Streekpad-Nijmegen » StWalrick-Plasmolen

Streekpad Nijmegen

Continued from where we ended last time: the busstop near Sint Walrick, where we parked our car. Walking through a landscape formed by ice dring one of the ice ages. The conditions were icy as well. It has frozen severely for nights and it would freeze all day.

The route follows the river Maas, along an area of lakes,... 00-Track.jpg 2616x1455 (703kB)	The route projected on a (summerly) GoogleEarth: Today... Google.jpg 1155x760 (231kB)	The remains of the Sint Walrick chapel. It used to be... 01-SintWalrick-kapel.jpg 1488x1984 (613kB)	The saying is that if you hang a piece of cloth near the... 02-HoopOpBeterschap.jpg 1984x1488 (656kB)	One of the lakes we passed - frozen solid, and some... 03-Meertjes.jpg 3219x1341 (654kB)
It's actually a string of lakes - and the whole area is... 04-Vriesweer.jpg 1984x1488 (330kB)	It's getting a bit hazy 05-Vriesweer.jpg 1950x1371 (355kB)	The open landscape - in summer, this will be boggy and... 06-Vriesweer.jpg 1984x1488 (303kB)	An open field between patches of wood; when foggy, it's a... 07-Mist.jpg 1984x1488 (176kB)	Patches of ice drift down the Maas-Waal canal. 08-Ijs.jpg 1984x1488 (130kB)
Just outside Malden, where the woods begin, is a small... 09-Ven.jpg 3500x1388 (866kB)	The glider airfield Northeast of Malden, surrounded by... 10-Zweefvliegveld.jpg 3696x1224 (339kB)	Bethanie - a former hunting castle, now a hotel. 11-Jachtslot.jpg 1275x1731 (339kB)	The fountain in front - water still in motyion below the... 12-Fontein.jpg 1984x1488 (295kB)	An oak tree with 7 branches is a good marking point. 13-ZevenStammen.jpg 1239x1785 (563kB)
7 branches indeed. 14-Detail.jpg 1488x1984 (675kB)	A remainder of the vast Mookerhei, not wooded. This whole... 15-Heideveld.jpg 1984x1488 (333kB)	Getting down the hill - the heather on our right and... 16-NaarBeneden.jpg 1488x1984 (542kB)	The rear entrance of the hunting grounds? 17-Achteringang.jpg 1755x1272 (535kB)	A long, long straight path... 18-Rechtdoor.jpg 1488x1984 (629kB)
Looking over the largest remains of the Mookerhei. A big... 19-Mookerhei.jpg 3196x1434 (469kB)	A path deel into the soil - Highlander cattle is on the... 20-HolPad.jpg 1488x1984 (519kB)	A view over the heather on one of the higher hills,... 21-Heide.jpg 1984x1488 (461kB)	Cold weather 22-Rijp.jpg 1984x1488 (679kB)	Highland cattle in the snow - this could be Scotland in... 23-Highlander.jpg 1984x1488 (542kB)
The end of the Mookerhei, looking Southeast over the Maas... 24-Maas.jpg 3469x1530 (555kB)	Getting to the valley? No: geting uphill again. The last... 25-Helling.jpg 1488x1984 (645kB)	On the shoulder of the Jans Berg, towards Plasmolen 26-Bosrand.jpg 1488x1984 (668kB)

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