Why this ride
231 km from Kalkar to Kalkar, about 4 h 04 of riding. On the way it passes Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2, Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 1, Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 7.2 and Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 2.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Till and Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 2
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 231 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 04
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Till
The Lower Rhine around Kalkar and Kleve is wide, flat country: green polders, willows along drainage ditches, brick farmhouses and church spires visible for miles. Till is a small village here, part of Bedburg-Hau, just off the Rhine embankments between Kalkar and Kleve, with Emmerich across the river. It lies close to the line of the Roman frontier, the Lower German Limes, which followed the Rhine to the North Sea.
Read the complete Till write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Till is where the day begins. Next is Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2.
2. Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2
Flat is the word for the Lower Rhine, and the Hochwald is the exception that proves it. Near Uedem, on the German side of the Dutch border, a long low ridge of wooded hills pushes up from the plain, the leftover of ice-age glaciers that stopped here, dumping gravel and sand in a long arc. The ridge is not high, but in a landscape where a church tower is a landmark, it counts as a range. The forest is a mix of beech, oak and pine, with sandy paths and cyclists, and it is a favourite of weekend walkers. A scouting label like Hochwald 2 only tells me there are several viewpoints in the same area, so treat the forest as a whole.
Read the complete Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2 comes up 18 km in. Next is Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 1.
3. Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 1
The Rhine at Wesel is broad and powerful, the main artery of northwestern Europe, and in Roman times it was the frontier of the empire. The Lower German Limes, listed by UNESCO in 2021, ran along the river from the Alps to the North Sea, with forts, camps and watchtowers guarding the crossings. At Flüren, on the edge of Wesel, archaeologists have found traces of Roman activity on the Flürener Feld, probably a temporary camp or military installation linked to campaigns across the river into Germania. Nothing is visible on the surface, but the site sits on the edge of the Rhine plain, with the river and its floodplain stretching away to the horizon.
Read the complete Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
36 km in you reach Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 1. Next is Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 7.2, 18 km on.
4. Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 7.2
The Hochwald, a low wooded ridge between Uedem, Xanten and Kalkar in the Lower Rhine region, hides the traces of Roman military camps, temporary enclosures where troops trained, camped or prepared for campaigns. Uedem-Hochwald 7.2 is one of these, and the camps are part of the Lower German Limes World Heritage Site, inscribed in 2021. The camps were discovered through aerial photography and laser scanning, and they show how intensively the Romans used this area near their great base at Xanten.
Read the complete Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 7.2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 7.2, about halfway. Next is Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 2.
5. Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 2
Where the Lippe meets the Rhine, the Romans came and went. Wesel stands at that confluence, and the long straight valley of the Lippe was one of their invasion routes into Germania in the years around the birth of Christ, when the generals of Augustus pushed east of the Rhine and built camps along the river. The fields called Flürener Feld lie just outside the town, on flat arable land, and they are part of the Lower German Limes, the Roman frontier along the Rhine which UNESCO inscribed in 2021. What the listing preserves is below the soil: ditches, post holes and the faint outlines of military camps, visible mostly as crop marks from the air. On the ground you see a field, a hedge and the sky.
Read the complete Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 2 sits at 72 km, about halfway. Next is back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 7.2, 17 km on.
6. back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 7.2
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 7.2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 7.2 comes up 89 km in. Next is back through Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 1.
7. back through Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 1
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
107 km in you reach back through Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 1. Next is back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2.
8. back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2, late in the day. Next is Till.
9. Till
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Till write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
The route ends here after 231 km.
Leg by leg
Till to Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2
Till → Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2 is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2 to Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 1
Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2 → Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 1 is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 1 to Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 7.2
Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 1 → Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 7.2 is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 7.2 to Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 2
Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 7.2 → Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 2 is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 2 to back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 7.2
Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 2 → back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 7.2 is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 7.2 to back through Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 1
back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 7.2 → back through Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 1 is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 1 to back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2
back through Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 1 → back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2 is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2 to Till
back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 2 → Till is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.