Dedicated to a wonderful Mother Jean Noble 31/5/1929 - 20/8/2007 - may we never take our mothers for granted. - Goodbye Mum


DENMARK PAGE 3 OCTOBER 2007

(Updated 16/10/07) The worlds 7th richest Nation (per capita). Out of the ten Richest Countries (based on 2006 GNP per capita in US$)

1. Luxembourg $87,955.00

2. Norway $72,306.00

3. Qatar $62,914.00

4. Iceland $54,858.00

5. Ireland $52,440.00

6. Switzerland $51,771.00

7.Denmark $50,965.00

8. United States $44,190.00

9. Sweden $42,383.00

10. Netherlands $40,571.00

(NOTE: ***Luxembourg's high GNP per capita is due in part to a significant number of its workforce living in neighbouring countries. Non-residents are not counted in Luxembourg's population which in turn raises the country's GNP per capita score. This effectively places Norway in first spot. (REF: Here)

We are once again with the “Mega Rich”. However, they have slipped from 5th place to 7th in the last few years. It is also home to the young “Sheila” from Tassie that married a Prince

We're here to learn once again, knowing little about the country or its people. One of my good friends “Gunnar Colin” is Danish and we cannot forget those lovely “Danish Pastries” that he brought into our shop, for us all to feast on. Who (in my era) as a child, has not heard Danny Kaye's 1952 song “Wonderful Wonderful Copenhagen” Or Hans Christian Andersen and (for me) the most famous fairy tail “The Ugly Duckling”. As usual I will report as I see things, “warts 'n all”

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Sunday October 28th 2007  Viborg to Bush camp near Viborg.
Approx.
19.74k's Average Speed 8.60kph Cycling time 2Hr(s) 17Min. Max speed. 48kph Max temp we recorded 12°C
Terrain:
Flat. Road Conditions: Very Good, O/night Accom.: $0.00
A new day, still disappointed we got caught and had to spend an uncomfortable night with the “Corporate Vermin”. A day of wrong turns and wasted k's, but as usual there were highlights. One of which was being invited into a “Gymnastics Camp” of 8-14 yr old children.



We chatted with the teachers and were invited to join Teachers and Students for lunch.
Really enjoyed interacting with the kids and teachers... It reminded me of how much I miss my nine grandchildren.. some of whom are in this age group. Met a lady 50's or so, jogging through the bush whilst searching for the “secret camps”.



She was fantastic and wrote down detailed instructions on how to get to one of the five in the area... We got to the location but it took the combined effort of many locals before we discovered the hidden treasure.



We are bunkered down here for maybe two days as the weather forecast is for 22mm of rain tomorrow. Don't know how they can be so accurate but 22mm is an awful lot of rain... getting late and time for dinner.. Catchya Later
Monday October 29th 2007  Bush camp in approved camping area near Viborg to a farm in Thorning.
Approx.
31.44k's Average Speed 9.18kph Cycling time 3Hr(s) 42Min. Max speed. 48kph Max temp we recorded 14°C
Terrain:
Flat. Road Conditions: Very Good, O/night Accom.: $0.00
Woke in our 5,000,000 stars hotel :-) (Stars in the sky dumbo:-). Lee parked hers in the Garage :-)



All weather forecasters suffer the same problem... they cannot forecast :-) Virtually no rain 8/8 cloud cover, although some clouds were very ominous, but no rain apart from a few “spits”. So about 10am we decided we will cycle. The day started with kids, no sooner had we got on the bike; when there appeared a bunch of kids on a “Nature Walk”.



In their first year since kindergarten, they were very excited to see us... We spent a little time explaining our journey and left them to their walk.
300 Metres more and we met a “hiker”.


A lady in her 50's (or so) that had hiked many places.. including (I don't know it) the “Pilgrim route” from southern France into Spain.
More cycling through beautiful countryside, until the hour came to look for the “secret” campsites. Again we could not find them – but enquires with locals revealed a free (Pay in summer) place to pitch a tent and build a camp-fire.



When we got to the farm, the farmer told us she knew of the “huts” in the forest and that they were less than a kilometre away – five separate local people did not know??. The farmer gave us an unused house (Aside from us in the picture) to bed down in, together with heating... A real luxury... Plus she invited us for morning coffee... So glad we did NOT find the huts today :-)

My bike computer did not record truly today.. it's happened a couple of times and now I am out of sync (NOTE: We have not synchronised for a while) with Lee who is storing “Global Stat's”. Both computers were calibrated to be within 1 metre over 4 kilometres, at, or about 4500-5000 k's ago. Deadly accurate... Lee is now 80 or so kilometres more than me.. (over about 2000 k's or maybe 200 k's - we don't know) I suspect it is a very new phenomena, as I noticed it stopped for a few seconds, a couple of times recently, whilst pedalling, I will change batteries next time we can find the type we need. 80 kilometres over the many thousands we have pedalled in not very important but, WILL be rectified. Today we had travelled 19 k's and my computer registered only 4.75 k's Lee had taken a check point the night before so we knew, to within a fraction of a kilometre. The stat's today are the result of this knowledge and are “fairly” accurate.
Tuesday October 30th 2007  Farmhouse in Thorning to “Secret” camp in the village of Vrads.
Approx.
38-39k's Average Speed kph Cycling time Hr(s) Min. Max speed. kph Max temp we recorded 13°C
Terrain:
Flat. Road Conditions: Very Good, O/night Accom.: $0.00
We called in for morning coffee and met the family... The little girl on the bike is the youngest daughter Elisabeth.


After this lovely breakfast, it's on the road... As we once more “swap” the brutal “corporate” world for the beautiful “ordinary” Danes.


There are NO five star hotels that can match the wonderful people we have met and shared time with on our travels.... The experience has been truly priceless... I can never repay nor thank enough all the people. The things you have all taught me/us will make me/us better person(s).

The kilometres just melted away on quiet country lanes... at about 20 and a bit k's we stopped for lunch and to replenish our dwindling supplies... My bike computer zeroed itself at this point! So today's stat's are not accurate to a decimal point. We met no-one of interest today and talked with a few, just to ask directions to the “secret” camps.



We could not find the first, but persistence paid off with the second :-)


We are now freezing cold in our open hut. (Sorry not a good pic but our only one) (3C) Soon we will be in our sleeping bag and shivering until we warm up... In the meantime freezing fingers are dancing over the keyboard. And the rain tumbles down outside. We will have to wait until morning to get pic's as it is too wet and dark. Catchya Later...

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