28.04.2025 159km in the Morris to Fyns Havedam Aps.

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  Monday 28th 44F/6.7C. Bright sunshine is promised for all day. Peaking at 17C/63F. A SW breeze.

 Up at 6.15 after a night of feeding the fire bucket. A foolish combination of beer, coffee and gravy with dinner. The heap of cauliflower may not have helped. Otherwise I slept well. All thanks to my deliberately low impact tactics.

 I have to see the doctor this morning. The strange patch of "age spots" on my back has changed in appearance. Which is a bit worrying. I also want to discuss my repeated dizziness at my physio class. 

 10.00  It seems I shall live to enjoy another day. I should also stop competing at my physio class. Silly old wotsit! What a perfect morning! Now I feel the need to go somewhere. 

 10.50 60F/15.6C I shall have a tootle in the Morris to a fishpond business on the other side of Fyn. I am just curious to see what they have. However tempting it may be, it is too far [at 60km each way] to cycle there today. As I rode 90km only a couple of days ago. I have ridden to the area on the trike. To look at a house for sale. Quite a long time ago of course. If I take my lunch with me I can swing down to Svendborg afterwards. Make a day of it. What's left of it.

 It took me two hours to get to my target close to the eastern coast of Fyn. Three hours for the return journey. I came back via Hesselager and Ringe. Rather than Svendborg.  This included a leisurely tour of Fyns Havedam Aps. [near Oure.] With pauses for lunch and snacks in lay-byes. Havedam means garden pond in Danish. 

 The proprietor was very friendly and happy to chat. Despite my not being ready to buy anything for the moment. His huge stock of [mostly] Oase filters [and others] plus hoses and specialist plumbing was absolutely mind blowing. All neatly laid out in several large outbuildings. Huge rolls of pond liner in assorted thicknesses and sizes in the yard. Preformed plastic ponds in stacks of familiar and unfamiliar  sizes and shapes. Well worth a visit for those within traveling distance. Check the website for opening hours first.

 He likes to be able to send items straight off without delay for online sales. The sales website is always open of course. Live visitors are very welcome during opening hours and are almost certain to find what they need in stock. He says he has had to expand his opening hours to cater for demand. There are multiple ponds housing cold water fish outside. Mostly Koi carp in variations of size, a myriad of colours and desirability. With stock to suit all tastes and pockets. Lots of bog and water plants.

 The countryside going both ways [by different routes] was simply gorgeous. At its inimitable best. Spring blossom everywhere and beech woods. With fresh foliage filtering the light. My photography did not remotely match my own view. My wife and I visited the area several times in the car. Now many years ago. So there was a distinct air of nostalgia. As I recognized certain, strangely familiar features. 

16.30 I feel quite tired now. It has been a long, but very enjoyable, day. 

 I wasn't in the mood to cook. So I had mackerel in tomato sauce on wholegrain toast. I have just read that fish fingers are ultra-refined. So not as healthy as one might have hoped for its fish content. Now I need to check whether the brown bread and rolls I eat every day are cheating. Somehow they can get around the whole grain advertising rules. If they were just stored in the same warehouse for five minutes. 

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