🌼🌼 Petange - "Giele Botter" (14km) 🌼🌼Hello Friends!
The natural reserve "Prënzebierg - Giele Botter" near Petange is a great place for a walk at any time of the year. We will see interesting parts of a former mining area and some beautiful forest. There might be some white anemones left, as we saw 2 weeks ago, and loads of blue flowers on a sea of green leaves on the ground!
The weather forecast is predicting some light rain, maybe, or maybe not.
I suggest wearing something waterproof in any case, but also bring many umbrellas to scare the rain away!
There is a great place where we can sit under a roof for our lunch break, "Fond de Gras", where you can see some machinery and trains from the mining era. We will arrive at this place after around 9km, but as usual, we'll do some short water breaks before.
Depending on the temperature and the mood, the lunch break/picnic will take between 15 and 30 minutes; the earliest departure is, as usual, when Jörg has finished his lunch :)
After the break, it's just 5 km back to the start, but to make it a bit interesting, I'm trying to find some new paths that I spotted on the map and never walked before.
No worries, even if we get lost, a detour to get back on known tracks would be less than 1km.
**Meeting Point:**
We will meet on the parking near the Petange train station, on "the other side of the railway", after arriving by train from Luxembourg.
The Google Maps link below shows the parking. If you come by car, please go there. When the train has arrived, we will cross the rails using the tunnel and gather on the parking before starting the hike.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/nYsSjwXWc5Jbvxxx6
**Public Transport:**
You can take train RB 5059 towards "Petange", leaving "Gare Centrale" at 10.00, arriving at 10:22.
**Car Pool:**
If you come from a completely different direction or prefer the car for other reasons, you might offer a seat to a friendly co-hiker.
https://groupcarpool.com/t/snxe8v
Passengers, please get into the cars of your favorite driver or place of departure.
Don't forget to remove yourself from the waiting list when you find a seat in a car!
**Disclaimer:**
The hike is at your own risk, and please make sure to wear proper shoes and bring some water for yourself!
Looking forward to hiking with you!
Jens.