JULY 2019 : DENMARK : DAY 11 : Liseby - Askeby via Harbølle

Liseby to Askeby today. We have moved from the summer cottages to the small hamlets of permanent residents.

Heavy rain overnight so we were prepared with our wet weather gear today.

 We were able to get breakfast and leave at a leisurely pace as we didn’t have far to travel.

Today is our last day of walking.

Noisy geese in a neighbouring farm

Road walking on a cool morning

Wildflowers and beautiful garden blooms

As we had a shorter walk we detoured to another village, Harbølle, with a cafe run by volunteers for the summer. We were lucky as it was open today but closes for the season tomorrow.

Harbølle also has small port, a little too far for us today

Small scooters placed at the beginning and end of Harbølle village to remind motorists and cyclists to look our for young children. 

Black sheep, sodden by the night’s showers

We have been so impressed with the number of families on a cycling holiday with all members accommodated and many of the young ones cycling beside parents with ease

We are staying at a farm stay tonight with a reputation for serving excellent produce. They have camping and shelter accommodation but we are in a comfortable room inside the main house. We walked around the garden and Mark was accosted by a flock of hens - always the chick magnet.

Dinner with Eva, our hostess, and her partner, Dennis - all her own produce, including her rosé wine.

M&M

Postscript : Point of interest. Despite being in the EU, Denmark has kept the kroner as its currency. Each note has a bridge and a hologram in the shape of an ancient artefact. The bridge on the 500 kroner note is the one from the mainland on to Møn. The hologram is a bronze artefact. There are 5 kroner to AUD$.

On the reverse, there is the artefact revealed and there is a map to show where the bridge is and where the artefact was found.

JULY 2019 : DENMARK : DAY 10 : Råbylille strand - Liseby : 6 hours with stops

Waking up in our beautiful B&B. Peter and Merete slept well too.

Breakfast was delicious and extensive. The B&B doubles as the local bakery as well. We were able to get a lunch deal with all their lovely produce.

They also have a little gallery and gift shop.

We set off about 9. We practically covered the whole south side of the island today. We had planned to walk along the beach as yesterday but I met a family who walked it last year and they found it very rocky and perilous to knees. Not a scenario Mark is keen on, so we took the highways and byways. We passed Stege Nor, the huge inlet, with Stege our original starting point in view on the other shore.

I spent the day gazing into people’s windows and gardens. Nothing kitsch here. Some lovely colours and classic designs.

We found a place for coffee along Stege Nor. A Dutch couple bought a pig barn and renovated it, transforming it into a light and airy B&B and restaurant/cafe.

More wildflowers and butterflies. My photos today. These were on one bush.

Horses, lots of harvesting of wheat, rye, sugar beet, barley and rapeseed.

The scarecrow character is a reminder to drivers to slow down as children are playing in the area.

At about 3pm we arrived at our B&B in Liseby. It has been a cool day with light winds, perfect for walking.

The B&B has a heated pool. Fabulous to dive in and restore our tired limbs and feet.

We can order takeaway pizza to be delivered tonight as we are in a small place with no facilities.

M&M

JULY 2019 : DENMARK : DAY 9 : Klintholm - Råbylille strand

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Breakfast from a little store and supplemented by a fridge of left-over offerings, while we looked at the early morning activity on the little harbour.

Merete and I tried out the accommodation’s kayaks. Very peaceful paddling around the marina.

Lots of bird and butterfly activity today

Day 5 : An easy walk along the beach on the easterly coast

Lots of interesting distractions

Walking into the village there were some attractive summer houses, all with immaculate yards

Our B&B was originally a grand house built in the 1920s with extensive grounds. We were able to have lunch at the cafe.

Merete and Peter are staying tonight too but in one of the on-site vans. We headed off about 3 into the south-eastern section of the island through light forest with views of the coast.

We encountered a very engaging goat, a car yard of Citröens and beehives with lots of active bees

Throughout Denmark there are shelters, which families can book or use, if available, for overnight stays in the forests. The ones in this part of Møn were full. They have been built by locals.There is a rudimentary toilet block nearby. It is a popular holiday. They are fully waterproofed, snug and cosy - very ‘hoogly’!

An honour system ice cream van outside a restaurant. Do you think this would work in Australia? I am so impressed with this concept and how widespread it is.

Dinner at Fanefjord Skovpsvillon. Fish and steak tonight.

Home at sunset

M&M

JULY 2019 : DENMARK : DAY 8 : Mons Klint GeoCentre - Klintholm

Leaving Pension Emeloj and the very helpful Britt

Today we started at the cliffs and walked south to the small harbour of Klintholm. Ingelise joined us today as well.

Mons Klint and some of the results of rock falls and erosion

We walked through fields and on minor roads. Soap weed lining the road.

Unusual thistles and a burial site - 5,000 years old

Lunch by the beach

A short walk along the beach - small mussels clustered along the shore. They are gathered, ground up and used for housing insulation.

Arriving in Klintholm. Our accommodation in a small cabin in a modern complex with all cooking, laundry facilities. Free kayaks and SUPs - unfortunately very windy this afternoon. Dinner tonight on the deck.

M&M