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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65 km from Kleve to Kleve, about 1 h 22 of riding. It goes by way of Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | North, Elst-Grote Kerk and back through Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | North. It crosses from Germany into Netherlands - carry ID and check the toll rules.
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 is where the day begins. Next is Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | North.
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.
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Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | North comes up about 16 km into the recorded legs. Next is Elst-Grote Kerk.
Elst is a commuter town in the Betuwe, the flat river island between the Rhine and the Waal, halfway between Arnhem and Nijmegen. At first glance there is nothing remarkable about its big brick church on the market square. The surprise lies underneath it. Excavations in the twentieth century found the remains of two Roman temples beneath the floor, built one after another on the same spot, dedicated to a local god adopted into the Roman world. The site belongs to the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Lower German Limes, inscribed by UNESCO in 2021, and the foundations can be seen in the church cellar when it is open.
Read the complete Elst-Grote Kerk write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 32 km into the recorded legs you reach Elst-Grote Kerk. Next is back through 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 through Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | North, late in the day. Next is 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 at Kleve-Reichswald | East. That is the ride.
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.
Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | North → Elst-Grote Kerk is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Elst-Grote Kerk → back through Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | North is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through 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.