Wednesday 7th May
Today we travelled 85 miles from home to Harwich to catch the ferry over to Esbjerg in Denmark, in warm sunny weather for a change. We boarded the boat at 4.30 along with 130 motorbikes (mostly Harley Davidsons)
















and some old steam engines.








The sailing was flat calm all the way. We had a lovely buffet dinner in the evening, even if it did cost us an arm and 2 legs! After all we were off on our holiday.

Thursday 8th May
We arrived in Esbjerg about 1.00 and finally got off the ship at 1.30, having had to unhitch the unit, turn it round with the help of the steam engine drivers, make a 5 point turn with the car and then hitch back up again…all good fun! We found our way out of the docks and on to the main road fairly easily, just followed all the motorbikes as we had found out where they were going- to a rally further across Denmark. We turned off the main road and headed north, finally arriving at Skive about 4.30. It was, sunny and hot and the view from our pitch across the Limfjord was beautiful. We got set up, had a cup of tea and relaxed until dinnertime. Fairly early to bed after a serious drink.

Friday 9th May
It was another hot and sunny day, we did a few chores around the camper and then headed off down to the fjord for a walk and sit on the beach until lunchtime. When we got back to the camper, the thermometer was reading 37’C !! So we sat in the shade!! After lunch we decided to drive to the nearest supermarket, which was supposed to be about a mile or so away. 2 hours later having driven in circles we ended up at a small Spar, where we managed to get some veg and fruit etc. Dinner was again taken ’on the terrace’ in the sun; we sat there with our wine until about 10.00

Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Still hot and sunny!! We went in to the town and moseyed around for a few hours. Got Brian’s glasses repaired and bought a dictionary! The Danish language is quite unlike anything we have come across before, some words are similar to German, others we can’t even begin to guess at.
We also went for a wander around the fjord, watched a lot of yachts, windsurfers and speedboats. Sunday was Mother’s Day so we were all given a red rose by the campsite staff. Although it was a Bank Holiday weekend and a lot of the pitches were full, it was not unduly noisy. They cater very well for the children with a swimming pool, play area, boules, bouncy trampoliny thing, bikes etc. Everywhere people were having barbecues.
Next morning we went off to look at a camp shop - some lovely things but very expensive. Stopped off on the way back to get fuel. Back at base had lunch, read, showered, then went for a walk down to the beach before dinner, again on the terrace!

Tuesday 13th May
Today we travelled 106 miles up to Hjorring. The roads in Denmark are very good and we have found it quite easy to find our way around. The campsite here is not quite as good as the previous one, but is a lot cheaper.
Next day we took a drive out to Hirtshals and had a look around the harbour and shopping street. Came back via the country route and stopped off at a big supermarket to collect fuel for car and food for us before going over to Norway.