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Looking like toys in the depths of a deep cutting.
Up at 6.25 after another busy night. I must discover some self-discipline. Stop having a milky coffee every night after dinner.
Further to yesterday's meander into buying new doors. I have discovered they have a showroom in Odense. The only major city on Fyn and about 30km away. With petrol prices playing Follow The Stump I may just cycle over there. Though it is much colder than I would have liked.
The true scale of the articulated Volvo tipper truck in the previous image. There were lots of these working along the stretch I visited today. I think this was an A30G.
8.25. Time for a walk.
8.55 45F/7C Back from my walk. I had a quick chat with my nice neighbour as he left for work. His flock of chickens is expanding. I walked on the verge as much as possible today. Though I was hampered by all the deep tractor tracks. Presumably the drivers were pulling over to let following traffic pass. A vast crop sprayer was trundling across the prairie in the distance. It was just warm enough to take my hands out of my jacket pockets at times. I hadn't bothered with gloves.
12.00 53F/12C. And back again. I chatted for an hour with the window salesman/advisor. His excellent command of English was very useful. As he shared his knowledge of his products in response to all my questions.
Concrete work for a cutting and a bridge support.
I passed another site. Where the new HS railway line crosses the motorway. At a major junction with the main road. On the western approach to Odense. Great mountains of soil and sand. Were matched by great chasms. With pale concrete castings visible below the road for bridges and cuttings.
Unfortunately there was nowhere to stop to take pictures. I might use it as a goal for a ride after lunch. The sun has gone in and today's temperature has already peaked.16.20 Back from a 54km ride. I captured lots of images of the new railway. Mostly beyond Skallebølle and around Blommenslyst. A driver drove at high speed onto the motorway against a red light. Just as I was pulling away. The light had changed several seconds earlier.
Laying soil for leveling the new track bed. A giant CAT D7 bulldozer spreads the dumped soil. While a road roller compacts it. Volvo tipper trucks ply constantly back and forth. A white, off-road, box shaped tanker [?] is busy too. One of several. I could see white in the distance but have no idea what they were spreading. Not for dust I don't think. It looked too damp and muddy for that.
I found a new cycle path beside the road. Between Tommerup St. and Skalbjerg. Which I hadn't heard about. Nor discovered until now. It was laid in smooth asphalt on the verge but rose and fell with the level of the fields. Rather than the road beside it. I was at least three meters lower than the traffic at times. It stopped abruptly in Skalbjerg. Though there were small red flags in front gardens on the opposite side of the road. A possible extension towards Vissenbjerg? Where there have been cycle paths up and down the big hill for decades.
17.25 49F/9C. 62F/17C in the room. It has just started to rain. I have lit the stove.
I don't need any dinner tonight. I've had breakfast, lunch and two bread rolls today. Hours after I usually do.
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