Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 13 and Kleve-Keeken

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

1. 1. Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 13

   The Hochwald is the sort of place that NATO likes, and the reason is the sky. Uedem, six kilometres from Hochwald 13, hosts a major air defence and control site, a Luftwaffe installation that sits beside the forest and helps monitor air traffic across northern and central Europe. You will not see much of it from the road beyond fences and the odd radome, but it explains why the ridge, which stands higher than almost anything else on the Lower Rhine plain, was such a useful place to put a radar.

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   Recorded stop-planning note

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   Planning note

   Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 13 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 16 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 31 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 13.

5. 5. Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 13

   Return visit. Read the place description above.

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   Recorded stop-planning note

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   Planning note

   Back at Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 13. That is the ride.