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Jörg went for a hike
May 16, 2026
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Jörg went for a hike
May 10, 2026
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May 10, 2026
From Dalheim train station, we went via Arsbeck, Tüschenbroich and Watern to Wegberg, across meadows and fields, through forests and moors, past a few ponds and mills, and over a "Mother's Day festival" and adjacent flea market in the Wegberg city park. A varied tour, and we were back in time for coffee and cake 😀.
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Jörg went for a hike
May 7, 2026
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May 7, 2026
To conclude the Rureifelwoche, another three-valley loop near Heimbach, along babbling brooks and past a beaver area and art on tree stumps.
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Jörg went for a hike
May 5, 2026
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May 5, 2026
Wow, it went really well today, wonder if it was because of the "Weinschorlen" yesterday?
You live almost a week within spitting distance of the Rurstausee, and haven't even been there once. That's why today from Heimbach train station along the Rur and the Heimbach reservoir towards the dam. Along the
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Jörg went for a hike
May 4, 2026
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May 4, 2026
Actually, the tour was supposed to be called "from Untermaubach to Zerkall", but due to the weather, I already broke off the loop in Obermaubach. Only to find out in the end that it still took two hours until the downpour 😟.
Until then, after arriving in Untermaubach, it went up to the Hochkoppel, whereby
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Jörg went for a hike
May 3, 2026
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May 3, 2026
For the last section of the Buntsandstein Route, it went uphill steadily from Heimbach over Burg Hengebach, parallel to the Rur. This section doesn't have much to offer, there were also far fewer people. I skipped the last four kilometers of the route down to the Rursee, and instead turned towards the
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Jörg went for a hike
May 2, 2026
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May 2, 2026
For the second section of the Buntsandstein-Route, I took the train back to Nideggen, reached the actual route again via an access path, and immediately it went steeply uphill. There wasn't much to see, except: wild boars 🐗🐗🐗😀. I was actually able to observe four/five wild boars eating, they hadn
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Jörg went for a hike
May 1, 2026
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May 1, 2026
For the first section of the Buntsandstein-Route, we took the Rurtalbahn to Kreuzau. Along the Rur with its weirs came the first ascent behind Üdingen. Past the Obermaubach reservoir, we slowly approached the colorful sandstones (Buntsandsteine), which majestically peeked out of the forests and opened
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Jörg went for a hike
April 30, 2026
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April 30, 2026
To kick off my Rureifel week at the Kommern open-air museum. Very beautiful and well-maintained complex with many buildings from the 18th - 20th centuries, I found the permanent exhibition "Wir Rheinländer" about the Rhineland between 1794 and 1955 particularly interesting, the originally furnished bungalow
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Jörg went for a hike
April 27, 2026
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April 29, 2026
Short visit to the bluebells in Hückelhoven-Baal.
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May 16, 2026
By bus to Wanlo Markt, from there past Rittergut Wildenrath with its adjacent golf club to Wanlo gliding field, where there was a lot going on today, with many take-offs and landings to see.
Across fields and Wickrathhahn back home.
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