Odinn's Log, 3.1

You might be forgiven for thinking that I enjoy these trips. The days are OK but the nights and particularly the mornings are terrible. Knutr is a master of sleep deprivation torture and could surely have taught the Japanese a thing or two during WW2. If he makes it to the end of the tour alive, he will be doing well.

Day 2

Not too bad a day today, if you don't mind motorway riding. Needs must though, with several hundred miles to cover in a day. One benefit though, of constant 70mph cruising, is the Sprint returning up to 70mpg. Weather was ok for the most part of the journey but we were forewarned of the showers to hit the region later, so it wasn't a surprise when we had to make a quick stop under a motorway bridge to get into the waterproofs. What was a surprise was the border control on entering Denmark, the first we'd come across.

Dinner was taken in the hotel, with our first taste of the Scandinavian cost of living, dinner costing us about £35 each! We then took a walk into town, where we got rained on again. We took refuge in an 'Engllsh' bar, called You'll Never Walk Alone, bedecked with all manner of football memorabilia. Not sure I've ever seen an English bar like it, more like the sort of thing you'd get in Greece or Turkey. A pint of 'cheaper' Belgian ale slipped down quite nicely though.

Tomorrow, we have about 170 miles to go to get to the ferry at Hirtshals, thankfully, only the first part on motorway. When we get off the ferry in Kristiansand, Norway tomorrow evening, that's when the tour really starts. Until then.

Odinn's Log, 2.3

We've arrived in Kolding, Denmark. Our 5th country and another in which it has rained ☹. That pretty much sees the end of the motorway pounding. The last slog, was notable for crossing the Kiel canal, a duck sitting on the hard shoulder and the aforementioned rain, which was very heavy and required an emergency under bridge stop.

Arrived in the hotel street to find it closed, the road, not the hotel, so had to do a big circle and approach from the other side.

Weather for tomorrow looks promising. Tomorrow evening we'll be in Norway.