A bike ride in the countryside in June is an encouraging happening. I felt as a child in Robert Louis Stevenson’s poem, The Swing:
How do you like to go up in a swing,
Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!
Up in the air and over the wall,
Till I can see so wide,
River and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside.
Till I look down on the garden green,
Down on the roof so brown–
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down!
Farewell we call to hearth and hall!
Though wind may blow and rain may fall.
We must away ere the break of day.
Far over wood and mountain tall.
By J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings
It’s time to wander!
“There comes a time when autumn asks,
“What have you been doing all summer?”
By all these lovely tokens
September days are here,
With summer’s best of weather
And autumn’s best of cheer
– Helen Hunt Jackson, September
When autumn darkness falls, what we will remember are the small acts of kindness: a cake, a hug, an invitation to talk, and every single rose. These are all expressions of a nation coming together and caring about its people.
– Jens Stoltenberg
Notes
You can read more about these meadows here: Søllerød Naturpark
Sometimes ‘smultronställer’¹ shows themselves in nature quite unexpected and Søllerød Naturpark never fails to make my spirit fly high and to remember certain moments.
Woodlands and fields lie above the golf course on Rygaard Overdrev. I love the hilly area. The nature park is a continuation of Rude Skov and invites for a walk.
We often went by public transport in the past, when we wanted to explore an area.
It gives you the opportunity to begin the walk in one place and end up in another.
One sunny day not long ago I took Bus 150 towards Kokkedal Station and got off at Gammel Holte. I continued down Gamle Holte Gade and turned left just before Gammel Holte Vej.
Sometimes the path reminded me of Cumbria, of pictures I have seen from the moor in England.
Soon the path disappeared in a little lake and though I was wearing Goretex I went round and not through the new lake in order to keep warm and dry. Soon I was in the forest, Rude Skov and after a nice walk past Løje Sø I ended my walk at Holte Train Station.
Once again I had an overwhelming feeling of a longer hike. That’s what a walk can do for me when I plan the walk in the right way.
You should try it your self should you get the chance.
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A smultronställe is a Swedish term for a place that is an undervalued gem. A place to feel comfortable, and hard for others to find. Often a place with a personal and emotional value. Literally smultronställe means a place of wild strawberries.
I Søllerød Kirkeskov går jeg altid vild. Ihvertfald de fire gange jeg har været her. Ikke ret lang tid ad gangen, det er skoven for lille til, men trampestierne krydser de etablerede stier, og det kræver et højt udviklet indre kompas.
Desuden elsker jeg at gå vild. Ikke hvis jeg er under tidspres i bjergene, men i de hjemlige skove er udfordringen velkommen.
Fra Søllerød Kirkeskov fortsætter jeg over i Naturparken.
Søllerød Naturpark er et dejligt sted. Bevoksningen er ualmindelig smuk og varieret. Der ligger en golfbane midt i det hele, men sjældent har jeg set cyklister, vandrere og golfspillere forenes så godt.
Bakker og engdrag, smukke stier langs dekorative stengærder og hegn. Der er altid en forfriskende ny vinkel på naturen.
Ønsker I et kig ind til København, kan I gå ad den smukke sti op til Høje Sandbjerg. I klart vejr er der en fremragende udsigt til Ven og Københavns tårne og spir.
Søllerød Naturpark har den store fordel at den grænser op til Rude Skov og naturvandringen kan næsten synes uendelig. Jeg holder meget af en ubrudt flade af trætoppe, gerne forstyrret af tindrende blå søer.
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Begejstringen har ikke lagt sig. Jeg har været en tur rundt på Rudersdalruten, en helt vildt flot, varieret og spændende oplevelse, se kort over ruten her: Rudersdalruten.
Jeg kørte på en terrængående cykel, og holdt mig til den del, der ligger vest for motorvejen. Der er mange bakker, flotte udsigter, søer, skove, engdrag…
Billeder er fra Sjælsø, Rude Skov, Søllerød Naturpark og Vaserne.
I cykelløbet Post Danmark Rundt får man den grønne bakketrøje, når man har vundet pointspurterne i bakkerne. Så jeg spørger igen, hvor er min grønne bakketrøje 😛
I lørdags var jeg på en spændende tur gennem Ravnholm Skov og sluttede i Rudersdal.
Kalvemosen, Søllerød Naturpark
HANNA'S WALK 
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