Menroute Gouweroute
Menroute Gouweroute
Schouwen-Duiveland
Horse and carriage route
General
Start point 1: Holiday house `De Goede Ree’, Family Tienpoint. Nieuwe Noordijkesweg 2, Ouwerkerk tel.0111-416614.
Start point 2: Museum Goemanszorg, Molenweg 3, Dreischor, tel. 0111-402303. Car parking on the terrain across the road.
Start point 3: Manege Balans, Zuidlangweg 2, 4315PH Dreischor, Tel.0111-481968.
Accomodation: Horse: Manege Balans, Horse and rider: B&B “In d’n aoren waereld’ at Dreischor, www.travel.to/dreischor
Accomodation Ouwerkerk:
Horse with the family Tienpont;
People: In Ouwerkerk there are several camp sites. In Zierikzee there are hotels and B&Bs.
1 Turn Left as you leave “De Goede Ree” on the Nieuwe Noorddijksewg.
2 Cross the dike and turn sharp right along the Groendike.
3 Keep left and at the T-junction follow the partly paved road.
4 At the Rijksweg N59 turn left and follow the parallel N59.
Option: If you are worried about crossing the main road turn right, and cross where you feel safe.
5. At the trafic lights turnright and cross the road and follow the parallel path.
6. Take the first road left,Oude Polderdijk keep on it.
Option: At the second crossroad you can follow the dike,but also take a right then left. You ride in a circle and arrive at the Oude Polderdijk.
7. At the T-junction on the Sasdike continue onto the Noordijk.
8. After a few hundred metres you cross the Nieuweweg.
On the right before the crossing is a cheese farm and shop.
9. Follow the Noorddike in the direction of Sirjansland, when you come to a junction of three roads take the Dillingsweg.
Option: Would you like to visit a tea garden? Then follow the Noorddike and at the second junction turn right then first left.
On the right hand side is a farm with a tea garden. Continue on the road. At the first crossing go right. You are then on the Dillingsweg.
10. Near Sirjansland sharp left onto the Dijkwater.
11. You are now passing the nature reserve “Dijkwater”.
HET DIJKWATER
The water you pass on your left and right is all that remains of a far wider waterway, that once formed the shipping link between the Grevelingen and the Oosterschelde. De Gouwe separates Schouwen from Duiveland. To the north of Zierikzee the river splits into the ‘Dijkwater’ and the ‘Sunonmeri’. The polder of Dreischor has water on both sides. At the division of the waterway the tidal flow ceased, the depth of the water changed. In 1401 and again in 1735 the Sunonmeri was inpoldered. The Dijkwater remained open. There are several harbours: de Staart (Sirjansland) and Beldert (Dreischor). Stevensluis was once a settlement next to a sluis (lock). East of Stevensluis lies the loading and unloading small harbour of Nieuwe Veer. The currents became more treacherous and from the17th century shipping could get no farther than Dreischor. After the floods the northern side was completely dammed, you can see the dike clearly from Grevelingen. The Dijkwater is a nature reserve where in the spring various types of wild orchids grow. It is a lovely place to walk.
12. Turn right on to Adriaan Oudsweg.
13. Left on to de Blindeweg in the direction of the windmill.
MOLEN AEOLUS.
The windmill at Dreischor was built in 1739, at first it was called Oostmolen and Aeolus,then in 1941 the name changed to Koekoek. In 1971 the name Aeolus was restored. The name Aeorlus is the name the Greek god Zeus gave to the controler of the winds. Aeolus lived in the cliffs on the mythical island Aeolia, where the winds were locked up. He then sent them all over the world.
Up untill 1962 the mill was a working mill but then it did not require the services of Aeolus anymore. After 1962 it was used as a home, but around 2000 it was completely restored including the grinding stones. A volunteer miller sometimes works here.
14. Follow the Molenweg.
Start point 2, museum Goemanszorg.
15. Ride through the village on the Ooststraat, keeping the church on your left.
16. Go around and take either the 5th or 12th street (Zuidstraat) turn right
17. At the shop with the sign “SOLO”, turn right into Slotstraat.
HET HUIS TE DREISCHOR.
The tall house you see when you enter the village of Dreischor, was built in 1956 in the place where the slot (castle) Windenburg once stood. This was built in 1476 and in 1837 demolished. The spot remained vacant until after the floods, when they thought it would be a good place to build a house for the Mayor. Alas in 1961 two municipalities joined and Dreischor became part of Brouwershaven. Since then the house has been privately owned. The house was built in the style of “Hofwijk” the country house built by Constantijn Huygens in 1651 at Voorburg.
18. At the crossroads you turn right along the Stoofweg (towards Brouwershaven).
Start point 3, manege Balans
19. at the end of the built up area turn left onto the Langeweg.
20. Right at de Daniel Lopse Hock’s.
21. At the end take the left road and go up the Dreischorsedijk.
Option: If you would like to picnic, then go right and at the top of the dike, then sharp left. After your break follow the dike until you reach the road.
22. Right onto the Oosterweegje.
23. On the Ring van Noordgouwe keep the church on your right and drive round the Heereweg. You can if you wish drive round the church.
24. Straight across the roundabout.
25. Take the first left onto de Donkerweg, follow this through to Schuddebeurs.
Picknick at the entrance to the woods “Mon Plaisier”.
26. At the end of de Donkereweg turn left onto the dike and cross de Kloosterweg.
27. Follow the Schouwse dike to Zierikzee.
KAASKENSWATER
The Schouwse dike was originally a water control dike. As you travel towards Zierikzee the Grouwe flows on your left. In 1610 a stone dam was constructed and inpoldering followed.
This left the once wide channel only to be a small waterway which irrigates the adjoining polders. Later it served for drainage for the harbour of Zierikzee.
Halfway on your right is a long stretch of water, het Kaaskenswater. It is unknown what it is named after. We do know is that the water originated in the 80 year war when the dike was breached.
The southern of Schouwsedijk was called Leverdijk, this because up until the 18th century there were many ware houses where they stored barrels of cod liver oil. The smell was so bad that they had to do this on the outskirts of the village.
28. through the tunnel which goes under the N59.
29. Keep left along the Zille to the Sas, turn left.
30. Turn right at the Vissersdijk follow it with the harbour on your right.
32. Go over the cantilever bridge and through the city gate. After the left gate, on your right is Nieuwe Haven.
32. Go around the Oude Haven and leave the town through the other gate.
33. Follow the Scheepstimmersdijk and go right following the Sas.
34. At the end turn left into the Julianastraat.
35. At the traffic lights cross the Rijksweg N259 and at the T junction turn left.
36. Turn right at the Gouweveerseweg.
37. Cross the dike and turn right on the Nieuwe Noorddijkseweg. Follow the drive of the country estate `De goede Ree`.
