Natural harbour
Region: Norway (3234), Agder (252), Vest-Agder (123), Lindesnes (38), Spangereid (9) and Åvik (4)
Dan Mossmann says:
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Easy to dock inside the bay. T-bolts on the pier.
Deep enough all over. (2.5 meters)
40 meters from the pier lies 'Kjærlighetshaven', an engagement gift from the English lobster dealer John Harden to the maid Gina Marie at Hammerø Guesthouse, which was run by her father Gabriel. The customs house was also located at Hammerøy.
The garden used to be full of all kinds of roses and fruit trees. All the soil in the garden is ballast soil from England brought by the lobster boats from there. (Late 1870s)
Mr. Harden was washed overboard during a stormy crossing over the North Sea before any wedding could be arranged. (It turns out he was already married in England, leaving a widow there!) Gina Marie married a captain from Nøtterøy shortly thereafter.
[translated from Norwegian with AI]
1 x helpful | written on 2. Sep 2023 | updated_on 12. Nov 2023
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