The campsite I stayed at in Ribe had the nicest toilets ever for campsites. It was like being in a hotel. I was quite tempted to move my tent into one of the cubicles in there. Unfortunately I had to camp outside in a field. Not only that, there was a gale blowing that was worryingly strong. I pointed the backend of my tent into the wind, hoping to disperse the wind around the tent and allowing me to have the door open without being blown away. When I woke the next morning the guy camping behind me had disappeared, no sign of him or his tent. That’s how strong the wind was that night.
I left before the rain started but the wind was still seriously strong. Then when it did rain it was like being pelted with bullets because of the wind. A few went straight in my ear which was quite a shock.
The day pretty much continued like this. One minute I’d be blasting along the cycle paths next to the main road then all of a sudden I’d be down to a crawl, battling the wind and heavy rain.
My route today would take me to Friedrichstadt but I was tempted to go further like I had the day before. Although by the time I reached my destination I was feeling defeated by the days weather and put the tent up in the rain. I’m really getting fed up with the weather now. Tomorrow I want to spend a day looking around Hamburg so I’m going to book two nights in a hotel I think. If only to dry my shoes out!