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We struck camp at Faaborg and wished the campsite a final farewell before making our way by car to Stubbekøbing.
We drove to Svendborg, then crossed the bridge to the Island of Tåsinge. Having crossed Tåsinge we took another bridge accross to the Island of Langeland, joining it at Rudkøbing and heading for the ferry port at Spodsberg. We stopped for a sandwich at the ferry port whilst waiting for the ferry, and then took the ferry across to Tårs on the Island of Lolland.

We then crossed Lolland and took the bridge on the E47 to the Island of Falster, and headed for Stubbekøbing, ariving there to pitch camp at around 4pm.

We had crossed four islands in a single day – starting from Faaborg on the island of Funen we then had crossed Tåsinge, Langeland and Lolland followed by the final crossing to Falster.

This day of lengthy travel confirmed our approach in using a combination of car and tandem for the holiday. We would love to have cycle toured for the whole trip, but just did not have the time to take a month or more to tour around. It just was not possible to see all the places we wanted to visit entirely by bike in the time available. Whilst using a train for part of the trip is possible with a bike, with a tandem and trailer we would have had serious difficulties booking and getting a train which would have limited the trip. The benefit of having our own car gave complete freedom to our logistical planning – we could travel by car when and where we liked, and cycle tour the rest. The only limitation was that after touring an area by tandem we had to return to pick up the car, but in practice this worked out fine.

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