Well yesterday was an all day bed rest day watching the Olympics on TV with a Swedish commentary that I couldn’t understand but didn’t need to. The rain was kind as it scheduled itself for the same day – buckets of it. Today was a somewhat overcast start and I didn’t know if I’d go 20 kms or 90 kms as the body was still drained. But being obstinately minded I held out for the 95 km. So I sitting in my camp chair planning what next. It was to have been to take the ferry from Helsingborg to Helsingør in Denmark but the cost of accommodation is ridiculous in Denmark and around the Helsingør area it is fully booked. Plus, well I’ve cycled pretty much all of Denmark over the years so…. I’m thinking of skipping Denmark for the most part, riding down to Malmo and taking the ferry to Travemunde in Germany instead. I decide when I get to Helsingborg tomorrow.
This is the town center of Ljungby. I came thru here in 2013 on my way to Visby and my comments then were “Southern Sweden does not appear to do Sundays. In Ljungby it took a while to find a cafe open for coffee….” It appears that Mondays aren’t any different either during Summer.
Relics of the past
As in some previous days, I rode sections of the old E4 (now replaced by the motorway) and there’s the remnants of the past era scattered along the way. Not many cars come thru either – just some local traffic it seems.