Vela Vee

Sharing our Journey

Heading home

2 - 21 September.
Fizz and Gerry (Js sister and husband) arrived and then we had a couple more days in Flensburg waiting for Mike to arrive, so we departed on 4th September to start the journey home. First stop was back to Sønderborg and the extra crew...

South Denmark

Back to Aarhus and we were planning to leave the next day, but walking into town Jay's knee became very painful and he couldn't walk. As it came on so quickly we got it checked out at A&E and luckily no infection or anything noticeably wrong. So we stayed in...

Typically Danish

Although we didn't plan to spend the summer in Denmark, it's been very enjoyable and got a good feel for the place. Overall it's a very 'nice' country - the scenery is not spectacular but very nice, the towns are all pretty and nice, and the people are all...

North Denmark by bike, bus & train

1 - 10 Aug
Finally we moved on from Copenghagen and headed north again, sailing 60 miles to top of Zealand and a port called Gilleljse, (we don't know how to pronounce it either). A vibrant marina and fishing port. An early start the next day to sail...

Sweden by bike

24-31 July
We moved Vela north to Tuborg marina, on the outskirts of Copenhagen. Easy to spot the marina entrance with the giant bottles of Tuborg lager either side. It's home of the Royal Danish Yacht club, so very posh and a very secure place to leave...

Copenhagen and the Oresund

24 July
A sunny day in Copenhagen for the arrival of William, who negotiated the airport and metro to arrive in central Copenhagen...just in time for lunch at the Nyhavn. It's actually about the oldest part of Copenhagen and the original port area, but...