14th century church lost in the dunes

The sand dunes were cleared to reveal the length of St Laurence church tower.

 In fact the shifting sands buried the whole of St Laurence church, and most of it was demolished, except the tower which could be used as a shipping location before the white and the grey lighthouses were built. After our coach parked at a car park, we took the half kilometre walk along the sandy path to the church tower.

I have never seen so many ties in a building before. The ties are probably necessary to keep the tower together on the shifting sands it is built on. Looking inside the building I spotted a spiral staircase which went up the tower. Under normal circumstances I would have explored it, but I didn't want to push my luck, reminding myself I was in a moon boot and dependent on two crutches less than a year ago. So I perched on a nearby grassy dune and watched the swallows which were nesting in the eaves, flying backwards and forwards to feed their young.

On our way back to the ship our guide pointed out the yellow ochre colour of the houses with red roofs. She suggested the local authority had bought a job lot of the paint. I wasn't too sure about that, but they look good.

Shops and housing in the centre of Skagen in the uniform yellow ochre colour with red-tiled roof.