Why this ride
251 km from Tolkamer to Tolkamer, about 4 h 20 of riding. The stops in between: Tiel Inundation Canal, Fort Werk IV and back through Tiel Inundation Canal. It crosses from Germany into Netherlands - carry ID and check the toll rules.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Kleve-Keeken and Fort Werk IV
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 251 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 20
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distances and riding times are planning figures. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Kleve-Keeken
Here the Rhine stops being a German river. Just downstream of the village of Keeken, the great river crosses the border into the Netherlands, and a few kilometres further on it divides, with the Waal carrying most of the water west and the Pannerdens Canal leading to the Nederrijn and the IJssel. In Roman times, this was the northern frontier of the empire, the Lower German Limes, and Keeken is one of the sites listed as part of the UNESCO frontier, with traces of Roman military installations along the old river course.
Read the complete Kleve-Keeken write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Kleve-Keeken is where the day begins. Next is Tiel Inundation Canal.
2. Tiel Inundation Canal
Tiel is a river town on the Waal, the main branch of the Rhine in the Netherlands, in the middle of the Betuwe, a region of orchards, dykes and meadows between the Waal and the Lower Rhine. Just outside the town, a wide, straight channel runs through the fields, crossed by bridges and lined by dykes. This is the Tiel inundation canal, built in the late nineteenth century as part of the New Dutch Waterline, the defensive system of controlled flooding that protected the heart of Holland, and it is now part of the UNESCO-listed Dutch Water Defence Lines.
Read the complete Tiel Inundation Canal write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Tiel Inundation Canal comes up about 63 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fort Werk IV.
3. Fort Werk IV
The Gooi, the area east of Amsterdam around Bussum, Naarden and Hilversum, is one of the few places in the western Netherlands with hills, if you can call low sandy ridges hills. It is a region of heathland, woods and wealthy villages. On the edge of Bussum, close to the fortified town of Naarden, stands Fort Werk IV, a small fortification that was part of the New Dutch Waterline and the Defence Line of Amsterdam, and is now part of the UNESCO-listed Dutch Water Defence Lines.
Read the complete Fort Werk IV write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 126 km into the recorded legs you reach Fort Werk IV. Next is back through Tiel Inundation Canal.
4. back through Tiel Inundation Canal
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Tiel Inundation Canal write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Tiel Inundation Canal, late in the day. Next is Kleve-Keeken.
5. Kleve-Keeken
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Kleve-Keeken write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Kleve-Keeken. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Kleve-Keeken to Tiel Inundation Canal
Kleve-Keeken → Tiel Inundation Canal is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Tiel Inundation Canal to Fort Werk IV
Tiel Inundation Canal → Fort Werk IV is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort Werk IV to back through Tiel Inundation Canal
Fort Werk IV → back through Tiel Inundation Canal is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Tiel Inundation Canal to Kleve-Keeken
back through Tiel Inundation Canal → Kleve-Keeken is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.