Sunday 26 August 2018

Our Scandinavian Tour - Day 112 - 115

Friday 24th August 2018  πŸŒ§️🌧️🌧️🌧️⛅⛈️⛈️⛅🌧️⛅
Mileage 0 - Parked for the next few nights at Krakaer Camping in Djursland
About 4 πŸ‘£πŸ‘£miles
Parking Co-ordinates 56.82672, 9.81875

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Saturday 25th August 2018 🌞🌞🌞🌞⛅⛅⛆⛆⛅
Mileage 0 - still parked at Krakaer Camping
🚴🚴 22 miles.

Now, you may have noticed I haven't written anything about yesterday - that's because it was possibly a day that would be better forgotten!  Throughout the morning the rain pounded on T4rdis2's exterior but that was ok because we stayed snug and dry inside.  However, the weather prediction was for things to pick up in the afternoon so at about 2.30 we decided we'd go for a walk!

Oh dear!!!  Underfoot it was sandy, mucky and muddy and from above it was WET.  When we left the van the sun was glimmering through the cloud but we'd only gone a few hundred metres when the thunder started to rumble around and the lightening flashed ominously, and than the rain tumbled from the sky in great quantities - I was very glad I'd brought my ☂ but 'shockingly' John wouldn't hold it for me 😯!


A coat was no protection!!

Then once the rain had stopped and we'd gone a little further we got attacked by millions of flies!!  They were in our ears up our noses, and if we'd opened our mouths they'd have been in there too.  All we could do was waft our arms and run for it, but after the event it was quite funny!



All in all it wasn't one of our best walks - it was quite pretty and Autumn had certain taken a grip as displayed by the numerous fruits and berries  - it even made me enquire with Google how to make Sloe Gin - but all in all, after our experience with the horrible insects, it's not something I would want to repeat in a hurry!!


Anyway, back to Saturday and our bike ride to Ebeltoft and a bit further!  To get there we had to pass along Lyngsbaek, Handrup, Egsmark and Vobaek Stands and as we went it was lovely to have the wind in our hair and the clear clean air from the Kattegat Sea in our lungs. As we approached Ebeltoft our vision was filled with the World's longest wooden ship - The Fregatten Jylland.   It was first launched in 1860 and is now part of a maritime museum that invites people to climb to the top of the mainmast but the ropes and ladders that you needed to ascend were a bit to scary for us!   But it's quite amazing it survived at all really because it's history tells how it survived 18 direct hits in the Battle of Heligoland, and how it was eventually sold as scrap!

There was also another lovely old frigate in port that was massively bedecked with old hemp ropes in it's rigging, and as we passed by and we thought that was also part of the museum's exhibits, but later it was sailing out in the bay so it obviously still had it's sea going legs.

We continued on in the lovely sunshine to Oer Maritime Havn which is a harbour located in a large artificial lake and the only harbour in Denmark connected to the sea by a sluice.  Here we partook of our coffee before setting off back to Ebeltoft to see some of it's many apples.  The name Ebeltoft comes for the Danish word 'Aeble' (apple), and many of the streets and squares in the town are decorated with big concrete, painted or carved apples.



After that we thought it was more or less a race against time to get back to T4rdis2 before the predicted rain rattled down on our heads, but on the way we stopped off to purchase burgers and beer which we managed to enjoy in the last warm rays of the afternoon sunshine while sitting outside our little home.

But Dam and Blast it 😑!!!  We really must stop listening to the fairy tales that the weather forecasters  tell us!!  We needn't have rushed, because although the rain sprinkled intermittently in the latter part of the day there were still plenty of warm intervals to be enjoyed!


Sunday 26th August 2018  🌞🌞🌞⛅⛅⛅⛅ 🌧️🌧️
Mileage 0 - still parked at Krakaer Camping
🚴🚴 26 miles.

This morning we set out to see some of Mols Bjerge National Park and the ruins of Kale Castle.

The way to the park was initially along more of the beautiful Kattegat coastline so it was relatively smooth and easy riding, but once we reached the park the tarmac turned to sandy pebbles and the hills ramped up steeply, so that along with the sometimes deep sand  under our wheels made staying in the saddle a bit dodgy at times.

But the sights were quite lovely as we climbed hills that had been pushed up by ice approximately 18,000 years ago, and in places, although the rise was only 137 metres above sea level, the views were quite breathtaking - in more ways than oneπŸ˜…!

The park is also full of rugged moraine, gorges and deep kettle hole craters, and as well as that there are loads of wild horses with bandy legged babies roaming in huge fenced paddock areas within the 180 square kilometre landscape of the park. It was a quite delightful place to cycle through, but because my wheels wobbled at times I was quite glad when John told me we wouldn't be coming back that way!


Once out of the park we stopped off in the small village of Agri for our coffee break, and it was here that I was very tempted to go scrumping - there were loads of old apple trees that were loaded with delicious looking fruit - but John said 'No' - so I satisfied myself with just one that I might not share!


After that it was forwards and onwards to the ruins of Kale Castle which sits on the top of a small island in the inlet of Kalo Vig and is connected to the mainland by a dam from medieval times.


The castle was built by the Danish King Erik Menved around 1313, but surprisingly to us, it was mostly constructed from red bricks.


Much more recently an interior staircase has been added inside the tower so now it's easy to climb up and enjoy views not only of the rest of the ruins, but also more distantly, out to sea and also inland over Mols Bjerge.




From there we only had about 8 miles to go to complete our round trip, but with a few more hills in our way that took us a good hour - and the weather - well today no rain was forecast but once we were home we distinctly heard a loud pattering noise on T4rdis2's exterior so I think the weatherman needs to polish his crystal ball before he makes any more false predictions!!

Pic of a Rainbow out of our wet windscreen πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚
Tomorrow will bring another move and another story, but for now (especially because the internet is terrible here) I'm going to sign off and enjoy a nice Sunday dinner along with a drop of🍷🍷 or three πŸ˜‚


Monday 27th August 2018  ⛆⛆⛆⛆⛆⛆⛆⛆⛆⛈⛆
Mileage 0 - still parked at Krakaer Camping

Today our plan had been to move the short distance to the town of Aarhus specifically to visit the ARoS Museum which came highly recommended by Moho-Dream.   However, with the rain hammering down, and partly because I'd got a bit of a sore back we decided to award ourselves a day off and stay put instead!  There is a rumour that the weather will be much nicer tomorrow so I'm sure we'll enjoy our day in the city better in the sunshine, and as we're only paying ACSI rate here it's a good place to while away our time!!

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