Thursday 10 May
After the effort of taking me sailing for just one afternoon (and maybe the accumulation of the last two weeks’ hard labour), today was designated a rest day. In any case, the plan is to go South, back to Germany, to pick up our cruise plan, and the wind forecast for today puts it on my nose all day, whereas tomorrow it’s meant to be from the NW, which will give us a comfortable reach…we’ll see.
The day began warm and calm, so the crew went for a stroll to check out the facilities, and Mate had her first paddle in the Baltic, along a pristine beach of white sand. The rest of the day was spent quietly reading and sewing, enjoying the sunshine and listening to the wind blow, ease, blow, and die away completely. 
During an evening stroll through the nature reserve into the village, in quite sultry warm still conditions, Mate spotted forked lightning from a thunderstorm away to the South. Sure enough, just as they got home, the wind filled suddenly from the South with a fierce rainstorm – but fortunately no more destructive lightning.