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
Today we cross the Rhine valley from Pannerden / Millingen to the moraines at Groesbeek. The first part is flat with old channels of the Rhine, after the German town of Zyfflich we walk up the lateral moraine of the Duivelsberg and through this wooded area to Groesbeek. The weather is nice again, sunny with … Read more
The Gelderland hills offer an unexpected challenge on this 24km stage. After an illegal part of Germany we arrive at the Rhine Valley. We continue to have the weather with us, the sun is shining exuberantly and only later in the afternoon does a wind pick up. We leave Braamt early, have breakfast at 8 … Read more
Today it is so sunny that we first take off our coats and then our cardigans as well, we walk almost all day in our t-shirt and dress. The area slowly changes from the Achterhoek estates into the Gelderland river landscape. We take the bus from Doetinchem to Zelhem to start our day stage. On … Read more
The day starts a bit less exuberant than yesterday, at least as far as the weather is concerned, we know we are approaching a rest day so we are in good spirits. From Vorden to Zelhem the weather is getting better and the estates are more extensive, a beautiful day. We leave Vorden in time, … Read more
Another nice walk through the Achterhoek, many walkers and cyclists today, it is Saturday and beautiful weather. The tour goes through the narrow Achterhoekse roads and along beautiful farms and over estates with small castles or country houses. We start early in Laren, a beautiful village and with excellent weather. The walking is excellent, thanks … Read more
