Marskramer Path part 08

2026-07-18 17:00

Hiked part 8/20 of the Marskramer Path, 17.92 kilometres from Deventer to Klarenbeek.

Along the IJsselkade in Deventer you will see the fast-flowing river IJssel, after which the stage runs over the dike and along floodplains to the south. You pass swamps and wheels that have arisen from dike breaches. Via Gietelo you arrive in Klarenbeek at the strange and abandoned train station.

Hike report

Deventer

The forecourt of Deventer station with a yellow train, white buses, a brick water tower and overcast sky. The brick Deventer station building with NS logos beside a modern glass canopy and a yellow double-decker train. A white stone statue of President Steyn among pale rocks, dedicated by the Dutch people and set among trees. A piebald peacock with a blue neck and green and white plumage walking on a sandy park path. A calm park lake lined with willows and trees under a cloudy sky, with lily pads near the banks. A narrow Deventer alley of brick paving with parked bicycles, leading to a stepped brick gable and church spire. A tall historic brick house with red shutters and leaded windows on a cobbled square with outdoor café tables. A tabby and white cat sitting in a narrow brick alley under a stone archway. The wide IJssel river from the Deventer quay, with a jetty, distant windmill and bridge under grey cloud. The Gothic brick tower of the Lebuinuskerk with gold clocks and a Fide Deo cupola rising above red rooftops.

Crossing the IJssel

The Stad Deventer ferry moored at a pontoon with a gangway, flags and brick houses with red roofs behind. A yellow and blue double-decker train crossing a steel railway bridge over the IJssel. View from the ferry deck across the IJssel towards the opposite bank, jetty and houses under cloud. The Deventer waterfront with the Lebuinuskerk tower and colourful canal houses, a motorboat on the IJssel. A sandy spit with a large tree jutting into the IJssel, a bird overhead and a distant railway bridge. Deventer skyline with the Lebuinuskerk and waterfront houses seen across the IJssel from a grassy bank with two boats.

Floodplains and the windmill

An end-of-Deventer place-name sign with 60 km/h and no-parking zone signs beside a rural road and fields. A traditional dark timber windmill with white sails and outbuildings on dry grass under a cloudy sky. A cream country house with dark blue shutters and a red convertible parked on the lawn under mature trees. A paved dike path running into the distance between dry floodplain grass and open water under grey cloud. Vintage red and green tractors with yellow wheels parked beside a blue moped on a gravel verge. The IJssel curving between rocky banks and bushes, a white boat midstream and a road bridge in the distance. A white motorboat on the IJssel heading towards a long concrete road bridge across the floodplain. A field of tall green maize with a spray irrigator throwing water, hay bales and trees beyond. A dappled grey horse with a pink muzzle grazing in a green paddock among yellow wildflowers. A straight country road lined with pollarded trees on the left and a low hedge on the right between green fields. A long brick farmstead with a central house and tall poplars set across a wide green meadow.

Wilp

The square brick tower of Wilp church with a pointed spire, clock faces and a red door on a brick path.

Two small ponies and free-range chickens in a flower-dotted paddock before a brick house with a red roof.

A bronze statue of a plump figure with outstretched arms, looking across fields towards a distant church spire.

Woods, wheat and estates

A mown grass dike path between willows and trees, with water on the left under a cloudy sky. A wheeled irrigator spraying long arcs of water over a green potato field beside a sandy track and woodland. A sandy woodland path under beech trees with leaves on the ground and green light through the canopy. A narrow sandy footpath running through a green tunnel of shrubs and overhanging branches. A wide field of ripe golden wheat stretching to a dark tree line under an overcast sky. Golden wheat ears filling the frame, with a red barn and woodland at the far edge of the field. A sandy farm track running straight between a golden wheat field and tall wildflowers under grey cloud. A gravel avenue of tall trees curving through parkland with a green meadow on the right. A white cottage with a red roof half-hidden by trees, with sunflowers and tall grain in the foreground. A fenced plot of wildflowers and a large oak on dry mown grass, with a thatched roof just visible behind. A narrow dirt path through dense woodland with arched branches and a mossy tree trunk on the left. A rustic wooden handrail and trail marker at a woodland path entrance beside a paved road. A view through leafy branches of a golden meadow and distant trees under a cloudy sky. A pond covered in bright green duckweed with a white kayak floating on it, framed by woodland. A sandy track climbing through a green tunnel of ivy-clad trees and dense undergrowth. The roofless interior of a ruined brick building with peeling walls, a fireplace and a floor of leaves. A golden meadow and trees seen through a crumbling brick window opening of a ruin. A brick cottage with a dark green door and white hydrangeas, framed by an ivy-clad archway. A calm reed-lined canal reflecting trees, with parkland on the left and a weeping willow on the right. A still woodland pond seen through beech trunks, with leaves on the bank and green reflections on the water. A quiet lake framed by trees, reflecting the sky and woods with algae along the near shore.

Towards Klarenbeek

Purple mallow and cow parsley in the foreground before a golden wheat field and a belt of trees. A dirt track under a line of large trees beside a golden field, with a white house in the distance. Close-up of ripe golden wheat ears under a partly cloudy sky with a distant tree line. A broad field of ripe golden wheat under a blue sky with broken cloud and houses among distant trees. An ornate metal gate under a leafy arch, opening onto blue and pink hydrangeas and a brick farmhouse. A weathered wooden shed among tall dry grass and fences, with trees and a field of maize behind. A red McCormick Farmall mailbox with a pink tractor figure on top, beside a hedge on a farm lane. Scattered oak trees standing in a wide green meadow under a cloudy sky. A single railway track running straight between trees, with a white kilometre post marked 98.4. A conical hut of branches and sticks built in the woods with dry grass and leaves at its base. A gravel path rising through dense green woodland towards a bright gap in the trees.