Just chillin.
Walk and lunch on the beach looking at the storms.
A bit of a run (7k since you ask).
(Note still no haircut ..).
Trying to play Tiny Towns (got thrashed).
A night out
Charlie’s family lives in Bovingdon. Kelly loves crumpets which we delivered safely from the UK.
And enjoyed the long days – still light at 10.00.
Yesterday it was chairs, today vacuum cleaners and other such household delights. We’ve got the car here so took the opportunity to visit out-of-town hyper market. 
Continuing the theme of what was absolutely commonplace 3 months ago feeling a bit weird now. Although I have to say we’re rapidly getting used to it, so maybe this is a sign of the future – we’ll get over it much more quickly than we might imagine currently.
The flat is beginning to look extremely homely. Seems a shame that we turfed Jo out after a couple of days but we’re loving it here.
Met Adrien last night for a fabulous dinner of homemade pasta carbonara.
I think normality might be a theme for the next few days, at least until we get used to it. Aarhus looking very fine (although maybe not yours truly) first thing.
Then went to see (and buy) some second hand dining chairs for the flat in Ebeltoft which wasn’t a bad place for lunch and a walk.
And the chairs were really rather splendid for £20.
Dinner out without any worries.
Apart from the bill. When you ask for tap water this is what you get (£3 for half a litre). At leat the label is honest.
And an evening bike ride (yes, me as well) to enjoy the long days here up north.
780 miles, 13 hours driving over 2 days and we made it. V v happy.
“Only” 290 miles today. After a morning walk and a buffet breakfast (face masks compulsory) kept going north through Hamburg and beyond. Maxed out at 108mph today so need to try harder when we go back.
Danish border does stop everyone, but it was quiet and only delayed us for 10 minutes. Showed him passports and Jo’s birth certificate and that seemed adequate – even though we didn’t show them any evidence that she lived in Denmark.
And we may have seen the future. It’s totally back to normal here which in itself is weird. We can go into shops, bars, cafes without queuing or pre-booking and so on and so on. And you don’t have to continually avoid people.
More of that in the days to come, including Jo’s fabulous new flat. Meanwhile, might even get a haircut …
Or at least it feels like it. After all the shambolic messages from the government last week, we decided to take the plunge and drive to Denmark. Having done what seemed like hours of research and arming ourselves with quite a lot of paperwork, we set off.
I was then going to call this surreal normality or normal surreality or some combination of those two words. Because today really wasn’t interesting or adventurous at all. Showed our passports on the Shuttle and that’s it – despite driving through France, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany didn’t show anything to anybody.
Didn’t like Antwerp (roadworks on ring road) or Netherlands (low speed limits), but that’s about it. Got the Ford up to 110mph on the autobahn and still the Audis, Mercs and BMWs swing past which is mildly disconcerting.
Anyway, 490 miles later we’re about 300 miles from Aarhus.
Nice enough hotel. Feels like it’s set up for middle management conferences of which I attended many at Aon, but beer and food were excellent and much needed. And I think that’s the first time we’ve eaten out since our last day in Morocco in early March.
