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An area that is sodded - the top layer removed, in order to have heahter re-appear (heather seed can sprout after many, many years)
Google * The walk projected on GoogleEarth. Not so may pictures this time... * 1315 x 616 * (278KB)

01-WetPath * On entering the woods, the track was wet - the trenches created by heavy machinery used in works in the woods. The stems lay futher on aside the path * 1488 x 1984 * (559KB)

02-NewNature * This area has been cleared from trees some time ago - it should form heather lands or a place where the wind can form sand dunes. * 5411 x 1435 * (1.2MB)

03-Wallenberg * The location of the former house named Wallenberg. The only remains is the well in front, and a hedge where the house used to be. The fundaments are likely below this. * 1984 x 1488 * (616KB)

04-Tussocks * Where trees have been cut, the grass forms tussocks - sign of a somewaht wet area. * 1984 x 1488 * (550KB)
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05-Sodded.jpg - 1984 x 1488 - (674KB)
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06-Star * A todstool in the form of a star. Not too common... * 1984 x 1488 * (367KB)

07-SmallerStars * but here, a small bunch pops out of old beech leaves * 1984 x 1488 * (488KB)

08-Pyramid * Napolean troops that were encamped near Austerlitz needed something to do - and they built a piramid; The tower on top is an addition of much later days. The pyramid has been restored only a few years ago, but even today it's not entirely certain how the French soldiers were able to keep the slopes together. * 1984 x 1488 * (295KB)

09-Stub * A trunk covered with todstools. * 1658 x 1110 * (573KB)

10-Valley * The landscape North of Woudenberg - the flat lands of the Geldersche Vallei * 3732 x 1088 * (354KB)
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