Day 4: Rogil to Asseiceira Breakfast was at 8am at the baker next door to the hotel – the owners own the hotel and the baker. Through a gradual dialogue with the lady behind the desk, who was putting bread and cakes in a display, I went from orange juice and a croissant, which wasn’t particularly filling, followed by a…
Day 2: Hillerรธd to Tรฅstrup I decided to start a couple of kilometers south or where I had ended on day one. It was another beautiful day, as I walked due south from Hillerรธd to Tรฅstrup, walking just over 44kms in ca. 7 hours. I walked south through Hammersholt, through Bรธrstingerรธd Mose (marsh) to Lillerรธd. From Lillerรธd I passed by…
Day 1: Helsingรธr to Hillerรธd My wife drove me the 26km from my home to Helsingรธr, home of Kronborg, the castle which William Shakespeare presumably had in mind for his famous play Hamlet, and as close as you can get to the Swedish border – just a short boat ride to Sweden. I hadn’t planned to walk 46km to Hillerรธd,…
Portugal Covid cancelled – Denmark instead On April 13th, 2020, I was supposed to travel to Portugal for a 5 week, 800 km walk from Cabo de San Vincente at the south-western tip of Portugal to Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain, the destination of many pilgrimages. I had planned to follow the Historical way of Rota Vincentine, starting in Cabo…
