Today, we walked in an area we’ve never walked before: The polders of “het land van Altena”, the most western of the low lands between the rivers Waal and Maas. This walk is about 25 kilometers, and, different of what we’re used to, not signposted, we had to read the directions from the description this time. In itself, the description was usually very clear, the biggest problem in th village itself was that notifications of street names were either missing, or could only be found when walking on – or back. Once outside the village, there was little that could go wrong – long stretches over and below the Maas dike (on the land side, alas), and over small roads in a flat, agricultural landscape, on tarmac roads (except for an occasional brick road).
We had our stop for refreshments after 15 kilometers, in the village of Genderen, in a village cafe.
Weather: Sunny, some clouds, strong south-westerly wind – at least half the route, we had to walk against it – and a nice temperature, especially when out of the wind, or with the wind in your back.
No images taken – but the tracks are – as ususal – available in Garmin, in generic and .CSV format, as well in pictural format