💦♿🥾 Accessible Lake Trail 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Gather 'round lakeside legends! 🌊✨

This time we’re trading rugged trails for smooth, accessible realness with a wheelchair-friendly wander alongside the Leersumse Plassen — because nothing says queer joy like gliding past shimmering lakes without too many barriers killing your vibe.
Serving soft heather and glassy water views at every turn, this route is basically a nature runway.
Find out more details about the route here (in Dutch): https://rolstoelwandeling.nl/wandelroutenatuurzonderdrempels/

Come ready to soak up the scenery! Because queer outdoors joy, like these waters, flows freely for everyone. 🌈💙

Practical info
📏 Distance: several options!

*~3.3 km loop, if you come by car (wheelchair accessible)
*7.5 km, from/to nearest bus stop Donderberg in Leersum (wheelchair accessible)

• 11 km, if you continue on via forest paths to Maarn train station (not wheelchair accessible)

Practical info
📍 Start: Maarsbergseweg 18a (Leersum) via bus stop Donderberg (Leersum)
🏁 End: Bus stop Donderberg (Leersum) or Maarn train station
🧑‍🦽 Difficulty: easy to moderate -accessible route with some slight bumpy sections

🤝🏼 Meeting point: Driebergen-Zeist station
🕙 Gathering time: 10:55
🚆 Travel schedule: Bus 350 to Leersum, Donderberg (direction Wageningen) at 11:04 ➡️ arrival at Leersum, Donderberg at 11:33 ➡️Walk to
Maarsbergseweg 18a ➡️ arrival at starting point around 12:00
❗You can also travel on your own from another direction and meet us along the way or in Leersum.

🚗 If you come by car, you can park at De Veldschuur
(Maarsbergseweg 18a). Several accessible parking spots available.

🧑‍🦽After a round of introductions, we start our trail around 12:10.

Pack your:
🍱 lunch box & snacks
🚰 water
🧥 rain coat/umbrella
☀️ sun screen
🏳️‍🌈 anything else you might need

❌ If you signed up and cannot make it in the end, please cancel your RSVP attendance so we know how many people will show up and someone else can take your place instead.

💗 A voluntary donation helps us to keep the Meetup group up and running :) you can either pay via a Tikkie or in cash after we finish the hike.

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