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| Working barge on the Maas. |
After a much needed night's sleep I set out on the second leg of my little escapade, heading into central Venlo. Seems to be a destination for day trippers judging from the busy coach park. I have no time to visit the Limburger museum however, another eighteen miles or so to do, most of it along the river Maas. This is a broad, placid waterway plied by pleasure craft and substantial working barges - plenty of cargo in Holland still goes by boat.
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| The Maascorridor. |
I'm pleased to find my route is a marked 'voet pad', that is, footpath, the Maascorridor. After many miles of tarmac cycle route yesterday it feels much better to have grass underfoot. I walk along with the sun-dappled river to my left, birds sing in the trees and dandelion seeds float in the air, it's all rather idyllic. The miles roll on and before long I'm at my lunch stop, Kessel. A pleasant little place, and as might be expected it does have a castle.
Back along the Maas, past a complex of locks built large enough for barges, and then I leave the river at another small town, Neer. Walking through very English looking suburban style streets, the neatly trimmed hedges suggest this is a popular retirement destination. From here I take another footpath, this time through woods, to the destination for today, Heythuysen. The hotel Het Anker turns out not to have a bar or restaurant, but these things are nearby so all is good.
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| Fortifications at Kessel. |
Photos to go with this post can be found here.
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