This feels like a big day. OK, I do have 50 km (31 miles) left to Trelleborg, but the Bike Track – Cykelspåret – along the eastcoast stops here, in Ystad. So I have biked along it from Stockholm to Ystad. The 833 km (521 miles) plus the distance to Trelleborg tomorrow show that I was quite right in my calculations that the biking in Sweden would be 900 km (563 miles).

We had an enormous flow in our biking today. Österlen, as this part of Skåne is called, is so beautiful. Full of little picturesque villages, each with its little church. It felt like riding a motorcycle as we made our way from village to village at a cruising speed of 30 kph (19 mph). The wind was sometimes strong, but as often in our backs as from the side.

We started the day by walking up to the 80 meter (260 Feet) hill in the nature reserve called Stenshuvud, from where we had a beautiful view of the 97 meter (315 Feet) high stone head, that watched over the sea beneath. (Stenshuvud means stone head.)

We also passed the famous mediaval castle Glimmingehus today, but there was an entrace fee just to get close to it, so we continued after having an ice cream.

In Simrishamn we had a huge lunch. The streets were full of people having their holiday. I bought Graham Greenes The End of the Affair from an antiquarian on a square. A very nice issue printed in the 60's.

At the camping just outside Ystad, we once again took benefit of the facts that we don't have a big car or caravan. The camping was ”full”, but we were allowed to raise our tent on a free spot where no car could go because of the way the caravans were place around the trees.

Just like yesterday, we cooked dinner in Jörgen's kitchen: Pasta with tuna and chopped tomatoes. A delicacy after a hard day's biking.