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Three wind turbines rising above a tree line beyond a field of green barley.

Blans Havn to Vordingborg (day 4)

61km and again a flat 240m of climbing (probably mostly on bridges). Highlights were Bandholm, Sakskøbing, Guldborg and the crumbling bridge to Vordingborg.

Ridden · Jamie Brammer

First stop of the day was at Bandholm, a small port with a ferry over to Aksø. Wonderful looking beach and a very smart hotel: perhaps we should have taken breakfast there.

There’s an old railway, with a terminus at Bandholm. Also a museum. Part of the route today crossed the line a few times.

  • A white sand beach with marram tussocks running along a shallow bay to a long red-roofed industrial building on the shore.
  • Two loaded bikes propped against a leaning tree on parched grass, with a white hotel lettered "BANDHOLM HOTEL" flying flags behind.
  • A single-track railway line running away into dense beech woodland.
  • Three wind turbines rising above a tree line beyond a field of green barley.
  • A yellow rendered hotel with a red-tiled roof lettered "HOTEL SAXKJØBING", white cafe chairs outside under a deep blue sky.
  • A plate of breaded fried fish topped with prawns in pink dressing, asparagus and shredded lettuce, with a lemon wedge.
  • A steel arch road bridge crossing a channel, with a cycle path running alongside the carriageway.
  • A child in a helmet standing with two loaded bikes on a road below a red-brick church with a tiled spire, beside a red cycle-route signpost.
  • A weed-grown cycle path running along a long causeway bridge beside a rusted railing, with a "50" speed limit sign.
  • A loaded orange bike propped by a lamp post on a causeway bridge's cycle path, with a rusting steel arch span ahead and a rider standing beyond.