Møn, Denmark – Page 4 – Linda Scandore

Bucolic Fields – May 12, 2023

Møn Camino: Day 1
Distance: 10.7 miles / Total 10.7 miles / 17.2 km
Time: 8 hours 30
Ascent: 1,757’ Decent: 1,757’
Weather: 53 degrees / sunny

What lies beyond the majestic white cliffs? But of course, bucolic fields.

Rock ‘n’ Roll- May 12, 2023

Møn Camino: Day 1
Distance: 10.7 miles / Total 10.7 miles / 17.2 km
Time: 8 hours
30 Ascent: 1,757’ Decent: 1,757’
Weather: 53 degrees / sunny

As with many European beaches, no sand. The tumbling rocks made a haunting percussion sound. Could this be the origin of rock ‘n’ roll?

Rock ‘n’ Roll

Turquoise Water – May 12, 2023

Møn Camino: Day 1
Distance: 10.7 miles / Total 10.7 miles / 17.2 km
Time: 8 hours 30
Ascent: 1,757’ Decent: 1,757’
Weather: 53 degrees / sunny

The turquoise blue water is made from flaking chalk dissolving in the ocean.

Ice Age – May 12, 2023

Møn Camino: Day 1
Distance: 10.7 miles / Total 10.7 miles / 17.2 km
Time: 8 hours 30
Ascent: 1,757’ Decent: 1,757’
Weather: 53 degrees / sunny

The chalk cliffs are made from the remains of shells of microscopic creatures which lived on the seabed millions of years ago. As Ice Age glaciers moved, the seabed was compacted and forced upward producing chalk cliffs.

Why Here? – May 12, 2023

Møn Camino: Day 1
Distance: 10.7 miles / Total 10.7 miles / 17.2 km
Time: 8 hours 30
Ascent: 1,757’ Decent: 1,757’
Weather: 53 degrees / sunny

From the first breathtaking pictures Anna sent me of Møns Klint, I knew I wanted to experience these 400 feet chalk cliffs first hand.

Where in the World

Time: 31 hours from my front door
Møn: Distance: 4,100 mile…as the bird flies…from Charlottesville
Ascent: 1,630’ Decent: 796’
Weather: 60 degrees overcast, misting

Møn is a 237 square mile island located 75 miles south of Copenhagen. Møn is UNESCO site featuring spectacular Ice Age glacier landscape. All this to be explored by me!