Today´s report was written by the lighthouse man Hans:


It´s flower time on Märket!

This day have been a bit windy and a bit colder then the last days, about 15 degrees and wind 10 m/s from West and later NW.

No other visitors than a few seals in the morning. They all left when we came closer.


The young seal is travelling now. Let´s hope it gets back to Märket.

Also gone is the young seal wich has been around for a few days, as seen in the photos. She was very friendly and liked to be in the photos. I think she is a little bit stupid. But she was good for the tourists. Maybe she will be back.

Yesterday evening when we had a beer in the sunset on the west side of lighthouse there was one seal climbing the cliffs in front of us, but as she saw us she didn't like the company.


The stairs are under cleaning up.

During the day we have done a lot of cleaning, from the top to the bottom. On the way down we removed loose paint and had three full plastic shopping bags of paint and dust. It is good to use the breathing filters that we finally found. We have opened windows in the second floor in every room and in the stairs.


The kitchen is getting its shape back.

The inside of the lighthouse is drying very fast now that we had the last tank with about five cubic meters of water emptied a few days ago. Also removing of all the paint make it dry easier.

Inside the rooms all the outside walls are covered with one inch thick gips board. Under that there is wooden pearl sponted panel witch probably is from the beginning of the lighthouse. The gips board is for better insulation at wintertime, but it has stopped the ventilation. Too bad.


A lonely willow - the only tree on Märket!

Tomorrow we vill have a lot of guests coming with speedboat from Eckerö. If the weather will be good for diving some divers will arrive from Sweden.

Also the timber shed is drying fast as we opened partly the other end of the house.

Regards from the lighthouse cleaners.