Jelling and Ega (with a circle on top of the 'a')

reconstruction as it may have been painted

markers indicating the original ship shaped structure

Denmark does good megalith! We dropped in to Jelling yesterday to see the magnificent rune stones erected by King Gorn and Harald Bluetooth around the 10th century. They are located between two massive burial mounds as is the church. It was interesting to note there was once a gigantic ship shaped structure overlying the site. 

church between the mounds

The stones are now encased in large glass cabinets which I presume are to protect them from the elements.

shame it doesn't have a glass roof as it makes for rubbish shadowy pics

We had heard how lovely Aarhus was so headed off to check it out for ourselves. Well!! I'm not sure if we are missing something but it was a bit hideous and we did not stay long. There is a lot of building work going on and it was massively hot but the whole place seemed a bit rough and frantic so we had a quick whizz around and headed north to a beach.

We found Ega (with a circle on the 'a') which was absolutely gorge and only about 12 km from Aarhus. The sea was calm, there a was a jetty to swim from and people were walking out in the water for around 100 metres as the water was very shallow. A very idyllic spot so we stayed the night and started the day with a lovely swim in the still warm water. We are now at another beach, Gjerrild Nordstrand, which is another lovely spot. The clouds are gathering so there may be a storm. Graham refuses to play dominoes which is very boring but has managed to get some rather slow wee fee. He seems to have more luck with wee fee when we're in the middle of nowhere than in cities!

I am swiftly running out of wine so it may be time to start heading back. The beer is good here though. Maybe Silkeborg tomorrow.