Full circle: last day on the coastal road of Bornholm

Bassebo to Rønne

I woke up from a deep and continuous sleep to a beautiful morning, sunny but fresh and windy, tempered only by the abundance of spiders who had emerged at night. In general, spiders do not bother me, especially when I am outside in their territory. However, the amount of spiders (and not small spiders) took away from my store, my backpack, my shoes, everything that remained in my lobby was enough to tremble slightly.

I left for the beach, once again, the only lonely individual for what looked like miles.

My reliable hiking companion in crime, Stan the Penguin

The path soon returned to the roads of dunes and forests, through an old farm and water factory. It was still relatively early in the morning and I think I was the first person to cross this section for the day. Do you remember those camp spiders? These little boys had built fabrics made from one side to another throughout the path. After too many iridescent network carfrados, practically invisible, I walked with my hiking post in front of my face, apologizing while I went through all the intricate work I was destroying.

Through the dunes

Sometimes the road of the forest was steep and muddy, and I was glad not to complete this section in the torrential rain, although a dry night had done little for the walking to be easy. The following kilometers brought the way outside a military zone, owned by the Danish army. After reading the danger signs many times to make sure it was sure to pass, I considered it (the ball that means active exercises did not consider). However, I was slightly nervous and I almost had a heart attack when the sound of the shots resonated in the forest. I quickly realized that I was going through a shooting field and was perfectly safe, however, the restlessness persisted until I had put enough distance between me and the military activity that the shots vanished.

The military zone occupied a significant portion of the coast, so the path turned inland to miss around the area. Now it was hot, and the road alternated following the way for a moment and walking between the fields, none of which offered a lot of refuge of the sun. Not as picturesque as impressive views in the Baltic Sea, but I appreciated the mental challenge of this section.

Hike

Road walk

Having successfully arrived around the military area in one piece, the road returned to the softer and soft walking dunes. I was starting to feel the long days at this point and walked silently, without breaking into a spontaneous song as I often do.

I passed by Bodene, then Arnager and suddenly was the signal: only 7.8 km had Rønne!

The miles beyond the airport were long (even the small airports took many real estate), although the views were pleasant, with the coast that had covered on foot that extended behind me.

The last miles were once again in beautiful coastal paths, now frequented with dog and runners walkers when I approached the city. The industrial port was in sight …

… and I had immediately achieved it, received by Danish flags and the picturesque city of Rønne, connecting my steps 73 hours since I had gone.

I had reserved an economic hotel room for the night and appreciated with thanks the sweat and sunscreen of the last days. I have extremely sensitive skin and I had an allergic reaction on my arm, do I think of my sunscreen? – But fortunately he could calm that with a hydrocortisone cream and the eruption vanished in the next few days. I also rinsed my clothes in the sink for the good of my Ferry teammates and train the travelers while I returned on my steps home the next day. I was definitely feeling the 75 miles in three days in my legs not adjusted, and I was rigid moving again, but I finished the day with a brief wandering around Rønne, stopping for the pizza and catching the sunset before falling, exhausted, in bed.

HEAD TO HOUSE: Rønne A Halle (Saale)

Despite being tired, I barely slept. Rønne is a fairly bustling place and the city’s sounds were deafening after the white noise of the sea masking all the other sounds on the last nights. Anyway, I needed to get up early to catch the ferry, so around 5 in the morning I gave myself, I made sure I had my whole team and went out to the previous light. I felt remarkably recovered and walked through the city a little more before heading to the ferry terminal. A fellow hiker who had passed in the opposite direction on the path was also waiting for the ferry, and we quickly became friends, exchanging stories of our walks. The 3 -hour ferry trip passed quickly, then the bus returns to Sassnitz, a fast vagabond throughout the port, a train to Rostock, then to another train to Berlin, and finally Halle. The second section of the train trip did not leave as planned and after several delays, I finally arrived in Berlin. Having lost my connection, I was caught for a few hours in Berlin (there are worse places to be trapped safely!). Finally, I was at home, arriving 13 hours after the Ferry left Rønne. Once at home, I hung up my team that was still a little wet, shaking the sand from my store and then stopped to reflect on my last days. Although this was a shorter path, I still felt significantly away from my daily life. When I’m on my way, only with my thoughts, without seeing many people, the maximums are really high and the minimums can be really low. As an excessive thinker, being on his way is one of the few times in my year that I am completely at the present moment, in tune with myself and in my environment. I like the simplicity of having everything I need on my back, my only task for the day to walk until exhaustion occurs, to advance in the morning, leaving only a weak mark on the grass as a proof that I was there. Even three days of walking (with additional adventure days) were enough to transport me to that mentality. I would only like it to have been longer!

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