Late September swim

One of the last September afternoons the weather suddenly had a window of quietness and sunshine. I didn’t have any late meetings at work, and looked forward to a small break on one or another island in Denmark.

I decided to fly to Langeland, and Johan joined me for the trip.

Johan and I flew gliders in the same flying club some years back; Johan still does that and he also flies an ultralight aircraft, just of a different type than mine. So we talked a lot about flying – gliders and ultralights, and how wonderful it is to be airborne, no matter what you fly.

We soon landed on Langeland, and walked down to the beach, appreciating the beautiful nature around us:

It was very silent – we happily noticed that several times – and we didn’t meet any people. One could buy honey by a farm. I was tempted, but I still have some honey left at home, from the brown bees of Læsø.

It was calm, warm and sunny – around +17C! Both Johan and I enjoyed getting into the water:

Then a quick dinner by the sea, and drone flying:

It would have been nice to spend a couple of days there, but the sun was going down, and we had to leave.

We crossed over the field to my Aeroprakt; the shadows were quite long:

We flew back, full of energy – even a small flight would make a pilot happy:

The remains of Trelleborg on the photo below – a massive fortress from the Viking Age (793 – 1066 AD). Built on a narrow headland with streams on both sides, it was almost impossible to break into.

Trelleborg was built around the year 980 by King Harald Bluetooth. At that time it was a large royal castle, and today there is a museum.

After watching the sunset from air, Johan and I flew a bit around, and spotted a heart on a field – I’ve seen it before. A farmer maintains it through the years; we pilots often do circles over it and take pictures:

It was getting dark quickly.

We had a cup of tea in the club house, and talked those last wonderful warm and sunny hours of the day we had on Langeland.