2017 - Scandinavia by Bicycle

Cycle: 55 km - Total so far: 1,535 km Start time: 8am Stop time: 2:30pm Weather: fine and sunny early in the morning then drizzle period; a storm five minutes after stopping for lunch at a marina  Another late start due to an 8am breakfast; the Swedes certainly like their sleep-ins. Rode away from the hotel at 8:45am and all downhill to the ferry terminal only 1.7km away. Ferries every 30 minutes on the weekend so no need to book here. Caught the 9:30am ferry which was the bigger ship and were in Helsingor, Denmark 21 minutes later spot on time. Straight onto a lovely Danish bicycle path and found our way onto the coastal route. There was only one section of about 12 km where we had to mix it with the cars but due to the low speed limit, 30km/h it wasn't a danger. We were entertained most of the way by 100s of Ironman cyclists riding in the opposite direction. We could have burned them off if they'd been riding in the same direction. (In our dreams). We were lucky the e...