Drentse Fiets4Daagse 2017 Wednesday 40 km

From Westerbork you drive to Zwiggelte, located in the beautiful ash and stream valley landscape where a few Saxon farms are still standing. Then continue to Klatering. There is a stopping place just before Beilen at the Milieustraat.
Beilen is located between the A28 and the N 381 and several waterways, such as the Beilervaart, Drentsche Hoofdvaart and Linthorst Homankanaal. You will arrive at the stamp post de Manege. Then you cross the highway A28. Just across the viaduct is the dog dressage on the left. Then the route continues along a large fish pond, the Brunstingerplas. Past the ash hamlet of Brunsting you enter a nature reserve with heathland and ponds.
You continue the road to Lheebroek where you will get a stamp at camping site De Meisterhof. The meaning of Lheebroek is swampy land and forms a marke together with Lhee.
The route goes through the forest to the information center, after which the A28 is crossed in the direction of Spier en Wijster. A part around Wijster is called the Zandbergen, where sand used to be extracted, which was used, among other things, to decorate the floors. Just before Wijster is the Hilbrands laboratory (for crops).
You then cycle via Holthe to the Scharreveld, a nature reserve that is being restored to become a large heathland. Both flora and fauna flourish here. The frogs and toads, the heath sheep and the Scottish highlanders have a very natural environment here.
Another tunnel under the N381 and then past the riding school to the finish in Westerbork where you can enjoy the friendly atmosphere and the terraces.