Weather vastly improved, so off to the beach again for the afternoon.
The tide sometimes creates all sorts of patterns, different ones within a relatively small area.
Total distance walked: 15 km.
The beach never looks the same two days in a row
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If you like Sankt Peter-Ording in weather like this …..
87 km per hour winds, and rain most of the time – the kind of weather which, according to the lady who came to clean my room, the locals call “stay-in-bed weather”.
Still, after a morning of exercises, and waiting a little while for the winds to subside, I ventured out, initially just to visit Kunsthaus Sankt Peter-Ording, currently with an exhibition of works by Armin Müller Stahl – one of my favourite German actors, so a man of several talents – in addition to their permanent collection (photo).
After that I kept walking, took time to study the shops along the way (bought a piece of clothing I had earlier sworn I did not need), and got as far as the bordwalk to the main beach. By the way, just where the boardwalk starts is an institution, I think, in Sankt Peter-Ording, GOSH frequented by locals, semi-locals, semi-tourist and tourists alike, all year round.
On the way back, I stopped for dinner in https://www.spo-fischhaus.de/ and had a delicious pasta with a load of giant shrimp and a hint of chili. I had previously tried a couple of their Fischbrötchen, and they were equally good.
Total distance walked: 13,5 km – not too bad for a (weather-wise) “stay-in-bed” day.
WEEKEND!
No tortuous Rückenschule or gruelling aquafitness or whatever other workouts are on the programme during the week. Just kidding – I am enjoying all of it. But it is still nice that there is a difference between weekdays and weekends.
Time to move further afield, a change of scenery, perhaps a nice dinner somewhere …
After a misty morning, the day only got mistier, but nevertheless I spent time on the main beach in Bad SPO, made a decision to try to include people in my photographs – something I usually try to avoid. Came across an eccentric poser. I also visited Germany’s largest coastal-protection structure, found a lovely café in an unlikely place, and it was actually open!
I am finding it very frustrating how cafés and restaurants close for the winter without announcing it in any way, and they even leave the signposts pointing their way up all winter. And the German IT resistance again. Some places don’t even have a website, and those who do, can’t be bothered to update it with such silly, irrelevant bits of information like the fact they are closed for the next six months.
So after 17 km, and another eight to go on an almost empty stomach, and no other options around, I finally gave in and had one of the gorgeous cakes of which there are so many in this region.
Total distances walked: Saturday 17 km; Sunday 25 km -a post-surgery record for me. Sunday’s route on Mapmywalk here.
Giving humans a MUCH more prominent position:
Back to nature only:
