Day 7: Slagelse to Korsør Yet another hot day. After a good nights sleep and a good breakfast at the hotel, I set off towards Korsør station that marks the end on the west Sjælland part of the Danish pilgrimage – 27km, as yesterday, primarily along roads. Via Rosted, crossing the busy Slagelse Landvej and on towards Harrested. It was…
Day 6: Ringsted to Slagelse Today was hot, really hot. I walked 27km. I walked for 4hrs 40mins. I rested for 53mins. The average temperature was 29 degrees. Even though it was by far the shortest distance since I left Helsingør, I don’t recall feeling so tired. A few days previously I had walked to Ringsted from Nestvæd. The route…
Day 4: Roskilde to Ringsted Officially Roskilde to Ringsted is 43km, but by the time I arrived in Ringsted, early evening, my GPS showed 51km and almost 9hrs walking and 1hr30 rest. It was a long day, but again today, a reflection of how beautiful the countryside can be in Denmark during summer. I drove to Roskilde and left the…
Day 3: Tårnby to Roskilde On day 2 I ended in Tåstrup, but instead of continuing from where I finished on day 2, today I started on Amager, at the red gate on the edge of Amager Fælled (the official route starts 5km earlier at Copenhagen airport, the first 5km are pretty much along roads, so I skipped them). I…
