Training to Nyborg

Last week I ventured a little further afield for the bike ride by heading to Nyborg (to the east of us in Odense) on the train and then riding home. This allowed me to get farther away from Odense on the bike, see some new country, and ride with a tailwind the whole way! I plotted a route that went a little south so I could catch some of the "hilly" country down there, and also catch some castles.

From Nyborg

I did both, and had a great time. It was an overcast day, but it stayed dry, which was the important part. Just outside of Nyborg I went by a Castle called Hocklenhavn Slot which was actually a surprise. It is quite nice, however. For the next hour or so I wandered south and west through the country until I came to Glorup Slot, a castle I had seen before.

Glorup is one of the prettiest castles around in my opinion, and riding through on a bike did nothing to dispell that notion. It is gorgeous. And it is no wonder that Hans Christian Anderson favored it as a place to write. Still heading inland, I passed through the town of Orbaek, where there is a (deservedly) award winning microbrewery. Their beer is really lovely. I could not stop due to time constraints, so I will have to make a pilgrimage. Next up came Lykkesholm Slot, a big yellow estate situated on a nice lake. It is in a little valley too, with "hills" around making the country nice for cycling.

Alas, all this castle watching ate up the time, so homeward bound I became. I slipped past Ravnholt Slot on the way, and then back on the same roads I had used when I made my original trip there. A very nice outing, and probably worth repeating once the leaves really begin to change.