Adeps 15km 2018

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Distance: 9.06 mi
Elevation gain: 784 ft
Technical difficulty: Moderate
Elevation loss: 784 ft
Max elevation: 366 ft
TrailRank: 10
Min elevation: 122 ft
Trail type: Loop

Coordinates: 439
Uploaded: May 13, 2018
Recorded: May 2018

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near Nethen, Wallonia (Belgique)

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Itinerary description

Marche Adeps from the farm 'Les 12 Bonniers'

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Meerdaal Bed & Breakfast

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Play-Zone

Besides the play-zone you can find a picnic area, barbeques, and bathrooms. Also an early escape from the route by way of Sint-Jories Weert stn. ;-)

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Aan de oostflank van het Meerdaalwoud, Meerdaalweg

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Domein Meerdaal

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Meerdaal Wines

Meerdaal put itself on the map in 2009 when it was the Great Gold Medal for his Chardonnay Meerdael . It is a sparkling wine produced in Heverlee by winemaker Paul Vleminckx .

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Everzwijnbad Forest Reserve

This integrated forest reserve on your left is 27.5 hectares. The spontaneous nature promotes the occurrence of many rare insects and fungi. By leaving the fallen trees where they lie it provides unprecedented bio-dynamics within the forest.

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Military Area

On your right you see the fence of the military domain Pedigree Meerdaal . Service Disposal and Destruction of Explosive Harness , shortly DOVO , is housed here . It also served as an ammunition depot. Since 2010, this 90 -acre ' depot belongs in the hands of the Agency for Nature and Forest. On your left you should see the Everzwijnbaddreef , the central path that divides the area into two blocks. In Block North there is a regular forest of mixed native deciduous forest. In southern portion the forestry department keeps a variety of woods and glades with heath and Nardus grasslands . Some bunkers have been preserved and are furnished as winter shelter for bats.

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Great Beech Tree

Dikke Beuk
This 240 year old beech tree with a circumference of 5m10 is the largest of the beech found in the Meerdaalwoud . Each year, the perimeter of this tree increases by 3cm. In comparison, the biggest oak of the Meerdaalwoud in 2012 has a circumference of 5M60.

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Meerdaal

Meerdaal - also known as Meerdaalwoud and Meerdaalbos - is a woodland lying east of Brussels and south of Leuven, on the loess plateau of Brabant in central Belgium. The bigger part of it has most likely been continuously forested since the Middle Ages, but the archaeological record and geomorphology give evidence of a profound human influence, probably including agriculture, during the Roman era and the Iron Age.

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Stone Table

Contrary to what you might think this ”table” is a remnant of an old bridge. This bridge was built to cross the gap of the valley along the N25 ( Naamsesteenweg ) so that the tram route Leuven - Geldenaken could be completed.

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Tomberg

The Tomberg is 102,5 meters above sea leveland is one of the highest points of the Meerdaalwoud. In the 1600’s a simple form of government was held by the people who dwelt nearby called “waldrecht” or the German word for Forest-reign. This commen form of laws was used when there were no lord’s laws in effect. There was even a small structure erected here to house its court. Archeologists found different kinds of utensils made from natural stone slabs.

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Forest reserve ' Heather '

There are two types of forest reserves: integral forest reserves and directed forest reserves. In integrated forest reserves man does not intervene, trees lie where the fall as an example. Such pristine forest reserves are ecologically very valuable. In a directed forest reserve an agency nurtures different aspects as decided by their organizational desires. You will walk through a directed forest reserve. Most forests are managed according to the high forest system in where trees grow up to be an ascending forest. If you could see it from the air you have just a blanket of leaves. There is therefore little low lying vegetation because the trees simply do not let enough light pass through. In this way the timber oriented forest reserve system is restored, a system that is very popular here. This system allows the for the use of scheduled tree-cutting for the use of timber.

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Warandevivjver

The Warandevijver was recently transformed from a pond with a purely recreational function to an ecological pond where fauna and flora have every opportunity . This pond is a haven for amphibians. On old maps of this location you could find a forester's house which was important for hunting. Some finds of artifacts in this area point to human activity during the Neolithic and the Gallo- Roman period

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Border

Here you find the linguistic border between Flanders and Wallonia and on the border of three municipalities: Bierbeek, Hamme-Mille and Nethen

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