Report from Trosa 58N53.35, 17E33.13

I've been asked to include position data so there is the first example in the title. The first bit means North 58 degrees and 53.35 minutes. It is a pain to try to put in the correct diacritical marks.
During the week we continued working on the boat fittin boom, sails, lazy jacks and so on. We rejigged the exhaust system refitting a Vetus waterlock that had leaked badly last year when it lost an "0" ring. We hoped this would quieten the engine down. We did a certain amount of junking stuff we did not need and also dumped tools into the car which we normally use only at fit-out time. We were entertained ( and retaliated  ) by David and Patricia from Patricia Elaine which spent the winter in the same Varv as Badger did but in a different hall.We also at long last got our new Myfi system operational
We have been suffering from strong cold northerly winds which make working outside painful and discourage sailing entirely.
However I had a sudden attack of stir craziness this morning. The sun was bright and the weather a little warmer so we upped and left precipitously, leaving the car behind the marina building - so I have to go back and store it properly. Was it worth it? Well probably. We had a somewhat hard motor into the wind for 6 hours with the wet log reading 28 Nmiles which is probablly due to a pronounced S going current set up by the winds. The weather was sunny and reasonably warm but the breeze was persistently strong and is affecting us now in a little S-flowing river at Trosa. The countriside or islandscape was very beautiful with many of thewaterlines painted with a uniform 15 cm. high band which contrasted nicely with the pink granite dark green trees and blue water. The yellow was due to enormous amounts of silver birch pollen. This gets into clumps, sicks to bats, turns brown and is anuisance but as a paint trim it's lovely. There are few boats about even though it is a public holiday ( Ascension Day)  and few amenities are open in Trosa. The Marina offices and the smoked fish stall are not operating - the latter to ur great regret.
The motoring day was a considerable success with a much quieter engine sounding happy, good thrust from the impeller and good speed when the wind dropped. When it rose it could reduce our speed to 3.5 kts..
We are having a quiet time till supper which will be Mexicchicken and red wine at home.