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+# A walk in the woods
+
+Today i had a nice walk in the woods in mid sjælland. A fantastic way of
+distancing myself to COVID-19 and all.
+
+The name of the woods is "Bidstrup Skovene" and is located south-west of lejre
+in an area with a rich history from the viking times and the middle ages.
+Some of the walking paths are even remnants of old stone roads dating back to
+the middle ages.
+
+I started my walk from a small parking lot [here](https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/55.56617/11.89857).
+It was beautiful drive from lejre to the parking lot that took me down small
+gravel/dirt roads.
+
+Arriving at the parking lot i decided to follow the yellow marked walk of 7.5
+km. Described in the guide i picked up close to the parking lot. It turned out
+it was wery poorly marked in the forest but luckily with a little sense of
+direction it's still possible to walk without modern gadgets.
+
+<img src="https://images.sketchground.dk/blog/a-walk-in-the-woods/map.jpg"/>
+
+The folder can also be found in danish [here](https://naturstyrelsen.dk/publikationer/turfoldere/midtsjaelland/bidstrup-skovene/)
+
+I quickly reached what appeared to be mountainbike tracks going through the
+forest. That made me disappointed at first, but most of the tracks were luckily
+not in use the day i was there.
+
+<img src="https://images.sketchground.dk/blog/a-walk-in-the-woods/field.jpg"/>
+
+After ~2km i reached Avnstrup which is used today as a center run by red cross
+for people who has gotten their asylum denied and has to be returned to their
+own country. It was a little depressing and i do feel sorry for the people who
+is just looking for a better life for them and their family. I cross my fingers
+that we do not end in such a situation where we desparately need to flee from
+our homelands to find a better life.
+
+After Avnstrup which also had a lot of activity from a smaller MTB track, i
+headed in to the forest again and passed by some girls on horse back. What
+a beautiful moss covered ground under the big pine trees i found in this area.
+A bit later i met a squirrel that was not exactly happy to see me. It had just
+crawled down from a tree when i passed by. I decided to stop and that seemed to
+spook the squirrel. It climbed halfway back up the tree and stared at me.
+After a good 10 seconds staring competition it started scolding me and crawled
+higher up the tree. I said sorry and started walking again, which had the
+effect of the squirrel returning to the ground to bury its nut.
+I guess i was not allowed to see it's winter stash of nuts.
+
+<img src="https://images.sketchground.dk/blog/a-walk-in-the-woods/green-carpet.jpg"/>
+<img src="https://images.sketchground.dk/blog/a-walk-in-the-woods/grey-fog.jpg"/>
+
+Other animal encounters on my walk consisted of a Parus major (musvit in danish)
+couple and two curious deers standing near a forest opening.
+
+At the end of my walk i reached Avnsø close to where i parked which is
+swimmable. There were 3 people next to the lake making a bonfire. My assumption
+is that they had spent the night in the forest as it has a few primitive
+shelters for the outdoor people..
+
+It was a wonderful walk that i can highly recommend. It felt a little bit
+crowded at places. But about half the walk there were nobody but me and the
+forests inhabitants.
+
+Stay safe, enjoy and protect the nature. The nature works as medicine for our
+mind.
+
+If you want more of this or just want to comment on it, you can contact me on
+mastodon, twitter or plain email to jzs @ this domain.
+
+/Jens.
+