Last morning on the island during the stay in July 2021…
My feet were tired, but ok, and only a couple of small blisters:
Flemming and I got on the bikes, and headed for the airfield – to get rid of our baggage. We were going to spend the day on the island, and didn’t want to carry all our stuff around.
Thomas was leaving early, and we waved goodbye to him:
After yesterday’s 26 km hiking tour around Anholt, the only intention we had was to relax on the beach. We bought food and water, and Flemming posed for me as a “captain” with a candy-pipe in his mouth:
There was eastern wind that day, so we biked to the Western Beach. Narrow sandy path through the dunes led us there:
View from the dunes’ top was simply splendid:
On Anholt, you basically don’t need swimwear. 26 km of white-powder-sand beaches are enough for all. Most people sunbath and swim naked, respecting others privacy and not coming too close.
I noticed a big cross on top of a dune, and climbed up there to learn what it was about:
The cross was raised by the father of one of those two girls drowned in the sea in the 19th century; he also made sure there was a nice monument in the churchyard (read more here).
Later, we moved to the forest, where we had our late lunch. There were no mosquitos. That’s my favourite kind of forest – relatively low trees, lots of light, mostly coniferous trees, dry bed, and I love that wonderful smell of pine. At home in Copenhagen, I even use essential pine oil diffusers.
Flemming and I took off in the evening, and did a round over Anholt to get the right altitude before crossing over the sea of Kattegat. In that way we also revisited the places we’ve been too, this time from air. India, the area with high reddish dunes:
Totten, the eastern tip of Anholt, protected area with seal colonies:
And a closer look. One can see, there are incredibly many seals there:
It was time to head for Grenå – the shortest way to cross over Kattegat. The air was very misty, and I even considered landing back. But I have the attitude indicator in my Garmin G5 instrument, and I could (barely) see the horizon in the west, so I decided to go:
I asked for alerting service, and we also got FL95; it was safe to fly in those conditions though there were marginal.
Grenå harbour with oil platforms:
We were very happy – it was such a nice stay on Anholt! And so many wonderful experiences and new discoveries!
Flying over the island of Samsø, we suddenly got caught in a cloud mass that very quickly appeared out of nowhere from the mist. I managed to go under, but not low enough, and for several seconds I didn’t have any ground sight or horizon. It was scary, and then again, my Garmin G5 was a great help.
At home in Holbæk, in front of the hangar:
We had an ice-cream on the club’s terrace watching the sun going down, before driving home:
Those 4 days on Anholt were terrific, especially the hiking tour.