Leisurely start to the day on a pleasant, relaxing campsite. Showered, breakfasted then went for a stroll round the medieval (1400s) star-shaped fortress of Bourtange just a little way from the campsite. Was rebuilt, as a tourist attraction, in the 1950s and comprises the original encircling fortress of high, grass covered (and neatly mowed) ramparts in a star shape, for good protection, and a little village in the centre which has been completely renovated. Pretty spot for a short visit. We then set off for Wassenaar, seaside area next door to The Hague, where cousin Gillian lives. Set Clarissa Tomtom to avoid motorways and drove a rather scenic route for first half of the way following canals, crossing canals and as time went on, going out of our way to positively avoid the many motorways which ... read more

Slightly better sleep but only because I resorted to earplugs to shut out the traffic noise. Incredibly when we got back to Tandy last night someone had parked so close that we couldn’t open our main window (and it was stiflingly hot) as it would have meant they couldn’t close their door. We headed out of Copenhagen on the motorway but then directed Clarissa Tomtom not to use motorways and she took us along some more minor, ‘straight as the crow flies’ roads right to the south of Julland to a little place called Hummingham. There is a campsite here and probably a beach a mile or so away but we stayed on site so didn’t find out what else was there. Had a swim in the rather nice pool but, as luck would have it, ... read more

Accidentally got up an hour early as the several clocks in the Tandy are set on odd times, non Swedish, and I miscalculated ! A nuisance as campsite office didn’t open until 9am and we were ready to leave at 8. Managed to get on our way by 8.45 heading west to Malmo. First we had to cross the long bridge to the mainland then we followed the same road, the E22, nearly all the way across southern Sweden. Took one short detour when Bob found a minor road we could use instead of the E22, as I tend to nod off on motorway type roads. I immediately woke up and very soon spotted a bright summer-coloured deer in a clearing. Uneventful but pleasant drive as the countryside is very pastoral with plenty of cows and ... read more

Glorious weather has returned - blue sky and hot sun. Made even better by the news from the UK (which has been having a drought / heat-wave), that it is now wet and chilly. We left our very nice campsite at Gamleby and headed for our last stop in Sweden on the popular holiday island of Oland off the East coast. Easy drive there through pleasant countryside and we stopped at Kalmar to admire the castle, the beautifully maintained cemetery next door and the most wonderful scented roses which filled the air with their perfume. Good to see that down here in the south of Sweden not all the wooden houses are painted the deep red of the north but are in lots of lovely colours. Especially like the bright yellow and egg-shell blue ones. From ... read more

Left the heat of Stockholm and headed south for a quieter spot on the coast. Stopped to shop on the way and bought what we thought was milk but turned out to be ‘curdled milk’. Yuk - does not make good coffee ! Really pretty driving in this part of the country. Everything is far softer somehow though there are still plenty of trees everywhere. We headed for Gamleby which seemed to be a reasonably small town on the coast, albeit in one of the deep coastal inlets as occur all the way down this Bothnian Sea coast. Found our Kustcamp campsite and liked it. Has a super sea water pool which is delimited by a floating pontoon. Our swim was quite delicious as we have needed a proper cool down since the heat of Stockholm ... read more