Spring; the cows go out and run through the meadow. Spring fever. Exuberant, happy cows, running through puddles, tails up, because cows don't like splashing water so much. One of the cows leads, the others follow; they are herd animals. If one goes, they all go. What a beautiful picture: cows in the meadow, the colourful animals in green surroundings. We are very used to seeing cows. Now that they roam less freely in the meadow, it is only now that we notice how 'empty' the landscape is. What cows, even the black and white ones then, add a lot of colour. I get very happy when I see this image; it provokes a smile very quickly. It happened to me during a walk. I was walking along the Noaberpad near Zwillbrock, close to the border with Germany in the Achterhoek region. The Noaberpad runs through the border area with Germany from Groningen to the Rhine, ending in the town of Kleve.
Wim van der Ende is een van de makers van het Pieterpad, de meest bekende wandeltocht door Nederland.
- auteur en fotograaf gidsen van het PIETERPAD.
- Karakteristieke foto's Nederlandse landschap.
- Ook andere wandelpaden: Trekvogelpad, Noaberpad, Maarten van Rossumpad, Utrechtpad, Overijssels Havezatenpad, Waterlinie..
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