So Anatoly came back from Novaya Ladoga where he had picked up his step son Arseniy. With them they brought greens, radishes and pickled cucumber, salad to accompany the bottle…

Day 85. 25th of May. Kobana Dybna. 41 km, 7.0 km/hr average speed. We had a late but pleasant breakfast at the hotel. All in all the stay including dinner…

Day 84. Shlissel’burg to Kobana. 49 km, 6.6 km/hr average speed. A long day that makes for a short update. We left the Yacht club at 0920, and headed for…

Day 83. May 23. Kuz’minka to Shlissel’burg. 21.9 km, 5.9 km/hr average speed. First: Since the chronicler was a bit distracted by mosquitoes last night one incident worth mention fell…

Day 82. 22nd of May. Rybatskoye yacht club to Kuz’minka a couple of kilometers above the Ivanskoye rapids. 26.2 km 5.2 km/hr average speed. We took our time this morning…

Days 79 and 80. 19th and 20th of May. Slacking in St Petersburg. Just a few glimpses that might interest some of you from a couple of summer days in…