More culture today. Frederiksborg Slot is a most impressive castle in Hillerod on our way up to the north coast of Seeland. As well as being a massive and attractive building, spread over several small Islands so appearing to be multi-moated, and with lovely, extensive formal gardens , it is part furnished historic building, part art gallery, part museum and also has an exhibition of modern art. Amazing value for money, and three hours passed very quickly. I now know a bit more about the history here from the 17th century onwards.
Our stop tonight is at the harbour at Hundested, chosen so that we can explore the supposedly smart North Coast on our way to Helsinore tomorrow. By the time we arrived the rain had really set in so we were grateful to get settled, but I think the smart bit starts a bit further along the coast! The area around the harbour feels a bit like Butlins. Perhaps not what we would have chosen for what is likely to be our last night in Denmark, but the showers were fine and welcome after two nights without, and we have now mastered the use of the Tallycard! It may be a bit of a noisy night though.
Later - Spoken too soon! Our first cylinder of gas has just run out, which is a bit of a blow as we have tried to be economical in our use of it. We understand that the calor gas cylinders we use are not available or refillable in Europe, where it is all Camping Gaz. We think we have adapters, but it is all a bit of an unknown quantity. We couldn't get the electricity supply here to work with our Tallycard, to switch the fridge over to electric, so G has bravely changed the gas cylinders over in the dark, a job he dislikes but is made easier with the wearing of gardening gloves to avoid hands being scraped in the confined space.
So, job for tomorrow, locate wifi and suss out a camping store or similar where we can ascertain what we are going to need. Sally SatNav is very good at finding the nearest Lidl or Aldi, but doesn't seem to stretch to Calor Gas Suppliers.
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