This is a route from a magazine. We made this nearby walk because the weather was said to get rainy in the afternoon, and since we could start early, we might have a dry walk: little time was lost for travelling to the starting point. It pais off – almost: The last few kilometers we walked in light rain – too much to require a raincoat to be worn, but not that heavy that we had to put on our rain-protected trousers.
The track runs through woods, hits the village of Austerlitz where we had a rest in restaurant “De Jonckvrouw”, headed for Maarn (cross the road! otherwise you will head into the entrance to the motorway) and get passed the former sandpit – where once was a hill named “Maarnsche Berg”, there is now a hole in the surface – to become a recreation area but nature is allowed to restore itself – so it’s closed for the public at the moment; finally getting back near the station of Zeist-Driebergen.
The walk has been tracked in Garmin, general and Excel formats, and some images to give an impression of the area we passed.
Day: October 29, 2009
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.