Wednesday 21st June 2017 – Ribe, Denmark

It was much cooler this morning and we were looking forward to a more pleasant journey. After some shopping in a local supermarket, we continued of the blissfully quiet A23 motorway and then more minor roads. We knew when we were approaching the Danish border as there were a number of large supermarkets on the outskirts of a small village. Everything, especially alcohol, is much more expensive in Denmark and many Danes travel across the border to do their shopping. We had plenty of time today so we travelled the 10 km over a causeway past salt mash to the Danish island of Romo. Romo, a base for the whaling industry in times gone by, which was interesting but, we decided, not interesting to spend a fortnight’s holiday. On then to Ribe and Ribe Camping, which turned out to be a large but very well organised campsite with some of the best facilities that we have seen.

We discovered that the next pitch were another English couple. Andy and Glen were at the end of their holiday and had just two nights before they were leaving Denmark for the journey home. We spent a very pleasant evening with them and I discovered that Andy was not only in IT like me but is also an amateur baker.
Photos: Travelling over the causeway to Romo; St. Clemens church - two photographs of the 17th century gravestones for sailors in the whaling industry.