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00Route * The route - 30 km officilaly, said to be about 31 but the GPS said 35 - is called De Drie Veren (Three Ferries) and indeed we usae three: Willem, Halve Maan and - very appropiate - Heen en Weer. The route took us along a few of the nature reservers that form the Gelderse Poort where the foreland of the Rhine is regive to nature. * 1040 x 633 * (176KB)
google * This is the route mapped onto Google, and it shows part is close to the German border * 1346 x 781 * (171KB)
01-ChestnutTrees * Starting near the church in Pannerden, a good view on two old chetnut trees (Most are infected with a kethal desease but these seem unharmed - yet) * 1305 x 1389 * (371KB)
02-Doornenburg * The Doornenburg castle, seen from the road to the first ferry. It stands miles way! * 1984 x 1488 * (361KB)
03-BridgeToFerry * Thr bridge to the ferry crosses old foreland, and it functions as a kind of shelter for the horsen below * 1982 x 702 * (151KB)
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04-FerryCrossing * The ferry named Willem crossing the Pannerden Kanaal - dug almost 300 years ago * 1984 x 1128 * (288KB)
05-FortPannerden * Pannerden Fortress as seen from the Northwest - from the mainland it should protect. * 1623 x 594 * (91KB)
06-NatureReserve * One of the nature reserves we passed by * 3468 x 1221 * (544KB)
07-RiverBeach * Crossing the Rhine to the Millingerwaard - another nature reserver, with the second ferry, We landed near this 'beach' * 1984 x 1488 * (453KB)
08-PeekingTheRiver * The path followed the river downstream, and you could peek to the river and the beaches trough the trees * 1984 x 1488 * (624KB)
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09-Wilderness * The other side is wild terrain - a lot of bushes and shrubs. * 1984 x 1488 * (578KB)
10-Claypit * An old claypit - we just paseed an abandoned brick factory - now a wetland * 1984 x 1488 * (271KB)
11-Deposits * Clay deposits to form new terrain, in the distance (we should get near that point later on) * 1978 x 924 * (169KB)
12-WildFlowers * Wild flowers aside the path - all the way * 1984 x 1488 * (733KB)
13-NewPits * A newer pit - with the deposits we saw earlier on the left * 1984 x 1488 * (446KB)
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14-DeadEndPath * Path leading nowhere, along this pit * 1488 x 1984 * (741KB)
15-ThePitAside * The same pit, but from a different angle - from the dead-end path. * 1984 x 1488 * (418KB)
15-HideAway * Hideout for observing birds * 1488 x 1984 * (641KB)
16-FortPannerden * The Pannerden fortress but now seen from the side where the assault was thought to come from. * 1984 x 786 * (143KB)
17-Dam * The dam that splits the Rhine (to the left) and Pannerden Kanaal (to the right). Know as the Pannerdense Kop * 1984 x 654 * (131KB)
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