Travelog post for: (un)Lucky Lily

Hi Mummy,
today we took an exciting walk along the "Route of Tools", a closed railways track for freight trains which was built to a lane for pedestrians and cyclists. It is about 5 km long, following the former railway track from the main station in the city centre to the district Hasten. It leads you through business areas as well as to dilapidated factory buildings and also along housing areas.

We started our trip at the nearest point from home. Here you can see several signs, showing the coat of arms of Remscheid and also some with the company logos of the sponsoring companies.



The building of this route was sponsored by local companies, mostly tool producing companies. At some places along the route you can find such information signs.



Looks like hard work



We found those patterns on the ground. They were stamped with wrenches.



We walked along a housing area, no more hard work in sight.



There are distance data painted to the ground. 3 km to walk from here to the main station.



Dwellings and company buildings are close together.



Do you know those berries? It's common sea-buckthorn. Katja told me that the berries are extremely sour, but also extremely healthy.



We rested on this bench for a while. It was built from a giant screw clamp.



You can see the outskirts of the neighbour city Wuppertal here.



We left the Route of Tools here and went to the post office and than home. On our way home we stopped at the house of Katja's sister-in-law. She returned from her vacations in the Netherlands a few days ago.



While she was on vacation Katja took care of the garden and their pet, a tortoise. She brought a cheese and a mustard sauce for Katja with her.



Yummy! Cheese with onions and garlic

Bye
Lily