Thank You Anna – May 15, 2023

  • Møn: Day 4
  • Distance: 17.6 miles / Total 57.3 miles / 28.3 km
  • Time: 9 hours 10 minutes
  • Ascent: 617’ Decent: 665’
  • Weather: 65 degrees / sunny…warmest day

Anna first walked the Møn Camino weeks ago to prepared an English “guide” for me. She sorted out accommodations, bus schedules, packed lunches plus provided dropped-offs and picked-ups. Today I began my solo journey. I credit my Møn Camino to Anna’s generous and enthusiastic support.

Anna’s frequent outstretched arms were as if giving thanks for nature’s blessing.
Nature’s beauty
Anna begins the long trek to Copenhagen.

Berta – May 14, 2023

  • Møn: Day 3
  • Distance: 15.1 miles / Total 39.7 miles / 24.8 km
  • Time: 8 hours 10 minutes
  • Ascent: 709’ Decent: 679’
  • Weather: 53 degrees / sunny with one short rain sprinkle

Berta is Anna’s caravan on Møn. This is where her heart lives. Berta sits a couple miles from the spectacular white cliffs of Møns Clint, Anna’s favorite place to hike or escape with a book.

Anna’s Berta
Galley and bedroom.
The dining table converted to my bed.
Sunset from caravan park.

Robin Hood – May 14, 2023

  • Møn: Day 3
  • Distance: 10.1 miles / Total 34.7 miles / 16.6 km
  • Time: 5 hours 10 minutes
  • Ascent: 356’ Decent: 303’
  • Weather: 53 degrees / sunny with one short rain sprinkle

If Robin Hood was alive today, this is where he would live. The forests of Møn.

Forest of Møn
Forest of Møn
Forest of Møn
Møn forest, photographer Anna
Creatures who fly over forests of Møn.

Denmark Gardens – May 14, 2023

  • Møn: Day 3
  • Distance: 15.1 miles / Total 39.7 miles / 24.8 km
  • Time: 8 hours 10 minutes
  • Ascent: 709’ Decent: 679’
  • Weather: 53 degrees / sunny with one short rain sprinkle

How does your garden grow? Bluebells, daffodils, tulips, lilacs, and dandelions all bloom a month later in Denmark than in Virginia. Not mowing the lawn is a Danish trend to encourage flowers…even weed flowers…thus attracting bees.

Grass isn’t mowed. Come bees!
Daffodils and tulips in bloom.
Bluebells
Renegade robot lawnmower.

Beach Trudging – May 14, 2023

  • Møn: Day 3
  • Distance: 15.1 miles / Total 39.7 miles / 24.8 km
  • Time: 8 hours 10 minutes
  • Ascent: 709’ Decent: 679’
  • Weather: 53 degrees / sunny with one short rain sprinkle

It was not a stroll along the beach. It was a trudge along the beach. Egg size beach rocks were slippery, shifty, and unsteady under foot. Sand swallowed my shoes. That sweet spot of firm wet sand continuously eluded me. What it was…was beautiful.

Rocks and sand under foot.
Fisherman.
Beach trudging.
Beach trudging has its rewards.

Thatched Roofs- May 13, 2023

  • Møn: Day 2
  • Distance: 13.9 miles / Total 24.6 miles / 22.4 km
  • Time: 6 hours 40 minutes
  • Ascent: 613’ Decent: 701’
  • Weather: 56 degrees / sunny

Thatched roofs last about as long as standard roofs, 15 to 40 years depending on how well it’s maintained. Roofs don’t leak because they are made from waterproof dry fibers like straw and water reed.

Thatched roof.
Roof’s ridge made from interlaced stones.
Thatched bay windows.
Thatched bay window.