Stege, Denmark - 9th June 2006

After we arrived in Denmark we headed north towards Copenhagen. After thirty miles or so we found this campsite near a place called Stege which is itself on one of the many islands that make up this part of Denmark. The campsite was on the edge of the island and we camped on a pitch which was on, what the campsite owner descirbed as, a pier.´This was not a pier as we understand the term to mean (like the kind of thing one finds at Blackpool or Morecambe) but was rather simply a promontary which had been grassed over and put over to use by campers.

To say that the location was stunning was an understatement. We were bordered on each side by water and the only sounds we could hear were the noise of the ducks and wild geese which habited the island's coast. On the other side we had a view of the road bridge which linked the island with the main land (or more properly with the next island, a significant part of Denmark being made up of such islands).

The picture was spoilt only by the midges which descended upon us in swarms as the sun set and which we could hardly be surprised at given our proximity to the water. This was compensated by watching the sun set over the bridge at gone ten. In fact one of things we noticed most when we arrived in Denmark was the light and the fact that the sun was still very high in the sky even given the time in the evening. This has to be a sign of things to come as we head further norht into Norway and the get closer to midsummer and the longest day!