Day 15: 23.06.24
I made it to the sea and to Denmark today. I’m travelling very slowly at the moment. I suspect that it’s because of the changed geometry since the saddle adjustment and I’ll be taking it back tomorrow. Or maybe I lost a lot of fitness during my break in Hamburg.
I turned over in my sleeping bag several times today, completely relaxed. But the drizzle that started then quickly threw me out of the sleeping bag. My hosts gave me a delicious coffee and breakfast. We said a heartfelt goodbye to each other, and they even thanked me for my visit.
Shortly after I left, I saw a child lying on the roof of a car and travelling a little way along the forest track. Funny.
My day in the Schelde: in the pedestrian tunnel over the North Sea Canal. Cheese sandwich at lunchtime. In between, I carry my bike up and down a few flights of stairs. Through Schleswig. Biscuit break by a beautiful lake. In Flensburg, I see a jellyfish for the first time in my life. Eat my fish sandwich. Another break for non-alcoholic beer and Danish bolle, a Danish rowing club is still celebrating on the German side. My first swim in the sea! Refreshed, I cross the border. I stop at Shelters for the night.
I listened to a lot of podcasts while cycling today and let myself be distracted a little too much by them, paying less attention to the country and the landscape. I’ll pay more attention to that again now.
I received some lovely messages about this blog today. It makes me feel less like I’m shouting into the void of the internet. Thank you.
