Midsummer at Broken was fun but the weather was cold. Here we met John and Lizzie Langdon on Fidelity who are en route to Finland for an RCC rally. Many of the boats dressed overall with John taking great trouble to ensure his were in the correct internationally agreed order which made sure they said nothing obscene in any language. The summer pole was a small tree of the island with the correct cross piece and rings, duly decorated and erected. Songs and dances ensued but we missed them as they happened two hours ahead of schedule. I think it was because the children were agitating for their free ice creams. At 1800 we all lined up for the club party. We'd already seen the musicians arrive in the clubs garbage scow. They were a very effective young jazz group with an excellent saxophonist. The open sided pavilion was distinctly less crowded than the previous year, presumably because ot the cold weather. wE enjoyed the music and the meal we had prepared but left a little early because of the cold to sit drinking in our boat till late. Even when we all went to bed the party was still going on and the sound of music and song drifted down to us pleasantly. The bad weather and strong winds that had been predicted luckily did not arrive so our stay was peaceful.
We left the next morning for Nynashamn because we'd run out of food while John and Lizzie went off to Ringson for a couple of days.
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