Sunday 9th August 2026

We travelled south passing Lubeck and Hamburg, many traffic jams along the way. We stopped for the day at a parking area at Fischerhude. We stayed here on our journey north on 22nd June.

There's a nice field of sunflowers across the way.

It was very hot this afternoon, 35C!

Ann went for a ride around. It was too hot for me so I stayed in the van and had some beer.

Today we travelled 144 miles (232 kilometres). We are at: N53.11965 E9.05989

Fischerhude     Street View

Saturday 8th August 2026

We travelled south west on the E47 passing through the outskirts of Kobenhavn without any problem. We took the ferry from Rodbyhafn in southern Denmark to Puttgarden in northen Germany. The ferry staff wanted us to get out of our vehicle during the 45 minute crossing but finally relented and let us stay in our van when they realised that Ann had limited mobility.

We stopped for the day in the parking area of Famila supermarket in Heiligenhafn where there are 4 dedicated Motorhome/campervan parking places. Many thanks to the supermarket for this inovative provision!

The least we could do, by way of gratitude, was to buy some items in the store.

We spent 34 euros and put the receipt up in our windscreen by way of a parking ticket.

It's a good spot for people watching. Lots of cyclists coming and going up and down this path just outside our sliding side door.

Today we travelled 142 miles (229 kilometres) plus the distance on the ferry from Rodbyhavn to Puttgarden. We are at: N54.36515 E11.00993

Heiligenhafn    Street View

Friday 7th August 2026

We travelled south. We took on water and emptied waste tanks. We stopped at the town of Ljungby and took on LPG at this dodgy gas depot. A ridiculous situation ocurred as after we had filled our LPG tanks and went to pay we found that our card provider required a PIN but that the depot's card reader was unable to accept PINs, it could only accept contactless payments!!! We had no Swedish currency! Had I been in the UK I think I would have refused payment and driven off. However as I was in Sweden, and not sure about the legal position, I set off on foot to look for a cash machine. The bloke at the depot was unable to describe to me where I might find one so I had to ask around at local businesses as to where a cash machine might be! Eventually I found one, one of the nasty ones that charges you an exorbitant fee for taking out money. I returned to the gas depot and paid up, while telling the bloke in charge what a poxy shit ridden outfit he was running!

We continued travelling south, stopping along the way to buy groceries. We arrived at the port in Helsingborg and lined up to get on the ferry to Helsingor in Denmark,

The ferry crossing from here to Denmark takes about 20 minutes.

Here we are on the ferry.

There was a bit of a traffic jam getting off the ferry.

We stopped for the day at a rough parking area just opposite The Danish Museum of Science and Technology at Helsingor.

This is a nice quiet place.

One of the museum's large exhibits is just next to our parking place.

It looks quite an interesting place.

We had bread and cheese and tomatoes for our tea followed by raspberries and cream.

Today we travelled 120 miles (193 kilometres), plus the distance on the ferry from Helsingborg to Helsingor. We are at: N56.02205 E12.56337

Helsingor     Street View

Thursday 6th August 2026

 There were 3 other vans staying at the car park by the river last night - all Swedish registration plates.

I went for a walk over the river.

It's a really nice area just on the edge of town.

Looking in the other direction from the footbridge.

A very popular place with dog walkers.

Very lush vegetation along the river bank.

Later on I moved the van back to the hospital and visited Ann. She is feeling much better but is still waiting on an ultrasound test before she can be let out.

At about 16.30 after the ultrasound test and two more pills to take every day Ann was able to escape the hospital on her mobility scooter!

We had heard of a famous Runestone at Varnamo and wanted to visit it, but when we got there it was impossible to park, so we just had to drive by! I lifted this picture of the stone from another website. The runes were carved about 1000 years ago and it commemorates a woman's husband and sons who had died.

We stopped for the day at a nearby car park by a smallish (by Swedish standards) lake.

There are trails around the lake.

We went for a ride/walk around the lake.

There are lots of tall trees.

We stopped for a rest.

Ann decided she wanted to photograph me.

Some horse riders came by. We returned to our van.

We are at: N57.17096 E13.99193

Varnamo   Street View

Wednesday 5th August 2026

I spent a nice quiet night at the car park in the town centre. In the morning I moved up to the car park at the back entrance to the hospital which has free parking for up to 4 hours.

Ann had told me she was in Medical Ward 5. Unfortunately Medical Ward 5 does not exist! I tracked her down to Medical Ward D which does exist! Here she is all kitted out in her hospital uniform.

Ann has a room to herself with a fantastic view - you can see a lake in the distance.

Her room has an ensuite with lots of mobility aids waiting in case she needs them.

All in all she seems to be living in luxury and is feeling much better.

The doctor came to see her.

Also a nurse. She is from Syria. Her father walked all the way from Syria to Sweden and eventually received permission to bring her and her mother and brother to join him in Sweden!

The medical staff have decided to keep Ann in hospital for another night even though they have decided that the diuretics have now been sucessful in removing the fluid from her lungs.

I moved our van from the time limited parking at the back entrance of the hospital to the emergency department parking which is not time limited. Here's the view to our van from Ann's room window.

Later on I moved the van to this car park by the river in Varnamo and parked for the rest of the day.

 I am at: N57.17940 E14.04396

Varnamo  Street View

Tuesday 4th August 2026

We travelled south, stopping off along the way to take on diesel. We arrived in the town of Varnamo and I bought a few things in Lidl. When I came back to the van Ann was feeling so unwell that we decided to go to the hospital. 

The hospital staff were extremely pleasant and set about examining Ann right away!

We didn't have to wait too long before they came up with a diagnosis. They think Ann has some fluid on her lungs and they are going to give her big intravenous doses of diauretics to try to clear the fluid and in the meantime keep her in hospital at least overnight. She is in Room 8 (all to herself!), Medical Ward D, Block F, 7th Floor, Vernamo Sjukhus, Docktorsgaten 5, 33156, Sweden.

I've parked for the day in a nice free car park in the middle of town.

Today we travelled 123 miles (198 Kilometres). I am at: N57.18280 E14.05099

Varnamo     Street View

Monday 3rd August 2026

We travelled south to Vasteras, then south west to Orebro and finally south to just outside of Motala where we stopped for the day at this wooded parking area.

The vegetation is very lush around the car park. Here's looking out of our side door.

Looking uphill from our van.........

......and downhill towards the huge lake Vattern.

There is an interpretive sign here.

We set off to visit the lake.

The track to the lake is only for pedestrians and cyclists. No cars allowed. You go through a tunnel under the maotorway and then a tunnel under the railway.

Quite steep going down to the lake shore.

There's a really nice beach here.

There's a jetty for diving off.

There's no way Ann could have got here without her mobility scooter. It was defininately a good buy.

Ann went for a ride around the beach area while I sat on a bench.

What a jolly couple of old persons!

We returned through the tunnels to our parking place.

Today we travelled 155 miles (250 kilometres). We are at: N58.51523 E15.01845

Motala     Street View