Colijnsplaat, Kortgene and Goes

No wild nature in Zuid-Beveland, but neatly landscaped polders with neat arable land that is used for agriculture and fruit growing. On the peninsula between the Oosterschelde and Westerschelde, the battle against the rising water has been won and the fertile land is gratefully cultivated. At Katse Plaat, the route continues over Noord-Beveland, a beautiful tidal area outside the dike where you can breathe in the salty sea air. When the sandbank is exposed at low tide, you can see the avocet tripping over the mudflats on its stilt legs and feasting on mussels, shrimps, worms. Terns, cormorants and plovers also see the sandbank as a cozy roadside restaurant. Because the Oosterschelde cannot satisfy its hunger for sand, the Katse Plaat is threatened. The Katse Plaat is part of the 370-hectare Oosterschelde National Park, where porpoises and seals are also regularly seen. The windmills along the route are photogenic. The Oude Molen that you encounter in Colijnsplaat is a ground-sailer from 1727. The grain mill has two pairs of millstones. On the edge of Wolphaarsdijk, the corn mill De Hoop stands proudly. This smock mill from 1808 is covered with roofing felt. Originally, the mill was a ground-sailer. Fuss about wind rights and the clearing of a forest is the mill In 1894, the owner decided to build the mill 10.5 higher on the bricks and thus became a smock mill. De Nooit Gedacht is a corn mill on the Arendstraat on the edge of Eindewege. It is in stells a round brick smock mill from 1872, covered with roofing felt and has a span of 21.20/21.30 meters. It is a reasonably iconic mill that stands close to the railway of the Zeeuwse line. On one side of the mill, however, the landscape value is limited by houses.