Almost Nowhere...

Today I left the house early for a train out ride home trip from Middlefart, on the very western tip of Fyn.  I arrived early enough at Middlefart, and even got to look around the waterfront a bit.  it looks a nice town.  

From middlefart

Midlefart lies right on the Little Belt (Lille Baelt), the channel that separates the island of Fyn from the European mainland.  There is a big bridge across, and an estate (as yet unvisited by me).  It has also preserved a fair bit of its oldtown, with nice old houses and inns.

Shortly I headed east back towards Odense.  The first part of this journey is basically, getting out of Middlefart.  Once 10 or so km from town, it turns north and wanders through what I assume is nice country.  I missed it because...

Yep, a flat tire.  Confusion, a lack of tools, and imminent rain took me and I elected to walk back to the nearest train station (just a few kms).  I don't have to tell you that in another 10 minutes time I would have been nowhere with a flat tire, and that would have made for a long day.  As it was, I made the train back to town without incident.  And the bike shop guys told me "just pull the tube out and patch it while the wheel is on the bike [the wheel is bolt on].  That is what we do because the brakes and internal hub gearing make it too hard to take the wheel off each time there is a flat [duh!, why didn't I think of that?]."  Oh well, a bad day averted at least.