While I was talking to the French couple in the campground, the lady showed me a loop close to our path to see something called Møns Klint, a dramatic seaside cliff. And taking one look at the photo, I was hooked! And so I included the loop into today’s ride, and stayed in a campground near the cliff.
The ride was beautiful getting to the campsite. A lot of it was right next to the sea, with seemingly endless beaches with no one really on them.
The trail is flat, and well-maintained. I think a lot of the trees in this forest are beech trees. The blue of the sea is magnetic, and I enjoyed stopping from time to time just to gaze out at it. While my impression is that the trail was flat, I still climbed about 1800 feet during the day of almost 60 miles.
Getting to the campsite, it’s kind of a zoo! I’m lucky that I am on a bicycle, because every other type of spot is fully taken. There are tons of kids playing mini golf and splashing in the pool, and yet it’s pretty quiet at night once the crying and screaming of the children (and the begging of parents) subsides. 😉
The campground was pretty expensive at 275 Danish kroner, which is about $40, especially if you don’t play mini golf! However, it has pretty much everything, including a heated closet to hang your clothes so they can dry!
The next day, I took off for Møns Klint. Not surprisingly, there’s a bikes-only trail that runs in the forest, parallel to the road. Once I got there, I first hiked to the top to get a sense of the look-down, and then took the almost 500 steps to the bottom.
After enjoying that experience, I rode back through Stege on my continuation towards Copenhagen.
From a mileage perspective today was a short day at about 35 miles with 1400 feet of climbing.
Tomorrow it’s only about 42 miles. And then, I’ll be in Copenhagen the following day. At the end of a trip, the time goes so quickly.
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