Ängelholm, Sweden - 10th June 2006 - 12th June 2006

After an hour and half of being in Sweden we felt that we had made sufficient ground and so we stopped at the town of Ängelholm which we had already seen on the map as having a campsite near to the sea. I was not particularly impressed with the town and came away with the impression of it being a pretty dull place with not a huge amount to warrant a repeat visit in the future. Despite this the campsite, a few hundred yards from the beach was just what we needed. We spent two days there enjoying the fantastic weather and sitting on the beach relaxing. The sea was clear and it was a shame that it seemed to be full of jellyfish otherwise I would have gone in more. Still I stuck a toe in before I beat a hasty retreat after spotting a particularly large and vicious looking jelllyfish wafting its way to me. Perhaps I over exaggerate about the size of these things, but you get the idea! The campsite was separated from the sea by woods, which stretched, seemingly for miles in both directions, along the western Swedish coastline. As we headed further up Sweden there seemed to be a considerable amount of forest interrupted only by large, immaculately maintained, farms but very little in the way of any other settlements - certainly no more than at most the occasional small village. On the evening of the 11th we went for a wander along the beach and and woods and having got lost ended up at a railway crossing next to which was a bizzarre assortment of old railway carriages, trains and wagons. It seems that this was some sort of railway museum which and since it was not fenced off and there was no apparant security allowed one to effectively see some of the museum for free. Ever one for a bargain we took a look around before trying to find the way back to the campsite.