Why this ride
99 km from Wesel to Wesel, about 1 h 39 of riding. On the way it passes Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 7.2, Till and back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 7.2.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 3 and Till
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 99 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 39
- 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: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 3
Hamminkeln gives this stretch of the Lower Rhine its odd claim to a place in military history. On the morning of 24 March 1945, as part of the Allied operation to cross the Rhine, thousands of British and American airborne troops landed around Hamminkeln and Wesel by parachute and glider, in daylight, into a countryside of farms and woods, and the fighting was fierce. Many gliders were shot down, and the losses were heavy. The area has quiet memorials, and it is worth knowing that the fields you ride through carry that history as well as the older, Roman one.
Read the complete Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 3 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 3 is where the day begins. Next is Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 7.2, 18 km on.
2. 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 7.2 comes up about 30 km into the recorded legs. Next is Till.
3. 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 48 km into the recorded legs you reach Till. Next is back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 7.2, 18 km on.
4. 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 7.2, late in the day. Next is Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 3.
5. Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 3
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 3 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 3. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 3 to Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 7.2
Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 3 → Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 7.2 is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 7.2 to Till
Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 7.2 → Till is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Till to back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 7.2
Till → 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 Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 3
back through Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 7.2 → Wesel-Flüren | Flürener Feld 3 is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.