Veluwe Wander Trail part 20

2026-04-23 16:00

Hiked part 20/25 of the Veluwe Wander Trail, 11.8 kilometres from Garderen to Elspeet.

Walked from Garderen past the Canadian war memorial and out onto the open heath of the Elspeterheide. The sky was grey at first but cleared later, and the path crossed a small stream, ran past farmhouses and cherry blossom trees, and passed a Dutch windmill. The stage finished on the village square in Elspeet.

Hike report

Garderen war memorial: bronze figure of a Canadian soldier on a stone plinth commemorating the liberation of April 1945 Facade of Restaurant De Bonte Koe, a white gabled building in Garderen Quiet residential street with brick terraces and parked cars under an overcast sky Grassy field edge with distant farmhouses and tree line under a grey sky Quiet rural lane passing a white farmhouse with willows and hedge alongside White country house with black roof and a lawn sprinkler arcing across the grass Sandy path climbing over a small rise between slender trees Open heathland clearing with a pine forest on the horizon Gravel heathland track lined with heather and distant birches under cloud Winding sandy track through heath scrub with young birches alongside Sandy junction on open scrubby heath with scattered young birches Double-track path across heathland with a lone pine under grey clouds Grassy wheel-track path with a windswept pine on the right of the heath Wide expanse of Veluwe heath under overcast skies with distant forest Sandy double-track path crossing heathland with a lone pine on the left Single green birch sapling on misty open heathland with forest behind Open heather and dry grasses stretching to a distant tree line under grey sky Heath lit by diffuse sun with pines framing either side of the horizon Narrow single-track path cutting through heather toward distant pines Single-track heath path with a bare tree standing to the right under cloud Path crossing open heath with a solitary pine in the distance Lone pine beside a heath track with a white trail marker post Gravel path passing a pine trunk with a red and yellow trail blaze Wide straight gravel forest track flanked by trees in spring leaf Gravel track crossing a small wooden bridge over a stream in the woods Low wooden weir over a small stream in a grassy wetland clearing Traditional Veluwe farmhouse with green-shuttered windows behind a clipped hedge Tree-lined road with a distant cyclist and a parallel grass track alongside Sunlit gravel track between tall beech trees with an orange trail blaze Long straight beech avenue glowing with fresh spring-green leaves Country road passing a house almost hidden behind a large pink blossoming cherry tree Brick gabled farmhouse framed by a huge pink flowering cherry tree Rural tarmac road stretching past green meadows toward distant trees Old red tractor parked beside a wooden fence in a farmyard clearing Expanse of heather under a bright blue sky with distant pines Solitary birch tree beside a sandy wheel-track through the heath Open heath with scattered pines under a clear blue sky Sandy trail through heather with young pines under blue sky Sandy path curving past birches into a heathland meadow Farm yard with a tractor and machinery on a paved path beside outbuildings Traditional Dutch windmill beside a village green behind a wooden fence Gravel field-edge path between a hedge and a ploughed field with a trail post Grass path across a lawn with a village church spire rising behind the trees Narrow sandy footpath between a metal fence and open field leading into Elspeet Elspeet village square with tall trees and the Ice & Fries ice cream shop