We have summarised our route below but if you want to get interactive with groovy Google Maps, including satellite pictures, of where we'll be, we have plotted the route here (of course, we will be walking pathways rather than driving along the roads but it is a pretty good approximation).
Essentially, our continental route is as follows:
- From Grafenrheinfeld,
- skirting West of Würtzburg into the Naturpark Bayerischer Spessart at Gumüden
- westwards to Worms
- then North towards Koblenz, joining the Rheine at Rüdesheim
- along the Rheine towards Bonn
- but departing before Bonn Westwards towards Aachen
- continuing Westwards into Belgium to Maastricht
- Leuven
- Gent
- Bruges
- to catch the ferry to Dover at Oostende
Our detailed route is:
Germany
Grafenrheinfeld
Niebelungenweg
Wertheim
Bürgstadt
Vielbrunn
E8 Fernwanderweg (A major Walking Route taking us south of Frankfurt)
Ober Ostern
Auerbach
Pfeddersheim (very close to Worms)
Dannenfels
Obermoschel
Rüdesheim am Rhiene (now following the Rheine)
Stromberg
Oberwesel
Boppard
Koblenz
Andernach
Sinzig
Rolandseck
Bad Godesberg (leaving the Rheine and avoiding Bonn)
Rheinbach
Bad Münstereifel (heading into the Geman/Belgian National Park)
Gemünd
Schmidt
Kornelimünster
Aachen (after which we head into Belgium)
Belgium
Vlaanderenroute / Oost
Sint-Martens-Voeren
Vroenhoven
Tongeren
Hoepertingen
Ezemaal
Leuven
Wespelaar
Eppegem
Mollem
Dendermonde
Gent
Oostwinkel
Bruges
OOstende
England
Back in the UK, the North Downs Way takes us from Dover, all the way to home via:
- Folkstone
- Wye
- Charing
- Lenham
- Rochester
- Kemsing
- then Home