With a campsite plagued with mosquitoes (including one stuck in my eye, which flew in on the way back to camp last night!), we got straight onto the road this morning. The cycle track followed a major road for the first five kilometres as we had to cross over a big bridge. It wasn't very pleasant having cars and lorries rumbling past at high speed, so we went as fast as we could to get the section over with.
We did stop in the middle of the bridge to enjoy the view and wave goodbye to Møn. As soon as we got off the bridge, we turned off the main road and onto a quiet cycle route - the start of the 'Number 9' and were soon back on enjoyable empty roads.
At 10am we stopped for a snack by a field full of sunflowers and all sorts of other wild ones.
The colours were superb.
There was also a well stocked hedge row that allowed some free snacking on plums.
We'd covered a lot of ground so far in a relatively short amount of time. We had various options in terms of how far we might get, but both fancied just seeing how we got on for now.
We had an early lunch at Praestø. It was only just gone 11am, but my belly was rumbling. It's quite fun to go into a shop, come out with some produce, made a sandwich, eat it, then move on.
This gave us a bit of an energy boost, but really, we needed to rest for a while. The stone benches at the bus terminal weren't really doing it for us, so we carried on north hoping to pull over by the beach for a lie down. Unfortunately, there wasn't much in the way of sandy beaches, but even though we had to follow a main road, there was a good size cycle track marked out. The cars weren't allowed to overtake us if a car was coming toward us, which makes road riding feel much safer.
Eventually, after a brief 'emergency' lie down outside a farm, we found a sea side bench just outside Faxe Ladeplads. We put out the therm-a-rest, made another sandwich an had a doze while looking out to sea. This was followed by a banana and and apple. My body needed fuel.
Having snoozed, if we were to carry on to the next campsite, we needed to have a break out of the wind where we could 'rest and refuel' properly. Thanks to Google, the answer came in the form of 'Fredriks Villa'. It was less than a kilometre away and you could have easily cycled past the front door without knowing what was hidden inside. Behind a small shop front selling clothes and ornaments, was a very 'comfy, quiet and cosy' cafe. It was a bit like being in someone's lounge and perfect for our requirements. It was an expensive stop, but worth every Danish Krone. Cheesecake, coffee, cookies and 'Hygge' Tea were ordered while we enjoyed the comfort of the velvet chairs.
An hour or so later and we were ready to carry on to just past Rødvig, where we had located a free campsite. It turned out to be one of the best places yet. No mosquitoes, flat ground, table, sea views, water and toilet. What more could we need! And we were the only people there. As soon as we stopped, we put up the tent to dry it out (it was soaked from the morning dew), then got out all the food that we with had with us. Sitting on the tarp, by the tent in the comfort of or therm-a-rest chairs, we chewed through several sandwiches, peanuts, fruit, corn cakes and nearly 300g of emmental cheese! It was a feeding frenzy and I was almost delirious with hunger.
Then having devoured all our snacks, sat in the sun and set about cooking a hot dinner too! It went down very well, accompanied by several mugs of lemon tea.
As a warm down, we walked down to the beach and limestone cliffs. We we camped on the edge of an old quarry, so wandered through the old buildings, reading signs about this history. Just before sea was a good sign, which read 'Cliff - Very Obvious Danger' and made us laugh.
We could have swam in the sea at last light, but a) we were too tired and b) there were lots of fishermen lining the coast as apparently it's a good spot for sea trout! The sun had barely gone down and we were in bed, fast asleep.
Total Ride: 75.5km
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