8 March 2009, Katwijk / Wassenaar ‘Struinen door Berkheide’ again through the Dunes of South Holland (Hollands Duin) 12.3 km, Route 61 ANWB Wandelroutegids Nederland. Nice Sunday hike, between to ‘low pressure areas’, so incredibly bright skies. Reasonable temperature for March but this close to the North Sea obviously windy… Great varied Dune and Beach scenery, most sandy trail, sometimes even deep sand and quite some height differences; you’ll ascent some 240 meters during this hike… Highlights; remains of the Atlantik Wall, beautiful scenery standing on high dunes, micro ‘desert’ climate on some part of the trail and the remains of old agricultural fields. Less attractive; the route is close to the cities of The Hague, Leiden etc, and so the Northern and Southern parts are relatively ‘crowded’ on a sunny Sunday afternoon… No problem if you like dogs and their owners…
2009-03-08 Katwijk, Wassenaar
