A 30km hike around Oosterbeek/Heelsum Netherlands

 



On Thursday 10th July, I completed my final training hike before the big Four Day Walk, I do whenever I am in the Netherlands. 

The walk was in two parts. 13.3km before breakfast and 17.3km after breakfast. 

We are staying in a hotel for the first four days after arriving in the Netherlands and we chose this location as it is close to Ingrids cousin who we get on very well with. 

The area has historic value as it is the location of Operation Market Garden which was an Allied military operation conducted from September 17 to 27, 1944, during World War II. The operation aimed to capture key bridges in the Netherlands to facilitate an invasion into northern Germany. It involved U.S., British, and Polish airborne and armored forces, making it the largest airborne operation of the war.  

You may know it better as ‘A Bridge Too Far’ from the movie made about this operation. 

This is a very beautiful part of the Netherlands, and it is a privilege to be able to hike here. 

There is an annual commemorative walk here called the Airborne March which Ingrid and I have taken part in several times in the past. 























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OPERATION MARKET GARDEN







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