2017 - Scandinavia by Bicycle

Start time: 8:15am Stop time: 5:30pm Drive: 390km Weather: fine and sunny early changing to a smoggy, dull afternoon, rain in the evening, 14 to 23deg  After breakfast, we walked to our cars at the town square, loaded our gear and drove away. First stop was a stretch-the-legs and pit stop at Vrigstad a little town with yet another beautiful grand church. Our next stop was at Vaxjo a bigger place where we took on some caffeine at Maccas. Onwards we pushed south until we "discovered" Rashult, the birthplace of Carl Linnaeus, the 18-century scientist who formalised the modern system of naming organisms. The oversized model insects and birds along the walk into the village would have been fun for the kids, big and small. A bit early for lunch so we pushed onto Osby where we sat beside a lake (no shortage of these in Sweden) and ate our bread rolls.  As we got closer to Malmo where we wanted to view the monster Oresund Bridge which joins Sweden and Denmark, the traffic...