Project Petal ~ Outer Circle Part 4 ~ Ingolstadt to Landshut

17-Apr-2026

The weather has turned nice again, and thus I continue the outer circle where I left off, cycling from Ingolstadt, across the hills of the Holledau, and all the way to Landshut.

Bikerouter Map 

The first part is getting to Ingolstadt. For that, me and Jycily (my bike, the flaming ferret) take the S2 to Dachau, and then the regional train to Ingolstadt.

Stopping where we left off, we get off at Ingolstadt Central, and thus first have to cycle north across the Donau. Thankfully someone built a bridge across the mighty river.

I cut straight through the inner city, and eventually cycle across a repurposed old railway bridge.

Before too long, I'm out on the countryside.

Eventually, I find myself following the course of an old roman road.

The land is still mostly flat around here, but there's still some hills, and the first hops plantations for which the Holledau is famous. This early in the year, the trellises are all still empty though.

Oh, and here's some bunnies. They're hard to catch with the cellphone camera, and I still haven't been able to find a way to get my old compact camera into field-worthy shape again. So this is the best shot I could get.

I come across a lost place where a geocache lies hidden: An old brick workshop, mostly reclaimed by nature by now.

It is near Neustadt that I cross back over the Donau again. Here's something to guess: Of these two pics that both look like a river, one is actually the Irnsinger Weiher, an elongated lake. Can you guess which is which?

 

 

Solution: The first pic is the Donau, and the second is the lake. Anyway, from here I enter Neustadt...

...cross another piece of countryside...

...and then reach the village of Mühlhausen...

...where I find a nice shady spot to have my lunch break at.

 

Lunch today is simple yet exotic: Keinkealera with Brunost. 

Keinkealera is a crunchy bread from the world of Ceal. It's tasty, and actually easy to make. If you want to try, here's the recipe:

Keinkealera Recipe

Ingredients

• 325g Spelt Flour
• 30g Fennel
• 100g Flaxseed
• 125g Sesame
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 2 teaspoons honey
• Basil
• Thyme
• Rosemary
• 500ml water

Preparation

1. Knead ingredients into dough (the dough should be pretty liquid)
2. Prepare baking trays with baking paper, and pour the dough onto them
3. Spread the though very thinly across the trays (ideally it should be so thin that a few small holes open up)
4. Pre-cut the dough into desired shapes with a pizza roller (it will probably flow back together, but  that's fine, because it will now be thinner at the cutting marks)
5. Put it into the oven at 160°C recirculating air for 30 minutes
6. Briefly take it out and cut it again (this time the cuts will mostly last)
7. Put it back into the oven for another 30 minutes
8. Let it cool down
9. Break it into pieces along the cuts

As for the Brunost, you can get that at any Scandinavian store of your choice. =^,~'=

Anyway, moving on now. I'm passing through the easternmost end of the Dürnbucher Forst, a big-ass chunk of forest right at the northern border of the Holledau.

The Holledau is famous for hops and beer. As I enter it, I come across a progressive place brewing solar beer.

 From here on, the way is beautiful, hilly, and not entirely without obstacles.

Following Pürkwang, it starts getting really hilly, but thankfully also reasonably shady as the road cuts through a small wood. Also, I'm finally in Landshut county now! Getting closer to my destination for today!

 

It's always really satisfying to go downhill after such a climb.

Back in the next town, I can see that there used to be a station here. It's really sad to see the global decline of railroads.

Aaand, here's the most horrible climb of today. For reference, the footpath to the right has stairs!

 

Aaand, here's some windmills!

 

This next place has several things going for it that I believe require no further comment.

And here's to postapocalyptic railway decline!

After that, I'm on the victory road! Now it's just down the valley. In fact, I did cycle up part of this valley almost two years ago, when I cycled from Landshut to Mainburg (see Book V ~ Chapter 31 ~ Project Petal Part 12 ~ Moosburg, Mainburg & More ~ The Main Event).

And finally, I emerge from the last valley of the Holledau and see the city of Landshut in the distance, just across the fields!

From there, it's back by train to Freising, and then back home by an S-Bahn that is surprisingly full. It turns out I just managed to hit the day of a fair in Landshut. Just my luck! Also, for some strange reason, the regional train was Czech. Did the DB now also run out of trains on top of everything else, or what?

But all's well that ends well, and another part of the outer circle is done. With this, I'd say I'm about a quarter finished with the outer circle now. Maybe a third, since I already covered the southernmost portion with a series of hikes.