The cycle path along the Russendorp, which starts over the bridge at Dikke Louis on the right and then over the second bridge on the left and then follows on the right, passes through the forest, but is in bad condition, the tree roots have pushed the asphalt up in many places that it is difficult to do with a road bike, with a mountain bike or a regular bicycle it is still possible, but this cycle path is clearly in need of replacement or a major finery. Furthermore, this is a nice piece.

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PeeWee

October 3, 2019

Bunker at Bridge over the canal towards Russendorp

Russendorp is located in a tapered part of the Bergeijkse Heide that once belonged to the former Dutch municipality of Luyksgestel but was exchanged with Belgium in 1843 for a strip of the Bladelse Heide. A small settlement was created of people who were going to cultivate the heaths there but were so far removed from their villages that they built temporary dwellings of sod, consisting of pitrus. These piping or pitrus sods are called 'Russians' in Dialect. The name has nothing to do with residents of Russia.

Russendorp nowadays partly falls in the municipality of Lommel and Mol.

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Sebastiaan Mollema

September 19, 2023

The road is good in 2023. Improved and really smooth.

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