Yesterday we travelled the length of Denmark, through the middle to the extreme North. It’s been mostly rural flat farmland in the South, but gradually changing to undulating hills and woodland in the North. On the way we stopped at Rabjerg Mile which is a large area of shifting sand dunes.
Today our plan is to visit the extreme tip of Denmark, then travel South to Friederikshavn for the ferry to Gottenburg in Sweden.
our focus in the last two days is to travel North to Denmark which we have achieved. On the way we have past through mostly flat lands crossed by canals and ditches but also through the heavily industrial city port of Hamburg.
We have changed the date of our ferry from Denmark to Sweden from this Sunday to this Friday. We have been looking for things to do in Denmark and because the big noisy city of Copenhagen does to appeal to us, we have decided to travel through the middle of Denmark to the Northern tip and then down to Freiderkshavn where we catch the ferry to Gothenburg. This will not take the 4 days we originally planned.
This afternoon we have been exploring the historic old town of Aabenraa with buildings dated from 1711 onwards.
I successfully picked up Patty from Schipol airport and we spent the first night together in the van about 1.5 hours North East of Amsterdam. It was a nice little campsite in the middle of the very flat and rural Dutch countryside. It gave us an opportunity to catch up and to organise the van.
Day three we started West and almost immediately found this windmill and shop..
It was a farm shop full of local produce, at very affordable prices. We stocked up with a few essentials such as goats cheese 🧀 😀.
We spent the rest of the day driving into Germany and are now in Bremerhaven on tge North West German coast. We went for a lovely meal at a fish restaurant in the port last night (thank you mum 🥰, who paid for it 😘).
I am on the Brittany Ferries ship Guillaume de Normandie half way across the English Channel.
This is a very new ship (2024) and i am very impressed. Everything is clean and bright, there is plenty of room aboard and the food excellent, and is not expensive. I have had Breton fish stew, a raspberry and blackcurrant dessert and a Pepsi for less than 20€.
I haven’t seen any small dinghies full of people going the other way yet 🫣.
I should arrive in Caen around 3pm and plan to drive toward Amsterdam. I will probably camp roadside close to Amsterdam, ready to pick Patty up from Schipol airport Around 10am tomorrow. She is flying in from Cordoba Argentina, via Madrid, she is probably in the air by now.
Hi everyone, and welcome back to my travel blog. I am preparing for a 4 week trip in the camper van, leaving in 2 days time.
Patty will be joining me on this trip and we will be blogging here with notifications going to my facebook page.
The itinery is:
Starting 25th September 2025 Patty and I will be traveling in the Camper Van from the UK to Finland and back. We will be on the road for 3.5 weeks.
We will be traveling from through France, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland.
More details to follow..
During the trip I had a tracking app running on my mobile phone. I have now analysed the logs and:
Total distance travelled was 17,877km (11,502 miles)
This includes distance travelled while exploring and travelling in cities, getting lost and backtracking etc. It is higher than I estimated because it includes the bends in the road.
Maximum speed was 131km/h.
This article was published in the Wales on Sunday newspaper and on the Wales Online web site:
Article on the Wales Online Web Site
My first sight of the UK was the Isle of Wight in the distance. I am from Southampton so I know the area well. It was a real homecoming feel to sailing around the island and into Portsmouth Harbour.
I took a Coleman 2 man mummy style tent that I have had for years and still is going strong, a trangia muti fuel cooker with kettle, plates, cutlery etc. hammock, tarpaulin, water carrier and some other bits and pieces.