It's all about the wind

Someone in a camp site in Holland said that in Holland everything depends upon the wind.  We can add that around the North Seas everything depends upon the wind. It is still with us, sometimes beside us, sometimes against us and occasionally behind us but always there. sometimes the sun comes out and is really warm in a sheltered spot, but don't be fooled into putting on a T shirt, the wind is icy cold. Sometimes it rains. We had 3 days of driving torrential rain but were lucky that each time the campsite we ended in had a cabin where we could warm up and dry out.

Campsites along this bit of coast are all set up for family holidays, with amazing playgrounds for children, swimming pools (one heated from mid June) a kitchen with rings and ovens for cooking, family washrooms, with shower toilet wash basin and often small toilets and basins for the children. some have animal corners, one had a large climbing frame where they would teach you rock climbing (for a fee). All wash basins have plugs (unlike Germany)

The scenery now is dominated by the sand dunes. Really dominated, as in places there are large dunes on the move. They bury lighthouses and churches. Films with scenes of the Sahara have been shot here.  We visited the light house and currently it is mainly exposed with enormous dunes on either sand. Would have been lovely to walk over if the wind had not been so strong but you did have to be careful nott to get sand blown in your eyes.

Today we are spendiing two nights in a camp site 14km south of Skagen, the northern most tip of Denmark. We will have the pleasure of leaving our luggage behind and cycling in to the town without the weight. We then return and cycle down the East coast of Jutland to Grennau (spelling may be wrong, I don't have the map with me) where the ferry goes to Sweden.

Danish pastries continue to give pleasure, as do unexpected shelter and cups of coffee just when you are at your coldest and wettest. Cafe's here are few and far between. Villages don't seam to have that nice little tea room or pub. The Danes are obviously made of sterner stuff - maybe that's why the Vikings liked visiting Britain. We have liked the rough camping sites in the forests, with picnic tables, place for a fire and wood, log shelters you could sleep in and certainly shelter from the rain, and an A shaped log pit toilet complete with paper. We also like the cheerful and helpful people that we have met all along the way.