Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 11 and Kleve-Keeken

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

1. 1. Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 11

   Lower Rhine forests do not announce themselves, and the Hochwald between Uedem, Xanten and Kalkar is no exception: a dark block of beech, oak and pine on a low ridge, with flat farmland on every side. Point 11 is a spot somewhere inside that woodland, about six kilometres from Uedem, so think of it as a way into the forest rather than a particular junction or bench.

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   Recorded stop-planning note

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   Planning note

   Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 11 is where the day begins. Next is Till.

2. 2. 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.

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   Recorded stop-planning note

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   Planning note

   Till comes up about 18 km into the recorded legs. Next is Kleve-Keeken.

3. 3. 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.

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   Recorded stop-planning note

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   Planning note

   about 33 km into the recorded legs you reach Kleve-Keeken. Next is back through Till.

4. 4. back through Till

   Return visit. Read the place description above.

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   Recorded stop-planning note

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   Planning note

   back through Till, late in the day. Next is Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 11.

5. 5. Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 11

   Return visit. Read the place description above.

   Read the complete Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 11 write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

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   Planning note

   Back at Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 11. That is the ride.