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Streekpad Nijmegen

The last part - about 15 kilomters. Started out wrong - the Pieterpad joins this path for a few 100 meters and leads into Germany, marked white over red - where we were to follow yellow over red. The error was soon discovered - it took a few 100 meters. One on track, the path leads into the Ooipolder - part of nature reserve Gelderse Poort, back to Nijmegen. We didn't get into the city, we've seen the station several times now, but hopped on the bus near the Waalbrug.

The track in Mapsource TopoNL, aboiut 15 kilometers,... Beek-Nijmegen.jpg 1234x821 (593kB)	The route projected on Google Earth. The first mistake -... Google.jpg 1144x876 (309kB)	The German border is in the middle of this former Waal... 01-Wylerbergmeer.jpg 1958x1450 (200kB)	Sign of the border - leading straight right (along the... 02-Border.jpg 1269x1764 (537kB)	Geese - on the German side 03-Geese.jpg 1527x978 (251kB)
Now on the right track, looking into Genrmany; It was... 04-Wylerbergmeer.jpg 1984x1488 (191kB)	Stork near a lake. These were raised in a nearby breeding... 05-Stork.jpg 1695x1320 (196kB)	Geese grazing. There were quite a number of meadows... 06-GrazingGeese.jpg 1984x1020 (168kB)	An ash tree like a chandeleer. 07-Chandeleer.jpg 1488x1984 (654kB)	One of the lakes in this area - mainly former bends of... 08-Wetland.jpg 3376x1144 (444kB)
At this point, there are remains of a former castle; Just... 09-Ruin.jpg 1938x984 (161kB)	Geese clibing the hill to ... 10-Machine.jpg 1966x952 (199kB)	a machine used to deepen the river - or clear the dykes. 11-Machine.jpg 1984x1488 (352kB)	High winds has cause to trees to tumble down 12-FallenTrees.jpg 1984x1488 (536kB)	From the dyke, looking into the polder - these are old... 13-Waters.jpg 3720x1380 (598kB)
Wild lands in the lower parts of the polder - where Konik... 14-Woods.jpg 3264x1256 (392kB)	The dyke into the free range. 15-NatureReserve.jpg 1984x960 (176kB)	Muddy path on the dyke - the grassy surface broken by the... 16-Mud.jpg 1437x1743 (294kB)	Free area on the right side - where Dexter cattle may... 17-OpenLands.jpg 1984x1488 (365kB)	On the other side, the lakes in the area are visible in... 18-OpenLands.jpg 1984x1488 (577kB)
But the dyke remains muddy. Eac h of the bushes on the... 19-Dyke.jpg 1488x1984 (326kB)	A pair of stork - breeding alrerady? 20-Nesting.jpg 720x1110 (50kB)	From a high lookout, the defensive dyke (bunker on the... 21-Defenses.jpg 4535x1382 (525kB)	and on the left side, viewing directy into the wetlands -... 22-WillowLane.jpg 1984x1488 (325kB)	This hazel is already flowering 23-BloomingHazel.jpg 1984x1488 (621kB)
Straight along a single tree, to what used to be the... 24-LonelyTree.jpg 1444x1840 (532kB)	Of shich just the chimney remains, in an otherwise... 25-Vlietberg.jpg 1230x1560 (153kB)	Free range for Dexter cattle, along the river Waal,... 26-FreeRange.jpg 1984x1488 (330kB)	The Waalbrog of Nijmegen - with Konik horses in front. 27-Waalbrug.jpg 1984x1071 (180kB)	Dexter cattle, carrying all kinds of sticky seeds 28-Dexter.jpg 1984x1488 (550kB)
Old cleay pits, now wetlands. 29-Claypits.jpg 1984x1488 (537kB)	The Waalbrug, en route. The path will under-cross the... 30-Waalbrug.jpg 1284x1518 (206kB)

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