Island hopping in Nordfriesland // Day 5 // Once around Föhr

GET ON PLEASE: THE FÖHR CIRCUMNAVIGATION IS NEXT!

If you ask locals and almost locals who are permanent island tourists: 'What do you do on Föhr?' Then surely among the TOP3 comes: 'Just drive around the island.' Ok! Challenge accepted.

After a bit of research, it became clear that it's about 42 kilometers. Many people would certainly manage with a regular bicycle. And with this beautiful weather and bright sunshine, which was predicted for the whole day, it was already. But I didn't want to! Having my Texel circumnavigation - with headwind and 60 kilometers of pedaling to complete exhaustion - still traumatically anchored in my mind, I insisted on an e-bike. The first time I would sit on one, I was very excited ;-)!

The test ride went smoothly - and at the latest, when the worst headwind dominated for the third time during the day (and I passed everyone effortlessly and with a smile), it was clear that I didn't want to ride anything else!

BUMPING OVER ROCKS AND STONES

The bike paths on Föhr are well signposted. Although you're not always sure if they are really bike paths - or just gravel tracks. Sometimes I feared that one of my tires would burst because it was like turbulence on an airplane!

The big loop around Föhr is definitely a very worthwhile route (especially with an e-bike!).
You pass important sights, such as the local airfield ;-) (I'm so glad I could take the ferry):

You have beautiful views everywhere, like here of the beach, dune, sea and the ferry passing in the background:

The sun is literally exhausted today

And what mustn't be missing: Covering a part of the route on the dike! You have to get off your bike again and again. Open gate. Push bikes through. Close gate. Ride. Oh, the next gate. Get off. Open gate... because the sheep are on the loose, everywhere on the dike. And to prevent them from escaping, there are many 'barricades'.

WHAT'S MISSING? OF COURSE, CAKE!
My beloved ritual - cake and Frisian tea - of course had to be included today, after all the physical exertion. Therefore, a 'insider tip' was visited again (actually, that's not entirely true, because everyone on Föhr knows this place and it's always crowded): The Café Klein Helgoland at the Wyk marina.

The service and the colorful guests were in a great mood, we were placed in the sun. And the cake was delicious! This time I had rubble cake. One can speculate wildly what led to this name - no one could explain it to me. I think it refers to the size of the cake - because the piece stood on my plate like rubble and hung over in the front and back, it was so huge. Sponge cake, mascarpone cream, strawberries, and meringue. Wow! (Maybe I'll write a blog about food and especially cake soon...)

Then I quickly cycled the last kilometers back to the bike rental and then ***END*** for today (except for a bit of wellness area and of course dinner... if you burn so many calories in the great outdoors, you have to work hard to take them in elsewhere)!

AND TOMORROW...
The next ferry crossing is coming up. This time to the smallest island, Amrum!