Day 81 Yet another milestone passed

We went for a 2 hour walk on Saturday around the "Island van Brienenoord"

This is an island under the big Brienenoord Bridge that spans the River Maas

It's a natuur reserve with lots of wildlife and vegetation

My knee was fine, even on the rougher paths and even climbing the hillock went OK

It looks as if it's relly getting usable now :~))

more photo's here

The island is a short ride from us across the Brienenoord bridge

The island was created by sludge piling up since the beginning of the 19th century in the bend of the river the Maas. It’s about 17 hectares in size (sorry I don’t do acres !)

It was covered in forest until second world war, when the Germans used the trunks, by placing them upright in the ground, to keep planes from landing. What was left of the trees ended in the fires during the winter of starvation.

Nowadays it’s a natural green island again. There are some allotments/holiday gardens here, some ateliers, the remains of a old dock, a large pond which attracts many frogs in Spring and Highland Cattle graze here.

At the East side of the island the ground has been washed away. Instead of rebuilding it, there is a bridge to enable people to enjoy looking down onto the miniature swamp.

Info in Dutch