Stevns Klint Walk Day 2

Today was another great fossil day! We woke up to rain, but it stopped around 9:30 so we got ready to go and headed out. First stop was Mandehoved where there are old Cold War watchtower and missile defense center! The one tower is now a radar tower and the other is a birdwatching tower so that was fun.

When we walked out to the cliff edge after spying on the tower we saw a sign saying how there are Peregrine Falcons that like to nest in the cliffs (they apparently disappeared in the 50’s, but came back on 2004), so we went to the edge and looked and there was one right there! So nice that he was right there right next to the sign!

Then we headed on to our next stop, the old Holtug Chalk Quarry. There were so many snails on the trail on the way! We got to the quarry at lunchtime so had a break and then tried to get down to the water and the one way we went there was just a very steep cliff with a rope to help and I was like maybe we won’t be going down to the water…but we sat and explored the quarry there looking for fossils and found so many! All the sea urchins!! It also said in the sign we might find some sea urchin fossils so I was like I hope we do…and then we did! The best was right at the end of the day before we headed back Raymond found a rock with a shell impression on the outside and he broke it apart and found a small urchin! It broke in half when we broke the rock, but it goes back together well! And it had a worm or something on it - so fun! In the first photo where I am holding the rock that was a piece of urchin shell that came off and you can see the impression too! We spent like 2.5 hours looking at fossils there. And we were the only people there. We saw one person as we were leaving that was up above.

We did eventually make it down to the water as we found another path, but the fossils weren’t down there. Though in the photo after the all the rocks with the water if you zoom in on the right you can see a bridge and that is the bridge that goes to Malmo, Sweden and on the left near the trees you can see Copenhagen!

There was also a sign when we came in that said keep your dogs on a leash as there are Hares in the area and we were sitting having a break and one almost ran into us! He turned to go down the slope at the last second (I think when he saw us), and then sat about halfway down for a minute so I could take a photo. It was very nice of him to do that!

Then we headed back to the car and drove out to the last stop on the trail which sounded nice in the brochure…but there was nothing there except one restaurant (the last water photo)! So that was a very quick stop. I was really glad we did not walk the 6km from the quarry to the along the road!!

We had to stop at the store on the way home and in town found this rock with rainbow pieces in it which was odd. Then back to our place to relax.

The last photos are what I brought back - some tiny little shells that came out of the rocks (Raymond loved getting them out) and my other urchins and one full shell still in the rock! You can’t see, but both sides are there! So it was a great day. We’ve found way more fossils than I ever expected here! So much fun!Read more