Groesbeek-Gennep-Vierlingsbeek

There is still a gap within the Southern Pieterpad to cover: We’ve done Vorden to Groesbeek, and Venlo to Sittard, so still had to walk the route between Groesbeek and Venlo. The whole lot means walking more than one day, it’s over 40 kilometers. Today we made a start, spanning two walks – one of 14 and one of 16 – into one day. Starting where we ended in Groesbeek before, we went to Gennep and from there to Vierlingsbeek. Due to it’s length, we paused three times – tha last near the official ending for today, but we still had to do another 1.5 kilometer to the station to head back to where we started, by trains and bus.
Though the day started with some drizzle underway, the sky cleared en route, and with after a cloudy afternoon, the walk finished as it started: under bright skies.
The landscapes are mixed – woodland and meadows, hilly and flat. The area surrounding Groesbeek is relatively high, cut with gullies and so offers non-Dutch panoramas and valleys – something you would expect in the outmost southern realms of Limburg.
Since today’s walk is part of the Pieterpad, it’s information (inclusing the full track) is found on the Pieterpad pages.

Vorden-Doetinchem

This is the first stage of the Southern Pieterpad. I’ve started this some time ago but had to head back, this time we made it all the way down – 24 kilometers or so.
Halfway we found a rest in the restaurant on a bungalow park – not easy to find but looking around at the crossing, we found the entrance into the park – no admittance, officially, but heading for the restaurant was allowed. That would be a nice location to stay overnight, the landlord has some ideas but the owner of the park objects….
The first part of this walk has been logged before, and since it’s part of the Pieterpad, today’s information (inclusing the full track) is found on the Pieterpad pages.

Pieterpad-Zuid

The most popular of all Dutch long-distance footpaths run from North to South, close to, and sometimes over the Eastern border: the Pieterpad – named from the start and finish: from Pieterburen in the high North, to the Pietersberg in the South, just oven 400 kilometers. It connects to the European routes that run through the Netherlands (E2, E4, E5 and E8). Other than these routes, that all have an ancient history, the Pieterpad has iit’s origin by Dutch walkers – two friends that wanted to create a long-distance footpath. Today, it has a status – You haven’t walked unless you walked the Pieterpad. The result is that the path can be quite crowded – not exactly what we have in mind …
Well, we can’t escape. There are nice walks to be done. Because the path is ‘artificial’, the neighbourhood of public transport has been part of the design.
To cover it all, this is the page to get to the images. Tracking data can be accessed from that page as well.