Pieterpad-Zuid » Swolgen-Venlo

Pieterpad-Zuid: Swolgen-Venlo

Starting at the church of Swolgen, today's route followed old riverbeds towards the Maas at Grubbenvorts; crossing the river by ferry, the route than follows the Eastern bank, through wastelands, flooded on high water. Ending at the station in Venlo, we took a bus back to Swolgen, and drove to a camping site wets of Venlo to spend the night.

The track of the route on TopoNL. Starting on the west...	The same track projected on GoogleEarth - summerly as...	The former priory behind the church in the village of...	The church of Swolgen. Like many in the area, tower and...	The road leading out of Swolgen...
...leads along a patch of very young trees and shrubs...	...crossing a patch of heather - grazed by cattle, but we...	...and entering a wooded pool - an old bed of the Maas,...	About halfway, a little patch of land allowed a glimpse...	At the end of the wooden path, a tree has completely...
Following the old bed, a bit over water level, with water...	Crossing the meander	Meadow and rough terrain side by side	An weathered tree - showing bare wood.	Crossing the old bed once more
and looking back, the wooded wasteland of the old bed.	Free standing tree.	Meadow for free range cattle.	The area holds many nurseries of garden plants, like...	A bed of young roses - one row per type.
Older roses as wide at the eye can see.	Wind damage: bent - and cracked trees.	Shortly fallen tree - just a few weeks ago.	The chapel in Houthuizen, erected by the village people...	The interior of the chapel.
The road bends left - and down.	A remains of a farmers fortress - to save life and goods.	The lands of the former Kaldenbroek estate, extensively...	Looking onto the manor.	The manor - built in both natural stone and brick. The...
Meadows enclosed by woodland.	View onto Grubbenvorst: The former monastery now hidden...	But the estate aside the road is standing free.	A chapel near the monastery - we had lunch in front.
A memorial to celebrate the "white gold": the asparagus....	Another piece of art along the road	Going down the dyke towards the ferry, showing high water...	The levels - compared to eye-height (about 1.75 m)	The Grubbenvorst ferry - to Velden. We passed the...
Traffic down the river...	to pass into this direction (downstream)	Looking southwards, the high skyline is marked by...	The SlotterMolen - a mill near the ruins of an old castle...	Two lines of trees at the end of the path.
a small chapel in the wall	A status - the "Mad Monday Celebrator" - donated by a...	Getting near the river, the agricultural lands along the...	On the other side, the A73 highway crosses both river and...	On the Eastern banks, nature gets a foothold...
...while trade holds the western banks.	The water is good enough for cormorants to feed.	Two willows close the view to the urban area.	There is a slight diversion from the river bank, to pass...	A blind doorway in one of the side walls
Artwork art the entrance of the OCE-area: a nature...	Following the low dyke - with lower, wild grounds, on...	One street we followed shows urbamn decoration of the...	The tower of Venlo, erected after the Second Wordwar,...	Old buildings in the Sint Martinusstraat.
Even older - thiis medieval building now housed a gift...	A central place, behind another church.	On this square we'll found the jester's throne.	This painting shows the Nicolaaskerk - the church that...	The former Dominican monastery - called "Domani" cultural...
"Do search for the silence that inspires" - a Dominican...	Aside the monastery, the gates are decorated with...	The backside view.	The oldest petrol station in the Netherlands is nicely...	Road works in front of the station - taken from the...
We stayed the night at the Schatberg camping site,...	Sunset over the lake - the real sun on the right, and...	Sunset.	Another small lake - a fish nursery.	Four armed tree.

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