A little bit lost in Sweden - Sandefjord to Stenungsund - 10th-11th June
I landed in Sweden at 3.30 in the afternoon and set off southwards. My English friends from a few nights before had recommended a campsite near Tanumshede and I wanted to get there that night. It was further than I thought, but after the first few kilometres the roads were wide and empty and there were no hills. It slowly dawned on me that I might not see another hill until I reached England. The NSCR led through farmland – not a holiday home in sight that I could see, but the route was, for the first time, 20km inland from the coast, and no doubt that helped. It felt very empty compared to the part of Norway I’d just left, and the feeling was intensified when I saw four huge grey cranes rise up from a field by the roadside and flap slowly overhead. In the small town of Tanumshede I had trouble finding an ATM. Norway’s minibank had become Sweden’s bankomat. Then I had trouble finding the road to the campsite. I no longer had the detailed map...