Pine Trees and Rocky Outcrops

The campsites in the South of Sweden are packed to the gunnels with motorhomes, caravans and tents of all shapes and sizes which make them less than appealing to us but we had thought this would be the case during the summer holidays especially as the weather is so lovely. Luckily Scandinavia has a wonderful, friendly attitude to motorhoming which means that there is always somewhere nice to stay and usually at no charge. We can get water from churchyards or at the latrine emptying sites along the motorways.

excuse the shoes

Last night we stayed in a small grove of tall pine trees that is the official car park for a nature reserve called Tosteberga ängar near Langdon on the South West coast of Sweden. This is one of the many official, listed, motorhome aires in which visitors are welcome to ‘wild camp’.

cows cut off by the tide

lovely stones

There was only one other van over-nighting on the site. A marked trail from our lovely, temporary home took us over beautiful meadows and fields that were slowly being claimed by the sea. Rock boulders formed islands on which some cattle had been cut of by the spring tide. This delighted Kerriann who thinks that all farm animals are potential killers who will stalk and attack her as revenge for her carnivorous diet, but with the cattle safely contained on the island we could witness the amazing birdlife and nature’s displays of wild flowers unhindered.

This was one of our favourite motorhome stopovers and all free of charge.