Sunday
Total Pieterpad distance for the two days was 21 km but we walked a little bit more.
It was good that we split it over two days, good for our own feet and for the boys.
The Sunday, Nic and Luca walked as well. Luca did really well, next time he´ll come along on his bike with Nic.
We had cooler weather than on the Saturday and timed it really well because the first splatters of rain started to come down when we hit the outskirts of Zuidlaren. Of course we had a pancake stop when we came to the end point of the day´s walk. Then, on to Assen to the Chinese Terracotta Army exibit for Milan (school project).
It was a wonderful day and a lovely walk. The landscape of Drenthe is magnificent, we all are in agreement that we would love to live there.
Here´s an overview of the day:
Some movies shot on Suday:
Two playful horses, being egged on by the brothers:
And here are Elma's pictures (many taken by Milan, actually):
Sunday, May 25, 2008
24 May 2008, Groningen to Glimmen
Saturday
We left by train on Saturday morning 20 to 10, arrived in Groningen just past noon. Ate something at Burger King and then we were on our way.
The weather was beautiful and the walk was magical.
Nic and Luca met up with us at the farmhouse where we stayed the night.
We had supper at an Italian restaurant in Zuidlaren, came home filled with good food and tumbled into bed, exhausted.
Here are some video's from Saturday.
Watching the bridge go up (Groningen)
Looking for the elusive cuckoo
Walking
Walking some more (sandy road):
Elma's pictures:
We left by train on Saturday morning 20 to 10, arrived in Groningen just past noon. Ate something at Burger King and then we were on our way.
The weather was beautiful and the walk was magical.
Nic and Luca met up with us at the farmhouse where we stayed the night.
We had supper at an Italian restaurant in Zuidlaren, came home filled with good food and tumbled into bed, exhausted.
Here are some video's from Saturday.
Watching the bridge go up (Groningen)
Looking for the elusive cuckoo
Walking
Walking some more (sandy road):
Elma's pictures:
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Saturday & Sunday: juggling traveling arrangements & kids
Elma and her tribe have this small change of plans:
L has a party on Saturday morning that he does not want to miss.
M does not want to miss one second of walking.
So, Elma, me and M will leave Saturday morning by train to Groningen and do the first leg of the walk. Nic and L will leave for Groningen Saturday afternoon and set up camp, we'll catch up at the end of the day. We all overnight together as planned and on the next day we all walk the second leg. After this, we all go to Assen together and see the exibit Chinese Teracotta Army.
See?!
Simple!
L has a party on Saturday morning that he does not want to miss.
M does not want to miss one second of walking.
So, Elma, me and M will leave Saturday morning by train to Groningen and do the first leg of the walk. Nic and L will leave for Groningen Saturday afternoon and set up camp, we'll catch up at the end of the day. We all overnight together as planned and on the next day we all walk the second leg. After this, we all go to Assen together and see the exibit Chinese Teracotta Army.
See?!
Simple!
Thursday, May 15, 2008
The next leg: from Groningen to Zuidlaren
This is a 21 km walk that we will be splitting over two days. Elma and I will be walking on May 24 and 25; probably Nic and the boys will come too. The distances are nice and short, 10 km a day, and we will include a visit to the Drents Museum in Assen to see the Chinese Terracotta army (one of Elma's boys is doing a school project on these figures and really wants to see this exhibit).
Day one we will probably walk from Groningen to a midway point (Paterswolde is a bit out of the way but looks like the best option so far). Day two we'll walk the rest of the way to Zuidlaren, of course visiting the well preserved G1 Hunebed (Dolmen) of Midlaren on the way (between Midlaren and Zuidlaren on the Schutsweg) - and having arrived in Zuidlaren we will probably go on to the museum in Assen by car, and after that drive back home.
I did some reading and found that there's a nice little wooded nature reserve called Appelbergen east of Glimmen which is quite popular. Through the woods runs a medieval highway, called Hoge Hereweg. There are two Hunebedden (Dolmen) in this wood but they were destroyed quite some time ago. It seems that during WW2, some 20 to 30 Dutch people were executed and secretly buried in this forest. The bodies have not been found yet despite much searching.
We will be moving from Groningen province into Drenthe, crossing the provincial boundary just south of Noordlaarderbos. This forest forms the barrier between the Hondsrug ridge and the Drenthse Aa river valley. We should be able to see the change from clay grounds in Groningen to the sandier soil of Drenthe, the landscape should also become more undulating and wooded as we move into Drenthe.
We will be walking along the Hondsrug, a long sand hill which was pushed upwards by gletchers back in the Saalien ice age. Hondsrug does not refer to a dog as the name first suggests, but to the Hunze river which runs through that area. The first part of the route will go along the Noord Willemskanaal, a very old waterway (canal) and one of the city of Groningen's main traffic arteries in the old days.
We'll be overnighting in Glimmen, over here. It looks wonderful!
Day one we will probably walk from Groningen to a midway point (Paterswolde is a bit out of the way but looks like the best option so far). Day two we'll walk the rest of the way to Zuidlaren, of course visiting the well preserved G1 Hunebed (Dolmen) of Midlaren on the way (between Midlaren and Zuidlaren on the Schutsweg) - and having arrived in Zuidlaren we will probably go on to the museum in Assen by car, and after that drive back home.
I did some reading and found that there's a nice little wooded nature reserve called Appelbergen east of Glimmen which is quite popular. Through the woods runs a medieval highway, called Hoge Hereweg. There are two Hunebedden (Dolmen) in this wood but they were destroyed quite some time ago. It seems that during WW2, some 20 to 30 Dutch people were executed and secretly buried in this forest. The bodies have not been found yet despite much searching.
We will be moving from Groningen province into Drenthe, crossing the provincial boundary just south of Noordlaarderbos. This forest forms the barrier between the Hondsrug ridge and the Drenthse Aa river valley. We should be able to see the change from clay grounds in Groningen to the sandier soil of Drenthe, the landscape should also become more undulating and wooded as we move into Drenthe.
We will be walking along the Hondsrug, a long sand hill which was pushed upwards by gletchers back in the Saalien ice age. Hondsrug does not refer to a dog as the name first suggests, but to the Hunze river which runs through that area. The first part of the route will go along the Noord Willemskanaal, a very old waterway (canal) and one of the city of Groningen's main traffic arteries in the old days.
We'll be overnighting in Glimmen, over here. It looks wonderful!
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Sailing with Martinus
Long weekend 1 - 4 May, much too short.
The best time I've had in a long while.
The best time I've had in a long while.
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