Starting out in a primary school in Veenendaal, today’s walk went into the woods – and on this area of the Utrechtse heuvelrug, it means going up and down. Not steep, but going up or down for a long time. The first and last few kilometers are over paved roads. Of course, you have to get through the outskitrs of Veenendaal, but once outside, you get on forest roads and paths through the woodland. The point for rest (and coffee) was on the high point at Kwintelooijen – about 50 meters over the Gelderse Vallei, looking out over Veenedaal, Ede and, in the distance, Wageningen. From here, we made a large loop over the Remmerden Forest – dogs not allowed: cattle greezing – and back to Kwintelooijen for a second rest, and the last part – downhill and into Veenendaal again.
The loop follows part of the Trekvogelpad between Amerongen and Rhenen – the part we didn’t do yet.
I took a few images, but tracked the whole route, downloadable in Garmin, GPX and CSV formats, as usual