4.0
(1)
32
riders
The Palingbeek & Kemmelberg loop from Ypres
04:20
61.4km
310m
Gravel riding
Moderate gravel ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: July 30, 2024
Waypoints
Start point
Parking
Get Directions
3.33 km
Zillebeke
Highlight • Trail
Translated by Google •
Tip by
8.26 km
Hedge Row Trench Cemetery
Highlight • Historical Site
Translated by Google •
Tip by
27.0 km
Gravel Path Through the Fields
Highlight • Trail
Translated by Google •
Tip by
28.1 km
Christmas Truce Memorial
Highlight • Monument
To be precise, a small number of football matches were played, up and down the length of the 500-mile front line. Out of necessity, many deployed a rolled up sandbag or tin can as an emergency football. But here and there a genuine leather ball was produced and a more serious match attempted. The largest shell craters were hastily filled in, referees were picked and military helmets or caps were placed as goalposts. The most famous of these impromptu international football matches occurred at St Yvon in southern Belgium, around eight miles south of Ypres. Here, in the fields of the Walloon village of Ploegsteert - known to the Tommies as “Plugstreet” - Saxon troops played their British counterparts on the slender strip of soil dividing the two armies. The Germans had started it. The unofficial truce began on 24 December - the day they traditionally celebrated Christmas - when they began decorating the frosted parapets of their trenches with candles and Christmas trees. Carols followed, including a rendition of ‘Stille Nacht.’ The British responded from across no-man’s-land with ‘The First Noel.’ And so it continued until, when the British sang ‘O Come All Ye Faithful,’ they heard the Germans joining in with the Latin words. Finally, a German messenger raised a white flag and strode boldly across the lines to broker the Christmas ceasefire.
Tip by
30.0 km
Unpaved path through Bois de la Hutte
Highlight • Trail
Translated by Google •
Tip by
39.7 km
Zwijnebakstraat
Highlight • Trail
Translated by Google •
Tip by
44.1 km
French Soldiers' Memorial (1914–1918), Kemmelberg
Highlight • Monument
The tower is free to enter on Fridays and Saturdays (from 2 p.m.) and Sundays (from 12 p.m.).
Translated by Google •
Tip by
48.4 km
Diepestraat
Highlight • Trail
Translated by Google •
Tip by
61.4 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
20.6 km
20.0 km
11.9 km
5.73 km
2.85 km
122 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
17.7 km
16.4 km
15.4 km
9.02 km
2.72 km
< 100 m
Sign up to see more specific route details
Sign up for free
Elevation
Highest point (150 m)
Lowest point (20 m)
Sign up to see more specific route details
Sign up for free
Weather
Powered by Foreca
Saturday 11 July
31°C
19°C
0 %
Additional weather tips
Max wind speed: 24.0 km/h
to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route
This route was planned by komoot.
Comments
Want to know more?
Sign up for a free komoot account to join the conversation.
Sign up for free