Enjoying the views

Cycling towards Stockholm. Stopping at Klockelund for a few photos from the circular pier. Nice Autumn views of Lake Drevviken towards Sköndal, the terrace house, a few row boats and the Hökarängen boat club. They are still building more apartment buildings here, close to the water, so the pier have become much more popular, although on this visit it as just two other people there. I continued on the boardwalk that goes to the little beach, Hökarängsbadet. It was closed off last week as they were replacing some of the old boards but open now although a little slippery with all the leaves.

Blue Hour

Three blue hour photos from Klockelund at Lake Drevviken. I often stop here on my way to and from Stockholm. The top photo shows the beach known as Hökarängsbadet, usually packed during warm Summer days. Photographed from the boardwalk. Next, the first ever terrace house in Sweden, at Sköndal, also photographed from the boardwalk, well almost as I stepped down to the edge of the water for that shot. I took the third photo from the circular pier at Klockelundsvägen. Popular with swimmers, dog walkers and photographers. Lots of new apartments under construction here since more than three years. The first people have already moved in, so the lake, beach and boardwalk will be even more popular in the future.

The circular pier

Back at the circular pier at Klockelund again. I often stop here on my bike rides to and from Stockholm. A nice place to sit and rest for a few minutes, at least during the warmer parts of the year. I decided to show you the view of Lake Drevviken as well as back onto dry land where they are building many new apartments at the moment. I read somewhere that people had been out ice skating here just a few days ago when it was a little colder, and I had hoped to photograph some of them, but no such luck during this visit. The two guys on the pier are probably part of the people that recently moved in here.

Drevvikens strandpark

This is the boardwalk between Klockelund and the Hökarängen beach. A shortcut I use a few times every week. Very colorful on the day I took this photo. I will try again today with the PC, fingers crossed.

Snaps from a lake (with a long rant)

The plan was to bike into the city. Meet a friend for a walk around Årstaviken on Södermalm. My friend would probably take the commuter from Handen. But I got another flat tire and had to stop at Klockelund. Called my friend. He arrived in his car. So we put the bike in the car and then spent quite some time trying to find parking before the walk around the Årstaviken bay. Turned out to be impossible. My friends blood pressure went up as he started screaming at the evil world. So we figured lets walk around lake Flaten instead, or even better Ältasjön where we had never been before. So that is what we did. Turned out to be a much longer walk than we expected after looking at the map. The first half of the walk close to the water and through the forest was great. But the last half was not as we walked through an area with houses and what have you, so my friends blood pressure rose again. The word älta means that you go over the same negative thoughts over and over again, which was what my friend really did. Which I happily told him a few times during the 10 km walk. Also, he had some issues with his back which didn't help. But back at the car nearly two hours later his back problems were gone, and he was feeling fine again, and I got a ride home, which was nice.

Over the lake

Because of the construction work at Klockelund I found myself biking on a path closer to the water from where you have a good view over lake Drevviken towards Sköndal with the old church up on the hill. All before the man flu of course.

Sjöhusen

Two of the new apartment buildings at Klockelund. They are called sjöhusen, which means the lake houses. And that is a good name as they are just meters from Lake Drevviken. There are 48 apartments here, in three buildings, designed by Dinell Johansson. And there are several more new building nearby so this will be aq very busy area in the future. Oh, and if you look closely you can see the light from my eBike.