Trollhattan locks

Next day took us to the old locks at Trollhattan and another Aire, this time still operating. Rob refused the first Aire as it was a motorway rest stop, not our scene.

The old lock system dated from the nineteenth century and was still very complete. The new system bypassed it with much deeper and wider locks and we could not believe the size of one ship coming into the system, we doubted it would fit in but were obviously proved wrong.

Lots of leisure craft,  going in both directions, made for a busy exciting scene and a pleasant evening stay.

Hogsbyn rock carvings

We left the city behind and crossed over into Sweden. Using our Aires book we stopped at Hogsbyn to see the rock carvings only to find signs saying no camping allowed. They have obviously closed it for overnighting as with many other parking places. We spoke to the girl at the little museum who consulted her father and were told we could stay if we liked, but that we would have to move if any one complained. As we were in the middle of nowhere we took a chance and had no problems.

The rock carvings had been highlighted in red so were much easier to see. They were quite extensive, over forty slabs covering a large area by the lakeside. They date from 1500 to 500 BC or as far back as the early iron age.