What a great day! We packed in loads 🙂
It all started with a map on the breakfast table.
We planned a 4 stop day today and it started with us heading for Ovedskloster where there is a “castle” http://www.spottinghistory.com/view/1343/ovedskloster-castle/#. Huge thanks to Jan and Christina Fagerberg who joined us from yesterday and who led for the day. We arrived at Ovedskloster in yet more sun and set off to explore the gardens.
John is taller than a tree!
We also met some not particularly friendly alpacas and said hello to them. Once we’d exhausted the gardens, off we set for stage 2, Kronval Castle.
On arrival, the first priority was lunch! The place is famous for its pizzas so we ordered a few and sat in the grounds to scoff them. There was a wedding reception planned there so we failed to persuade the owners to let us take photos of the cars outside the castle hence you only see the castle and not the cars in the second pic:
After a pleasant wander round the gardens, we set off again for Knabackshusen. Here, there is a popular beach and an interesting collection of homes that were physically moved to the area from elsewhere so the military could practice their shooting and live in the same area.
It took an age to get into the place as there were dozens of people trying to get out of a narow road as we were trying to get in but eventually we managed to all get parking spaces and we had a wander down to the beach for as paddle. Jan and Christina had swimming things with them so they jumped into the sea for a splash around while the rest of us sunbathed.
On we went to Ales Stenar where there is a mini Stonehenge in the shape of a ship:
What an interesting place. The origin of the stones and the reason for their existience remain a mystery which makes it all the more interesting. On leaving the area we watched some sheep dogs being trained to round up some sheep. It kept us amused for a while. We’re easily amused…
All too quickly we needed to leave as we were booked in to the local Byrakrogen (pub) for a meal at 8.00 so we headed back along the coast to James and arrived gone 7.00. Although wer had booked a table at 8.00, that evening there was a special music night and the landlord wanted everyone to be in the restaurant by 7.30 so the music could start on time. This gave us 10 minutes to shower and spruce up before we had to leave! We did it and got there just past 7.30 but it was a bit of a squeeze!
We tried a few of the beers between us and even got to have a dance, much to the delight of the Danish singers. We were regarded with some curiosity by the locals but one or two were quite friendly (like, they wanted dances from me and Margaret). In the end we were almost the last to leave and we had a pleasant little walk back to James’s for a night cap.
Tomorrow we plan an easier day with little driving and a trip to the beach….
Casualties today: None
Indicators left on: Jan joined the club and John won the prize for the longest time left on
There was a new category for rear fog light being left on by Dave: 2 days
Lights on: Sue keeps forgetting to put her lights on.
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