Grenaa, Bønnerup and 'Adventure is relative'.

We had a long day, 40 nmiles, planned, so we left early and were out of Ebeltoft harbour by 7:30. The wind was as predicted, around 10 knots from the North West and when we came around the corner at Øer, it seemed to pixk up a bit and our course was almost straight into the waves. No problem, but just too lively to make coffee en route and also each wave slows you down a bit so our average speed was around 5.5 knots instead of the usual 6+. Around noon, over halfway the planned trip to Bønnerup, we passed Grenaa. As the wind was beginning to drop and the sea would soon do the same, we decided to head into Grenaa, buy some fresh rolls, have lunch and then carry on in more comfortable conditions. The only snag was that the harbour is far from the town and three is no 'kiosk' where you can buy rolls. Fortunately an extremely friendly man in the ice cream shop (Denmark has an ice cream shop almost on every street corner), offered to sell me some rolls which he had in his freezer. They were superb rolls too! By 3 we were on our way again and the conditions were much kinder. We passed some nice 'klints' (cliffs) on the way:





The harbour entrance of Bønnerup is rather spoiled by 7 huge windmills:





Denmark is full of these inefficient things (as I look at them at the moment they are standing still....) which explains the high electricity tariffs. Someone has to pay for this....

Today we remarked that we were quite adventurous, being so far North, in the big 'Kattegat', getting our first taste of the sea swell. And there are not a lot of other pleasure craft on the water, we saw only a handful today. But when - after a little walk around the harbour - we got back to the boat an oldish sailing yacht was tying up in front of us. We obviously helped to take a line and of course we got chatting. It transpires these people (a couple in their 60's plus their son in his 30's) are on their way to Iceland! That is 1000 miles away to the east coast and then another 300 to where the couple lives. The son lives in Denmark with his family and is helping his parents to take the boat - which they bought in Denmark last year - home. So we are not that adventurous after all.....

Tomorrow should see little wind and a trip to Hals, at the entrance to the Limfjord. The wind has already disappeared and the harbour looks quite 'rustic'

Location:Vestre Mole,Bønnerup Strand,Denmark