BB reports that M&F and children have gone ashore on the island of Læsø. So they sailed north after passing Sletterhage Lighthouse.
Here the family was received by the harbor-master (Havnefoged) as well as a number of locals.
Dannebrog herself is anchored north of the island.
BB also reports that a number of pictures have surfaced on private accounts on the Net. - So happy hunting, resident news diggers.
https://www.billedbladet.dk/kongeli...derik-paa-privat-sommertogt-her-er-de-lige-nu
I'll return later with some info about the island.
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Correct, Polyesco.
We don't have a coast guard in DK, instead we have Navy Home Guard vessels and certain navy patrol vessels to perform tasks that would elsewhere be carried out by the coast guard.
Rota is such a vessel.
Dannebrog is the first ship in the navy and when another navy ship pass her, the crew will always line up on the deck and salute Dannebrog.
I understand that it is customary for members of the DRF, if aboard, to go on deck and acknowledge the salute.
Let's have a closer look at the scenic island of Læsø.
Located between Northern Jutland and Sweden, the island has a population of less than 2.000. Considerably more in the summer months though.
http://danarige.dk/wp-content/uploads/oversigtskort-laesoe.jpg
https://www.visitlaesoe.dk/sites/default/files/asp/visitlaesoe/luftfoto_laesoe_vl.jpg
(The distances are much greater than this photo gives the impression of.)
There are three town, villages actually, on the island, Vesterby, where the feery to and from the island sails to. Østerby, which has a small harbor for fishing boats and small sailing ships as well as boats. And Byrum in the middle of the island.
http://petkomotiv.dk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Læsø-kort-01.jpg
The island is basically one long beach all around the island.
https://www.visitlaesoe.dk/sites/de...ur/Strande/piger_sanddelfin.jpg?itok=vaBVsniF
Making it a favorite, but rather quiet holiday destination.
Here your pulse will drop orders of magnitudes, because you can basically only get off the island when the ferry sails, so you might just as well settle down and take it easy.
http://www.faergelejet.dk/billeder/1200/16/089683.jpg
And enjoy the scenery.
https://d2wgp4u47gi6he.cloudfront.net/imagecache/images/articles/9424_Fill_1440_420.JPG
Unsurprisingly there are lots of summer cottages and holiday resorts on the island, but no large hotels. The tourists (and the islanders) simply don't want it!
So this about as big as they get on Læsø.
https://www.opdagdanmark.dk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/strandgaarden-badehotel-læsø.jpg
Most prefer a summer cottage.
https://picture.feline.dk/get/3b134e7b-4767-4f8b-8383-b48a2a6e9737_2.jpg
https://s-ec.bstatic.com/images/hotel/max1024x768/126/126091567.jpg
https://picture.feline.dk/get/179fd202-3bf2-4a05-b412-c1b447970b07_4.jpg
https://picture.sommerhusedanmark.dk/get/a109019b-4a72-4e82-abc1-f586046d2509_11.jpg
Arriving by the ferry, you sail to Vesterby.
https://www.visitlaesoe.dk/sites/de...lkommen-til-laesoe-1700x600.jpg?itok=NIzQIRNw
Which looks like this at sunset:
https://www.laesoe-havn.dk/images/havn-rod.jpg
But M&F wanted to sneak in. Dannebrog anchored north of the island, so the CP-family went aboard the chaluppe and sailed south around the island, arriving in Østerby. That has a smaller harbor than Vesterby, with the ferry and all.
http://laesoestrand.dk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/slider_laesoe7.jpg
And this is what the CP-family would have seen sailing into Østerby.
https://pix10.agoda.net/geo/city/666572/1_666572_04.jpg?s=1920x822
But the locals were not fooled!
The local and ever vigilant Home Guard squad, must have spotted them and alerted the island.
Here is a photo of pretty much the entire defense force of the island:
https://www.hjv.dk/oe/HVKFRH/nyheder/Test 2/Læsø 2017-6.JPG
The island is also well-known for its salt. That has a distinct flavor, different from the one you buy in supermarkets.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Sydesalt.JPG/1200px-Sydesalt.JPG
Beforehand Læsø was a feared place for ships sailing near the island! In bad weather the locals had a tendency to cause ships to founder, by walking around with lanterns.
When a ship beached, the locals could claim the cargo and what else could be used, provided of course the king got his share. That was the job of the Strandfoged = Beach-magistrate. - Who got his cut too.
Now, that only applied if the crew had perished, but that could be arranged... - and was!