Ice skating on Lake Mälaren 27 Januari 2007.

Lake Mälaren is Sweden's third largest lake. We started at Kungsör, skated eastwards and ended up in Stallarholmen, 85 km. It has been a warm winter and when the ice finally froze up it was immediately covered by snow. This day the friction of the snow was generously compensated by a strong tailwind.

(Photo: me) (Photo: me) (Photo: me) Here we seem to have a relative to the aracua bird seen in the Disney cartoon "Clown of the Jungle" (sv: Kalle Ankas fotografiska expedition). (Photo: me) Strong tailwind. (Photo: me) (Photo: me) (Photo: me) Lunch break. Ulf Rudberg, Calle Martinsson, Erik Rosengren and Sven Rudberg. (Photo: me) (Photo: me) (Photo: me) Not further in this direction. (Photo: me) (Photo: me) (Photo: me) We had skated in shelter from the islands for a while but now we came out in the wind again. (Photo: me) (Photo: me) (Photo: me) (Photo: me) (Photo: me) (Photo: me) (Photo: me) (Photo: me) (Photo: me) (Photo: me) Approaching Strängnäs. (Photo: me) (Photo: me) Avoiding to get our skates unsharpened by sand that has fallen down from the road-way. (Photo: me) Same as above, now in Strängnäs. (Photo: me) Skating the last kilometers towards Stallarholmen. (Photo: me)