels through the nature reserve with lots of birds!) The wind should drop tomorrow, according to the forecast and then we'll carry on. There is another Dutch boat here with the same plan: To Wilhelmshaven and then the Ems - Jade Kanal back to Emden and on the Delfzijl where we'll get back into Holland again.

The nature reserve between Wangerooge harbour and town

Wangerooge town seen from the old lighthouse

Wangerooge harbour master's office

Wangerooge public yacht harbour