A busy day full of various tasks and activities.


Tv cameraman

In the morning two journalists arrived to Märket to film a news flash for TV-Nytt and FSTV. They had a great opportunity to interview our veteran lighthouse guard Rainer Eriksson. They asked questions about the renovation project and achievements Finnish Lighthouse Society has done here so far.

Rea told about the future plans including e.g. making the old harbour deeper and installing a wind mill behind the storage building to help to produce ground heat so that the painting job setting up the wall papers inside the lighthouse can start. As long as Märket is as humid as it is now it`s useless to continue with indoor restoration. Of course there is a long list of other more urgent task to be taken care of still during this summer. Once they broadcast their material TV viewers will also see Esa and Maija in action painting the window frames of the lantern cabinet.


YLE interviewing Rea

When the TV crew left we also said goodbye to Esa, Hannu and Taina. Missing them already and their talent and skills in restoration.


Taina and Hannu leaving

Before leaving Esa briefed Maija how to continue with the window project up in the tower. New window benches need to be painted, polished and lacked several times before they are weather proof and match with the new windows.

Building the terrace is on hold for a while as timbermen Esa and Hannu left today. Before leaving Taina was busy cleaning the yard. We are pretty much done with the scaffolding- thank God. Rainer and Tero took down the last ones. It has been very demanding and heavy job to carry them one by one and all other material to the Norther harbour. We are expecting a special invasion boat to take all scaffolding and recycled material away from here as soon its engine works again. Tero, Rainer, Maija and Rea have taken well over 50 000 steps while carring the scaffolding at least is feels so. We got to know totally new muscles as strange places in our bodies are acking. Let put it this way, once the scaffolding are gone for good we are more than happy and will not in the near future wanna hear a word scaffolding again. Of course the front yard will look again a lot nicer and it is rewarding that one big step has kicked forward.


Cleaning the route


Rea scaffolding


Tero and Rainer scaffolding


Five minute break

Kristian sunburnt himself badly so he has had a curfew pretty much all day long. We would have desperately needed his hands as there were so much to carry. Kristian wiped the floors, heated the stoves with Maija and was our kitchen boy while Rea was busy guiding our guest all day long.


Kristian too burned to go out

We had five groups with five nationalities during the day; Frenchman, German, Portuguese, Swedish and Finns, who arrived here with charterboat, kayaks, sailing boat and a motorboat. What an international day and mix of various languages.


Our international group


Kayakers from Sweden

At the moment we feel like in a book of - Five In An Old Lighthouse - written by Enid Blyton. It is pushing 10.30 and we are still blogging and and trying to cook our supper in a candle light. We have been working already for 14 hours so no wonder that we veru hungry and also a little bit tired.

By the way, Sjöberg has been behaving well today and we are happy that he brought us so many guest, also one single one with beautiful eyes... Now time for supper. Finally!