After a pretty smooth crossing of the North Sea aboard the Dana Sirena....well I thought it was smooth, however the ginger completely drained out of Steve, who didn't get up until about an hour before we docked.....we set off through the middle of Denmark, travelling through nice green, but largely uninspiring countryside. No traffic and excellent roads though.
A couple of hours later we crossed into Germany and made for the Baltic coast, riding through the town of Keppeln and onto a Damp campsite......that's a campsite at a place called Damp; the weather was actually quite good. On our arrival there, we were met with of first sight of the Baltic Sea, looking pretty calm and beautiful beyond the sandy beach.
It's a pretty big site. Not really for touring campers, but the receptionist was helpful and friendly and we soon got set up on a plot about 30 metres from the beach. Our first night on the Baltic Coast?
First sight of the Baltic Sea:
Thursday 31st May:
Our first night under canvas. Slept like a baby despite the presence of the snoring haggis in the adjacent tent, who was rattling caravan windows all night. Up early to a cloudy, but bright morning and packed up and off on the bikes by 9am.
The road down through Eckernforde to Kiel was quite busy, but the weather was kind to us, if a little cool. Felt alright though, with the winter gear on. Down through Scharbeutz, then a bit of autobahn around Lubeck as far as Wismar, where we stopped a McD's for a coffee and a bun.....but mainly to use the free wifi. Turned out it's only free to T Mob users, so tried to pat for an hour, but it wouldn't have it. Bugger!
Back on it again to Rostock. Nice road. Red Kites everywhere. Steve had his photograph taken near to Rostock.......he was doing about 85 kph at the time......the limit was 70 :-) I nearly ran off the road laughing.
Got to the island of Bergen about 4.30 and dropped across a campsite at Altefahr. Pitched up amongst the midges and then got fed and watered (pissed), before staggering to the coast. Very nice it is too. Great views of the cable stay bridge and the adjacent town of Stralsund.
Great site at Altefahr:
A brew:
...then a beer
Tomorrow we go to Poland....
Friday 1st June:
A sunny, but very windy morning greeted us after overnight rain. By the time we'd had breakfast, the tents were dry, so we were soon packed up and on the road. Thought Greifswald (nice town) and onto Wolgast, which is where we are now, having managed to connect to the net at a McD's.
Morning, glad you have managed to make contact again, nice hat by the way, does it help with the midges?
ReplyDeleteGlad you mention the places you are going through, I have been able to keep up on google maps.
Good old McD's...eventually....
No to na razie. xxx