Cycling between Ruurlo and Borculo

An ash landscape with old hedgerows and lovely water streams. The soil here has been paved for centuries, gradually transforming the landscape into the small-scale appearance it has today. A lovely small scale with cute views in a beautiful scenic landscape sets the tone of your route. The area has manufacturing industries, but also a lot of agriculture and livestock farming. The cozy 'we-know-us' atmosphere is clearly palpable in the second largest municipality of the Achterhoek, Berkelland. Cycle to the Agneta mill, a mill was used as a peeling, oil and flour mill. The mill, built in 1851, is named after Freule Johanna Mauritia Agneta van Heeckeren van Kell. This name is displayed at the top of the hull of the mill as usual. In 1917 the mill was converted into a saw and flour mill. Sawing is still done in the mill (electrically). Agneta has been restored three times over the years in 1975, 1985 and 1994, and the mill still runs quite often. One of the most special places in the area is the Ruurlo castle and estate. The country estate was mentioned as early as 1326 and has been in the hands of the Dutch noble Van Heeckeren family since the fifteenth century. The building consists of many different architectural styles because the castle has been almost constantly built over the years and centuries. For example, part of a medieval wall still exists in the basement and almost the entire left side of the castle was built in the sixteenth century. The tower at the back was added a century later. A wall in this tower was fitted with new gables in the nineteenth century. For a long time the castle was the location for the television series 'de Zevensprong'. Nowadays the castle is regularly used as a wedding location. Finally you come to the Olliemollie/Stone Table in Borculo. The Stone Table is an undershot watermill that consists of two parts on different banks. On one bank there is a grist and husking mill, while on the other you can see a former oil mill, which was converted into a grist mill in 1920. The current water mill has its origins in the eighteenth century, but already had a number of predecessors. Both buildings now house a restaurant.