{"id":13821,"date":"2014-09-18T07:57:10","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T06:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geoffjones.com\/?p=13821"},"modified":"2014-09-18T07:57:10","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T06:57:10","slug":"end-of-denmark-cycleway-route-1-lokken-to-grenen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/?p=13821","title":{"rendered":"End of Denmark Cycleway Route 1 – Lokken to Grenen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Zebra crossing cow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After an excellent nights sleep I awoke to a calm sunny day. I went to\u00a0find the guy to pay – eventually I located him having a coffee in the enormous sports hall, swimming pool next door. They didn’t seem to do real breakfast so I went to hunt for a cafe in\u00a0\u00a0the out of season ghost town that is Lokken. No wonder I had the hostel to myself last night! Eventually I found the bakery was open with a breakfast option, so a coffee, orange juice a couple of bread rolls with cheese and a Danish pastry later I was on my way. First port of call was across the road to the huge SPAR and the usual days refreshments..<\/p>\n

The route was a total mixture of surfaces from smooth pathways to sharp descent\/ascent of a sandy path (not good at all). I even came across some other cyclists, the first for several days. Plus a whole school of desultory kids obviously out for some nature walks in \u00a0another part of the forest a whole load of little kids were out on their mountain bikes. I particularly liked the cow with its zebra crossing markings.<\/p>\n

\"1-IMG_0265\"<\/a>At lunch time I found myself in the big ferry town of Hirtshals with open cafes! \u00a0I went into Cafe2 to have a coffee and some apple pie – I came out reeling at the price \u00a310.18p at the current exchange rate \ud83d\ude41 I think they must cater for the Norwegians from the ferries. On I progressed through forest tracks, paved towards the end with racing cyclists bombing along on their evening workout.<\/p>\n

In Skagen I went to the\u00a0Ferie P\u00e5 Toppen Hotel <\/a>which fully deserves it’s low rating on booking.com especially as the guy charges an additional 100 crowns for the linen & towels \ud83d\ude41 I rang booking.com to complain but apparently it’s in the small print somewhere that they charge. But no mention of 100 crowns extra on a 350 crown room \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

\"1-IMG_0282\"<\/a>It was such a lovely evening I decided to bike, leaving my saddlebag, to the end of Route 1 in Grenen and walk to the tip of the peninsular & celebrate my doing another little video.<\/p>\n

Today I biked 67 miles, which means since leaving Cambridge 23 days ago I’ve biked 1,261miles (2016km) Now to bike part of the way down the East coast on Route 5 <\/a>and then across to Esbjerg for the ferry home.<\/p>\n

Todays Strava’s are\u00a0here <\/a>and here<\/a>\u00a0with some\u00a0pictures here<\/a><\/p>\n

With yet another bonus video here:
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