We've had a week of cool and wet weather. Much needed, but unusual! The water was only 18.5c today! 😂🥶
In the meantime, the council seems to be resurfacing the beach at Lillesjön, in time for the summer holidays.
If anyone was interested how the downhilling works here in Virserum, this is how!
Not for me though. Climbing the hills is my favourite bit.
A wonderful day on the ski slope today with my older daughter. She has only just started skiing, and progressed from the family slope to the main slope with harness, and then at the end without the harness. Had some help from several friends who are far better skiers than me!
We had our first group from England visit last week and it was a pleasure showing them around our part of Sweden.
Here is the review they left:
Badstigen 35 in Virserum was a real pleasure to stay in! We had a group of four female wild swimmers and this was the perfect property for our Swedish trip! A big part of the appeal of the property for us the was the private jetty onto the lake, accessible by built in ladders and the authentic homely feel the property.
The other reason we booked was the property was it’s just an hour’s drive from Växjö airport, which has a direct flight from Stansted! The airport is tiny so we were through security and baggage within 10-15 mins max! If you do hire a car, make sure you ask for a petrol/diesel, we were given an electric one which wasn’t what we were expecting (note there is a charging point in the village a 20 min walk away).
We dealt directly with Jonathan right from the start (who is the liaison for the property owner). He was extremely helpful in every way possible! He and his wife suggested lots of lovely activities like hiring a session in the village sauna to booking our own private hot tub on a jetty in The Baltic Sea! We felt warmly welcomed to the country by them and them being native English speakers was really helpful for us.
We loved the “hygge” feel in the property, the lighting, the natural fibres the furnishings were all very comfortable and appealed to all four of us, there was even a chaise longue! We stayed in the winter months and were grateful for the under-floor heating and open fire, there was wood to hand too and we luxuriated by the fire on the last evening.
A lovely bonus to the house we didn’t realise was inclusion of “the drying cupboard”, we were able to completely dry off our cossies and wetsuit boots in just a couple of hours!
This house is a summerhouse used by the owners when not rented, therefore it’s very well stocked with all the practical items you might need. We
If you're wanting to mix cold water swimming/dipping with snow sports, the ski slope is in great shape and should be open until the end of March. All equipment can be hired here, and it's only 1.5km from the village.
We've had more than the usual amount of rain lately and combined with snow melt, some proper waterfall action at the mill at Björnström.
Even with heavy rain, the water remains clear and largely sediment free due to the lack of mud
Another one for the cyclists. Here are a few low quality videos from rides in our area, giving you (I hope!) a nice idea of how peaceful it is to cycle here.
I apologise for my ugly mug being in a couple of them!
Picking up furniture in Högsby gave us the opportunity to visit Gösjön. It's a camp site with mini golf, tennis courts and other attractions as well as a very tall diving tower.
I only went to 5m today but went to 7.5m last time. Not built up the courage to do the 10m yet!
Swimming is wonderful, but sometimes it's fun to just throw yourself off high things into water 😁
This afternoon, we popped up to Målilla for a family swim and dive. It had clouded over a little, but still about 20c air temperature. This was my older daughters first ever jump from 2m. She's 8 :)
