Day 10/19 (2023 Summer Biketrip)
Intro: in the summer of 2023 I did a 1.614 km (1.000 miles) long biketour in Denmark and a bit of Sweden. I wanted to ride on a couple of old railroad-tracks, now converted into bike trails.
It took me 19 days in the sadle and it was a great adventure !
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Sunday 16th of July 2023
I said goodbye to the lovely people I had spoken with at the campsite and moved on around 9:15. Ærø is truly a beautiful island. Really! I enjoyed the little over 18 km bike ride down to Marstal, which is on the eastern side of Ærø. It’s a very charming ferry town filled with large, beautiful wooden ships. I asked a man in blue overalls who looked like he knew everything happening at this harbor, and indeed, he was able to tell me when the next ferry would arrive and how payment worked for cyclists, as that can sometimes vary. Funnily enough, he had also lived in Frederikshavn several times. It’s a small world sometimes.
I took the ferry from Marstal up to Rudkøbing, which is on the western side of Langeland. A 50-minute crossing that cost DKK 182.
Once in Rudkøbing, I cycled across Langeland (not exactly a major achievement), about 10 km to the eastern side, where Spodsberg is located, and where I was to catch the next ferry over to Tårs, on the western side of Lolland. The boat swayed quite a bit, but I didn’t mind as I was busy writing the travel description for Saturday. This ferry trip took 45 minutes and cost DKK 99.
I then cycled southeast down to Nakskov and continued along route N8 to a remote nature area where you ride on top of a dike, with the sea to your right. I was starting to feel tired. All the nearby shelters cost money, required reservations, and lacked a basic necessity like a water tap. But I could see on the map that there was a campsite 5 km further ahead…
So that’s where I ended up, at Albuen Strand Camping. They were very friendly and let me leave my power bank at the counter to charge for about an hour and a half before they closed at 7:00 p.m. Later, my neighbors, a Dutch couple, kindly offered to let me borrow some of their power as well. So, I had plenty of charge to enjoy an episode or two of a series I was following. While waiting for the Dutch power, I spent the time changing the tire on my bike, as I was still riding around with a back wheel that had a defective valve losing air. I had bought two tubes in Faaborg, and now was the time to get it changed.
Travel info
| Metric | ||
|---|---|---|
| Start time | 09.18 | |
| Arriving time | 17.25 | |
| Time (moving) | 5:24:24 (h:mm:ss) | |
| Distance | 82.87 km | |
| Speed (avg.) | 15,3 km/h | |
| Elevation (gain) | 296 meters | |
| Calories burned | 2.465 | |
| Camp site | Albuen Strand Camping | |
| Battery left (gps) | 68% | |
Søndag d. 16. juli 2023
Jeg tog afsked med de søde folk jeg havde talt med på teltpladsen og bevægede mig videre ca kl 9.15.
Ærø er virkelig en smuk ø. Virkelig!
Jeg nød de lidt over 18 km på cyklen ned til Marstal som ligger på øst siden af Ærø. Det er en meget hyggelig færgeby fyldt med store flotte træskibe. Jeg spurgte en mand i blå overalls, som lignede en der vidste alt der foregik på denne havn, og han kunne da også rigtig nok fortælle mig hvornår den næste færge kom og hvorledes betalingen foregik for cyklisterne, da den del godt kan svinge lidt. Han havde sjovt nok af flere omgange boet i Frederikshavn, Det er en lille verden nogengange.
Jeg fik taget færgen fra Marstal op til Rudkøbing, der ligger på den vestlige side af Langeland. En overfart på 50 min. der kostede DKK 182,-
Vel ankommet til Rudkøbing cyklede jeg så tværs over Langeland (dette er dog ikke nogen særlig stor bedrift) ca 10 km over til den østlige side hvor Spodsberg ligger og hvor jeg skulle med den næste færge over til Tårs, som ligger på den vestlige side af Lolland. Båden vippede en hel del, men det tog jeg mig ikke af, jeg var godt optaget med at skrive rejsebeskrivelsen for lørdag. Færgeturen tog denne gang 45 min. og kostede ialt DKK 99,-
Jeg cyklede derefter sydøst ned til Nakskov og fortsatte videre ad N8 til et øde naturområde hvor man kører ovenpå et dige, med havet på højre side.
Jeg var ved at være træt, sheltrene i nærheden kostede alle penge og krævede reservation, men manglede en basal ting som en vandhane. Men jeg kunne se på kortet at der var også lå en camping plads 5 km længere fremme…
Der endte jeg så, på Albuen Strand Camping. Der var en virkelig sød behandling og jeg fik lov til at ligge min powerbank ved skranken for at få lidt opladning i de ca 1,5 time hun stadig var åbent. Hun lukkede kl 19.00. Senere tilbød mine naboer på pladsen, et hollansk par, at jeg måtte låne lidt strøm af dem også. Så havde jeg jo rigeligt støm til at nyde et afsnit eller to af en serie jeg fulgte. mens jeg ventede på den hollanske strøm, brugte jeg tiden på at skifte dæk på min cykel, jeg kørte stadig rundt på et baghjul der havde en defekt ventil der tabte luft. Jeg havde jo købt to slanger i Faaborg og nu var tiden til at få det skiftet. Camping kostede DKK 185,-
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