Christmas Time in the Waldorpersvlaakte
Across in the Hague for Christmas. Got a few jogs in in the dunes and on the beach. The longest started in Meijendael and going anti clockwise round the perimeter fence continued into the Waldorpersvlaakte past the Remembrance Bell in the dunes and on to the TNO building and then back along the fence above the hockey pitches and the landscheidingsweg to re-enter Meijendel and return to the starting point. The circuit is hilly and varies from open grassed sand dunes to narrow paths through woods - very pleasant and normally quite quiet away from the vehicle entry locations.
The bell is located at an area in the dunes close to where members of the Dutch resistance (and general public) were executed by firing squad during WW2. It is a very quiet spot. The bell rings on Liberation Day (bevrijdingsdag) when a service is held in the dunes to commemorate those lost in the war.
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