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This area has the closest hills to Odense, and in this hilly area, there are also forests. The Longso forest is especially big. It is also criss crossed with hiking paths, and the lake itself (So - actually not an "O" but a special letter that looks like a zero - means lake; Even more special, just the zero character means island) is the most beautiful I have seen in Denmark. It is forested thanks in large part to the Castle on its shore.
Anyhow, the ride out was a tale of two trips. The first half was on straight, flat bike path. This type of riding through suburbia abruptly ended with a right turn onto a dirt road. Boom, into forest, hils, and fields for the next 10 km or so. Night and day. It was really beautiful though, and worthy of a family trip. So we will go, and report on that when back.
That was Thursday. Friday was a southern extension of the same route. Also beautiful, but less forest and more grain fields. I did manage to capture some Windmills along the way - this is one of the ways the Danes lower their dependence on Fossil fuels. More on this in a later post, but for now, are these so ugly?
3 comments:
I think of your trips as the spokes of a wheel. Good to chat with you today. Do those windmill's make lots of noise as that was the complaint we heard from the French.
Toby,
I have not gotten close enough to hear them, but I have never heard one. Even in Holland when we passed by so close, on the water, I never hear them. Maybe my hearing is no good? I will try to get close and let you know. But loud or not, I like them on the skyline better than the acid rain, mercury, and carbon emissions that result from coal fired power plants. Oh and there ARE plenty of birds here (another common complaint). I would rather see us (the USA) realize that we have to make some compromises where beauty is concerned, in order to live more intelligently.
I don't know, I kinda like acid rain, mercury, and carbon emissions...
GWB
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