CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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From Hengstdal it runs 63 km to Hengstdal; allow about 1 h 18 of riding. It goes by way of Kleve-Reichswald | East, Kalkar-Kalkarberg and back through Kleve-Reichswald | East. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Just east of Nijmegen, where the Netherlands suddenly remembers how to make hills, a wooded slope near the village of Berg en Dal hides the remains of a Roman industrial site. De Holdeurn was where the Tenth Legion, Legio X Gemina, stationed at Nijmegen in the late first and early second centuries, made roof tiles, bricks and pottery, stamped with the legion's name and shipped all over the region. The kilns and workshops have been excavated, and the site is one of the many places that make up the Frontiers of the Roman Empire – the Lower German Limes, listed by UNESCO in 2021.
Read the complete Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | North write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | North is where the day begins. Next is Kleve-Reichswald | East.
South of Kleve, near the Dutch border, the Reichswald is one of the largest forests in the Lower Rhine region, a mix of oak, beech and pine on a low ridge of sand and gravel left behind by the glaciers of the Ice Age. On its edge, the Romans built military installations as part of the Lower German Limes, the frontier along the Rhine, and the remains in the Reichswald, including traces of camps, are part of the World Heritage site listed by UNESCO in 2021. There is little to see above ground, but the forest itself is a quiet, beautiful place to walk.
Read the complete Kleve-Reichswald | East write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Kleve-Reichswald | East comes up about 16 km into the recorded legs. Next is Kalkar-Kalkarberg.
Near the Dutch border, where the Rhine flows through wide meadows and dyked farmland, the small town of Kalkar holds a surprising amount of history. The Kalkarberg is a low rise near Altkalkar, and on it stood the Roman fort of Burginatium, one of the posts along the Lower German Limes, now part of the UNESCO-listed Frontiers of the Roman Empire. The rise would have given a valuable view over the river plain, and the fort controlled the road between Xanten and Nijmegen. Today it is fields and trees, but the shape of the land still hints at the old fortification.
Read the complete Kalkar-Kalkarberg write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 31 km into the recorded legs you reach Kalkar-Kalkarberg. Next is back through Kleve-Reichswald | East.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Kleve-Reichswald | East write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Kleve-Reichswald | East, late in the day. Next is Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | North.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | North write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | North. That is the ride.
Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | North → Kleve-Reichswald | East is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Kleve-Reichswald | East → Kalkar-Kalkarberg is 15 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Kalkar-Kalkarberg → back through Kleve-Reichswald | East is 15 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Kleve-Reichswald | East → Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | North is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.