- Time of past OR future Camino
- VdlP, Hærvejen, Mozárabe,
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Ah yes I believe my brother also once hitched a ride across the north sea on a trawler. I don't think that is possible anymore.Great, I look forward to following this. I hope to get a chance to walk a part of it one day. I haven't walked so much in Denmark, mostly just day hikes, but I have cycled across the country in the past. More recently I cycled the new route from Frederikssund to Copenhagen.
The last time I was up in Skagen, (too many years ago!) I camped at the edge of the woodland just under the lighthouse. A few days later I hitched a ride home on a trawler across the North Sea. Such wonderful memories!!
Probably not. Back then, (early nineties) I enquired of the the skipper if they were headed for Ireland (seeing the Irish flag on the mast) and offered whatever help they needed in return for the passage. He sent me to the police station to get a printout to show I wasn't on the run!! It was the maiden voyage of the newly refitted Irish herring trawler and it was the most incredible 72 hour voyage...Ah yes I believe my brother also once hitched a ride across the north sea on a trawler. I don't think that is possible anymore.
Where I live the weather tends to be whatever is forecast and stay that way for the day. Here in Denmark I am rediscovering that whatever the forecast it'll only stay that way for a short time and then you'll get something else, usually just when you've given in and put on or taken off the rain gearI've always admired how the Dane's do everything to encourage the use of paths and trails for walking and cycling and getting people out into the nature.
The 'brug min baghave' initiative is a great example of the civic co-operation that still exists in Scandinavia I'm happy to see!
Sounds like a great trip despite the weather!
Here in Denmark I am rediscovering that whatever the forecast it'll only stay that way for a short time and then you'll get something else
Hej, tak for vejrudsigten!I hope you will enjoy your walk in our country. I walked Hærvejen from Viborg to Dannevirke (the former Danish bastion, now in Germany) in 2016 and I really enjoyed it. The herberger (albergues) in the southern part of the trail are of a quite high standard. Yes, the most certain thing you can say about the weather here in Denmark is that it is unpredictable, but it is supposed to improve (?) in the coming week to dry and quite hot.
Buen Camino
I am Danish too
...and a different greeting a little further south towards Skarrild, in Central Jutland where the film Frygtelig Lykkelig is set...Until now the standard greeting in the north of Jutland has been "god morgen", or daw, not so much the "hej" which you hear in the Copenhagen area.
Yes! Møjn, I am looking forward to hearing that.It sounds lovely! What about the landscape, is it mostly marshland in that area? And what about fruit, veg, eggs and honey for sale outside farmhouses with the little honesty box, almost like a donativo stand, do they still exist?
...and a different greeting a little further south towards Skarrild, in Central Jutland where the film Frygtelig Lykkelig is set...
Mojn!!
Oh yes I did follow Frie Fodspor too , they finished a few days after I began and also were interviewed by the region radio station in the North Jutland.Lovely posts, Sunopo, thanks for letting us follow along! I am a fellow Nordic and have just learned about Hærvejen through a Danish couple who just walked it. (They have done lots of caminos as well and post on this forum as well.) They posted on FB every day while on Hærvejen: https://www.facebook.com/friefodspor
I would be very interested in doing part of Hærvejen sometime, it sounds really cool!
Very cool! It is great how they (and you!) are bringing attention to Hærvejen and other walking trails!Oh yes I did follow Frie Fodspor too , they finished a few days after I began and also were interviewed by the region radio station in the North Jutland.
I'm in Kragelund now and just measured the distance to Himmelbjerget, it's 27 kmso not so far. There is a bus from this village to Silkeborg and then there are hiking trails all around the lakes. Himmelbjerget is actually not the highest point in Denmark. It was properly measured in middle of 1800's where it became obvious that the information first provided in 1768 by Erik Pontoppidan was not correct. I think it is still a general understanding that the Himmelbjerg is the highest, I certainly as a child thought so but maybe I was just ignorant...Great report and pics, it looks to be like everything I thought it might!
So, heading south for Silkeborg.. How close does the Hærvejen pass near Himmelbjerg, would it be worth the detour do you think? I remember, thinking it looks little more than a hill, but looking down over flat land and the lakes, it must be a nice view?
I had no idea.More about Harald Bluetooth tomorrow, and yes, the modern Bluetooth technology is named after him.
Interesting!The trademarked logo for Bluetooth is the combination of two ancient Danish runes of the letters "H" and "B," the initials of Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson
There is a university college here yes.Interesting!
Is Jelling still a university town? My friend did his teaching studies there..
Oh, my, @Sunopo. A somber visit, but very good thing to do - to remember.I shall also visit the Frøslev internment camp museum in Padborg/Frøslev, where my grandfather who was a member of the Danish resistance movement was interned before being sent to a concentration camp in Germany where he died.
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