What a day! It's first time when I feel tired here. We have had a lot of tourist activity today.


Thanks to these gentlemen we had grilled salmon for breakfast!

The day started under lucky stars. Two Swedish fishermen brought us as a gift 9 kilograms´ salmon which they caught yesterday. They said that it would not stay good in the warm boat the whole day. So we started morning with these men eating grilled salmon! Actually the fellows arrived during the night and I gave them permission to put up tent on the shelter of the lighthouse.


Lighthouse Society´s members came from Åbo to visit Märket.

Then a group of the lighthouse society´s members and other visitors arrived with Granberg. Also my new partner Asta came for the next week. Granberg could not strand his boat on the northern side of island due to swell. So we had to row everybody with our tiny boat. The island was full of people. It felt strange. There was also two diving groups with two different boats on the NW side of the island, but they didn't strand to Märket.


Hans making his last guiding tour this time - wellcome back soon Hans!

After a couple of hours our guests had to leave the island. So it was time to say goodbye to Hasse, to a person who is great company in remote island. We gave a big bear´s hug to each other. The moment was saddest thing in the whole week. But on the other hand I am sure that Asta will be very good company for the following week.

Some of the visitors were in a hurry to Viking Line´s ferry and I tried to be as fast as possible. I tried to row fast and the metal thing in the oar which goes inside the boat side broke in two peaces. So I had to paddle the rest of the trip.


A nice place to camp for our Swedish friends.

In afternoon we had two boats and six persons visiting us. The other team had cruised from Mariehamn and others from Signö in Swden.

It have been full sunshine the whole day, but towards night some clouds have appearred. Is weather changing to something else?