Faaborg (route 65)
The Faaborg route heads SSW out of Odense toward the sea town of Faaborg (hence the name). After leaving the city center, it gets quickly into nice suburnban bikes paths more or less along the Odense River.
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| Faaborg Route |
The riding is nice, and the suburbs are pretty upscale. So in all there is good scenery, with upscale burbs on one side and pastures/river on the other. As with all paths, though, they end, and one gets dumped into country lanes winding through wheat fields. It is prety nice, though the roads are narrow. At one point I met a bus coming the other way that took up the entire road!
Svendborg Route (55).
The way to Svenborg (Fyn's second city) begins along the same way as the route to Faaborg. At the edge of the city center, however, it veers off to the south, proceeding more or less directly south to Svendborg. Unfortunately, the way is along busy roads through burb after burb. Not only was it not scenic, it was 2 to 3 times the distance to get out of the suburbs as for any other route. My patience wore thin.
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| mollehoj |
So I departed the text and made my own way (more fun anyhow). Just east of the route was a site called Mollehoj, which is the largest burial mound on Fyn. It dates from the bronze age or Viking age (ca 10th century) and is about 40 feet high. It is now covered with trees. After seeing this I meandered through small villages and farms, enjoying the countryside.
I eventually found a place where I could walk right up to one of those giant windmills. Very cool. They make a great wooshing sound that is approximated by the sound make on the wash cycle of an upright washing machine. It is audible for sure, but quieter than the cars on the road.
Bogense (route 35).
Friday I took off back to the west because the wind was from there. And it is much better to go into the wind first than it is to fight it while returning home. I did the first part of this trip a few weeks ago, but today I had time to go further.
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| Glavendrup |
The first place I came was the Dallum Slot (castle) which is an old estate dating rom the 17th century. It has a lot of land associated with it, and its gardens remain a public park. After a brief stop, I continued on to the Glavendrup Stone. This was something completely different, and also completely new. Runes? Wow, that is different.
4 comments:
Glad to hear the windmills are not too noisy
Do they have much solar?
Look forward to seeing Bev on Saturday
Not much solar from what I have seen, although AERO (an Island to the south of us) has a commercial solar power plant. I want to at least pass by one day...
Sounds like youi're getting into pretty good shape, Matt (If you're staying away from McDonalds now)! Are there lots of other bikers? Do a significant number of people commute by bike?
Tom
Tom,
There are many many bikers. Stay tuned for a biker post. Most of the bikers are people who use the bicycle as transportation. The number of sport riders is about the same as you see in the US. The bike racks at train stations, schools, and places of work are all full during the day. And you can always find someone riding a bike, whether it is in the city or country.
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