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This is the route mapped onto Google, and it shows part is close to the German border
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)
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16-Sep-2007 12:47
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)

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)
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