Asaa - Hou - Hals - Egense - Mou - Storvorde - Klarup - Gistrup - Sønder Tranders - Aalborg
Weather: rainy and clouded, around 20°
Kilometers on bike: 63 km
After a small breakfast, I get to know my neighbours. A young couple on their first outdoor bike trip. Well, their equipment is not that optimal, but it’s nice to see they have fun. We chat and they ask for some more advice on their equipment, which I heartily give. They intend to go around Northern Jutland and I wish them all the best, especially a better weather.
I head south through Hou to Hals, where I take the ferry over the Langerak to Egense. Not much interesting to see, there are mostly holiday homes around here. In Egense, my left knee suddenly begins to hurt. Oh, no. Not an injury. I take a small break, test the knee and the aching does not stop. So, what to do now? Go the the next camp site, stay for a few nights and hope it gets better? Ignoring the ache is not that easy, and going further south might be too risky for the knee and I could end up heavily injured outdoors.
I decide to go to Aalborg instead. Roughly 30 km which I have to endure with an aching knee. I follow the cycle route no. 23 east through Mou, Storvorde and Klarup to Gistrup. I am taking a few breaks on my way to rest my knee for a couple of minutes and sometimes I even push my bike for a few kilometres. Otherwise I am stoically going on, gritting my teeth and cycle through a somewhat uninspiring landscape.
I reach the outskirts of Aalborg. The cycle route leads directly into the university campus of Aalborg. It’s not easy to find your way into town, but in the end I end up in the beautiful town of Aalborg. Even the weather got better. 
And I see people, lots of people. Feels like I am back in civilisation. 
I ask in the tourist office for a map and where the camp sites are. I decide to go to the camp site of the Vandrerhjem. Nice and cheap campsite near the water of the Limfjord and not far from the town centre. I set up camp and I am getting me a nice, cold beer: Thy Økologisk Humle! Ah, that’s refreshing. And from the Thisted Bryghus. Something I have missed in Norway. I rest inside my tent and eat the last of my supplies (well, mostly biscuits and some apples). So, what to do next? I hope my knee is getting better over night.
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