From Pieterburen to the Sint Pietersberg in Maastricht in 26 stages. Beforehand we should not have thought about walking 500km. But we made it and it feels good!Today is a last day through the hilly landscape of South Limburg, from Valkenburg to Maastricht, a beautiful stage. And what a satisfaction to have climbed the Pietersberg … Read more

In our penultimate stage we enter the Limburg hilly landscape, steep slopes up and down, which is quite an effort for our tired bodies. Fortunately the weather cooperates again, a strong sun in the morning and some coolness in the afternoon help us through the tough trip. We have pleasant conversations with “great-nephew” Bernard and … Read more

We had a cold night in the hiker’s cabin in Montfort and when we leave it is still gray and bleak. Fortunately we walk a beautiful walk through South Limburg and a piece of Germany. At the end of our journey, when we get tired, the sun comes to help us. We even end on … Read more

The day starts in Swalmen with a pleasant sun, despite the weather forecast with rain. Today a bit more hills and small streams in the Meuse valley. Later in the afternoon the wind picks up and the sun disappears behind the clouds and when we arrive tired in Montfort it is downright cold. However, it … Read more

We leave this morning without a coat, at 9 o’clock it is already pleasant to walk. Outside Venlo we walk directly into the forest, along the border with Germany and only at Swalmen we walk out of the forest, 23km later. How good we are! Literally outside Venlo we walk into the forest. Today we … Read more

Venlo welcomes us with a radiant sun on this King’s Day. We stay two nights in hotel Wilhelmina, a bit basic, but a good bed and a bathroom with bath. To relax from walking we take a nice izi.travel city walk. Looking for a city walk, we arrive at izi.travel where we find a city … Read more

On this sunny day we walk through beautiful North-Limburg from Swolgen to Venlo. The Schuitwater nature reserve surprises us with its spring colors and water features. Later we cross the Maas again with the ferry at Grubbenvorst and walk across the Maas bank to Venlo. Actually, we barely walk into Swolgen when we left our … Read more

We walk through the Brabant and Limburg catchment areas and the floodplain of the Maas. The Vierlingsbeek is now called the Afleidingskanaal and further on it is called the Molenbeek. Later we walk along the Oostrumsche Beek, which sometimes flows quite turbulent. It’s great how these streams determine the landscape next to the heather and … Read more

It is now really spring in the Netherlands, we walk from Limburg to Brabant across the Gennepse heide and Maasduinen. Everything is fresh green, the birds sing the highest spring song and butterflies and other insects can already be seen. Like our previous Pieterpad days, the spring sun is doing its best again, wonderful. We … Read more

From Groesbeek to Gennep, the hills at the start of the tour are tough, but located in a beautiful fairytale forest. It is now hard to imagine that this area was the scene of heavy fighting in the Second World War. In the direction of Gennep it becomes flatter and seemingly quieter, although there seems … Read more