Friday 29 August
In fact we decided last night in
view of the many things to see and do in Copenhagen, we would drive straight
there. Woke at 6.30 and looked out of tent door – misty and sunny with the
water of Hakefiord very calm. During the night it had been very windy causing
large waves – half sleep I had asked Anne whether the tent was going to flood –
went back to sleep on hearing, “No, there’s trees around us ...” Had an early
but very pleasant breakfast – no shrimps though as these had been eaten by a
cheeky gull early morning – and left about 9.15.
Pleasant drive down the Swedish
coast on very good roads until Margretetorp, in the middle of an autobahn, the
car ran out of petrol. Mmm!! Grabbed 1 gallon can, thumbed lift to next garage,
thumbed lift back to car – ran across wide dual carriageway, and filled car. Ah
well. I will not do that trick again. By now we have started getting rid of
loose change by buying petrol near a border but as Swedish petrol is dearer
than Danish, we lost out this time by me collecting a lot of silver when buying petrol - by the litre instead of the exact kroner.
Crossed the Halsingborg/Helsinger
ferry (saw Kronberg castle – Hamlet) and drove around the ring road to camp
Absalom. This is 3 star and possesses the following (apart from good grounds):
shop, hot showers, clean toilets, laundry room, cooking room, and money changer
– all for 8/- per night (that’s total cost, not each). This is a typical site,
the facilities will get less until Turkey and their autocamps – I must write to
John Sperring in Istanbull!! Into the town tonight – despite rain which seems
to appear each night when we camp (still both as white as ghosts).
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