Gasteren - Rolde - Schoonloo

Afstand moeten we nog uitzoeken.
Het was een lange wandeling.
Schitterend. Weer was ook fantastisch.








"De toren van Rolde ligt als een baken voor u"

Zuidlaren to Rolde.... um.... Gasteren!

The walk should have been 16km, turned out to be over 20km (estimate) and we never found Rolde. Took a wrong turning somewhere on the Ballooërveld and ended up going north, which led us to the wrong side. We exited where we should have entered. Reason was the changed route which we did not trust at that point (after a number of bad directions and signposts). So we staggered back to Gasteren and took the bus to Assen station. We were footsore and tired. Next time, we'll start off at the Ballooërveld and walk from there (we know now where we went wrong).

Drenthe is awesomely beautiful. I'd love to live there. Sam was brilliant - even though he was quite bolshie towards the end, lying down on the job whenever we paused for a few seconds and refusing to get up again... but he was easily bribed with a little piece of cheese.

He and Milan are now comrades for life.