Day: October 19, 2009

Voerstreek

This is one of those little jewels you just run into: the GR120. We found it in a magazine, and though we had already done half of it quite some time ago and in a different direction (the western loop of the Krijtlandpad), the other loop is far more to the South and leads through the Belgian area named “Voerstreek” – Dutch speaking in an otherwise French-speaking province of Belgium. We looked down on the area when we did the Krijtlandpad, now we would get through it. As hilly as Limburg – if not more.
Officially, the route starts in Eijsden, one of the most southern places in the Netherlands, and leads to Teuven in Belgium; return is along the Southern route of the Krijtlandpad. But since we couldn’t locate a camping site at Teuven, but found one in Eijsden (though 5 kilometers off route…) we parked in Teuven, had our overnight stay in Eijsden and walked back the next day. As it turned out, there was a small camping site in Teuven, but since we already got there, we kept to our plan.
On our first day, we encountered camping Margraten, exactly on the route, but it didn’t allow dogs…

These are the images and track displays, an the full tracking data is available in Garmin, general and CSV format.

Vuursche Route

Once again, I downloaded a GPS route of about 20 kilometer. This one starts and ends in Park Groenendaal, just outside Baarn, and leads through the woods to Lage Vuursche, just tipping that village, runs down to Den Dolder, rounding a golf course and heads back via Soest and Soestdijk to the Groenendaal Estate. A number of landscapes are passed: The parklands of the estate, different woodlands and meadows, and urban areas.

I took some images (for most, I cannot remember exactly where these were taken), and the route has been tracked – the data is available in Garmin, exchangable and CSV formats.

(Walked 08-Jul-2009)

Veluwezoom

A Cycletour based on GPS waypoints.
Starting at a locatiojn just outside Dieren, it leads into National Park veluwezoom, mainly woodland. First stop was the former farm Carolina Hoeve – now a restaurant. Next the route leads the highest point of the area, where a tower of 50 m offers a clear view of most of the South-Eastern Veluwe; used to watch for wildfires in this wooded (and often very dry) area of the country. From there, the route zigzags to the village of Loenen, where we took a detour to visit the War Cemetery for civilians that died in captivity of due to acts of resistion during the Second Worldwar. With a large bend the route returns to Dieren – part of which we walked in spring, under different conditions.
Images are available – as well as the tracking data in Garmin and General formats, and the waypoints in CSV format.

More near Leusden

Two tours near Leusden:
A cycletour of approximately 30 kilometers, riding from Leusden, via Stoutenburg and Hoevelaken to Terschuur, from there riding towards Barneveld, but changing direction towards De Glind – having a break at a newly openend restaurant – back to Leusden.
A walk to restaurant De Spitsheuvel – still closed when we got there – through to woods South of the highway, passing Kamp Amersfoort – a second worldwar remainder and commemoration site – to the border of thew Zon en Schild hospital; Back along the North side of the highway, over the belgenMonument – a monument commemorating the help given to belgian refugees during the First Worldwar, and Amersfoort woods and city outskirts.
There are no images, I only tracked both tours.