Stevns Klint Walk day 1 part 2

Our last stop of the day was Højerup old church which was right on the edge of the cliff (part had fallen off in 1928 when part of the cliff fell). Here you can see the limestone on top, then a very thin layer of fish clay (the sign said proof of the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs!), then chalk underneath. There were lots of buildings in this area on top of the cliff and it was pretty nice to wander.

Then we went down to the beach (the sign said steep stairs to get down and they were not kidding! It was almost vertical! But not actually that bad going up or down. Not as bad as it looked from the top). We spent so much time looking for fossils there and again the rocks were very easy to break apart and we found lots of cool fossil impressions! Just break a rock open and find some. We spent so much time wandering the beach and finding all the things. So many of the rocks with fossils were so fragile there was like no way to take them with us, but I did bring a few back with me. Though they make a giant mess and I’m going to try and find something at the store tomorrow to wrap them in. We shall see what survives the trip home!

Once it was finally time to head back we wandered back the same path. Found a Six-Spot Burnet caterpillar and a very bright red Cinnabar Moth! Really I cannot believe I actually got an okay photo of the moth as it was flying around so much! When we got back to the rocky beach by town I went out on the pier there (same one as in the first photo of the first part) and put my feet in the water. It was absolutely freezing! But felt really nice on my tired feet! There were also a bunch of baby and mom Red-breasted Merganser on the beach that were fun to watch. One mom had a couple really little babies and they kept trying to ride on her back and they would get on and she would drive under the water to get them off and so they would swim back and get on and repeat. It was pretty funny.

Later we stopped by the one ice cream place as they had an elderflower sorbet and I loved elderflower so had to try that. It was amazing! Raymond got a mint chocolate chip (not vegan) which he also enjoyed, but my sorbet was so tasty!

All in all this was a great day! Long, hot on the top of the cliff, but we love hunting for fossils! Tomorrow we will drive to the other end of the cliffs to explore and hunt more fossils!Read more