A beautiful day, not too hot, perfect for walking. I’ve been longing for some seaside views, so I revisited Gålö.

Last time we did a 4.5 km circuit along Havtornsudd, a long, skinny spit of land at the very tip of Gålö. I wanted more walking than that today, so I did the Greater Gålö Circuit, which covers that shorter circuit and adds more to it.

Havtornsudd was by far the most interesting part of the walk. The rest was kind of just additional kilometres. Nothing wrong with it – but there also wasn’t anything in particular to recommend it. Forest, trees, path.

After a while I reached Gålö camping and the familiar paths around Havtornsudd.

The path goes all the way around the peninsula, hugging the shoreline, so there’s plenty of lovely views. Lots of open air, lovely little islets, boats passing by.

When the path goes slightly inland, you can mostly ignore it and scramble along the cliffs to still get the lovely views.

The tip of the peninsula is all high cliffs, with plenty of flattish bits for sitting down, for a perfect picnic with boat-watching. There were loads of boats passing by in all directions.

The way back was less scenic. On this side of the peninsula, the views were just of flat open water. For an optimal experience here, I think I’d skip the longer trail and just walk the Havtornsudd circuit, and do it counter-clockwise to get past the less exciting parts first.

After leaving Havtornsudd, the trail was much less well marked. Occasionally I lost it entirely when it branched, or became invisible on open rocky ground. There was no risk of getting lost, though – just follow the seashore.