Track 7: Sleen to Coevorden - 22 km / 28 Photos

3 September 2024
About a month after I left the trail because of issues with my ankles (Artrose) I was back in Sleen to see if I recovered well enough and enjoy another hiking day in beautiful September weather.
In the end I had a great afternoon in the beautiful varied Drenthe landscape. That I finally walked 22 kilometers from the busstop in Sleen to the train station in Coevorden was also because I walked mostly on asphalt roads.
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The former town hall of Sleen that is now a multi functional center for meetings and parties
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Old farm houses on the corner of the Schaapsweg and the Brink
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Walking out of the villave via the Heirweg
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The variety of famland and bushes
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This country used to consist of peat bogs, the peat of which was dug up for turf in the 19th century. Hence the many canals you walk along
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Furtherdown the trail is a small path on the other side of the canal
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the canal runs into the Hoogeveense vaart that I have to cross via the bridge that is open to let some motor yachts pass
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This is an old drawbridge
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Apart from yaghts there is not much shipping on the canal anymore
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A last crossing at the hamlet of Holsloot
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Who is wathing who when I walked past this stable in Holsloot
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The tea garden under a chestnut tea at a 200 year old farm house was a welcome place for a break
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Machine harvested onions drying on the land
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Passing the Drostendiep
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Old Jewish cemetery near Daelen
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The ramparts around the fields are quite high
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A small hiking path on the side of the Drostendiep
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Crossing the Drostendiep
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On the side of the Drostendiep again just outside Coevorden
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Entering Coevorden on the side of the Stieltjes canal
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A fountain in the former fortress moat
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Beautiful old trees on the ramparts of Coevorden
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A poem that commemorates the demise of the old star-shaped fortress city of Coevorden
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The water tower that used to stand between the military buildings in the fortress
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An old barracks building that was used as a school after the fortress no longer had a defensive function and where apartments have now been built
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After the fortress lost its status as part of the country's defense in 1934, a residential area was built on the former barracks grounds
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Former orphanage with a natural stone entrance gate dating from 1690
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The route I followed today with the locations where pictures were taken
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