Pearl Route Protection - Zeepeduinen, Burgh-Haamstede

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1. Ringburgwal (Ring Dike) The ring dike offered protection against the Vikings. Question 1: Which place did the dike protect here? Take the last letter of the answer.

2. Pannenkoekenmolen (Pancake Mill) Molen de Graanhalm (1847) is a grain and wood sawing mill. It used to be exclusively a grain mill, but in 2003 a saw was installed downstairs in the mill. This can saw entire tree trunks with the help of wind or engine power. Upstairs in the mill, Zeeuwse vlegel wheat is ground into whole wheat flour with stones. Next to the mill, you will find a pancake house with more than 30 different types of pancakes. Whole wheat pancakes made from Zeeuwse Vlegel wheat are served. Environmentally friendly grown wheat from the region that is ground in the mill. Question 2: When was the first pancake baked in this mill? Take the 3rd letter of the month.

3. Slot (Castle) Which castle can you see along the way? Question 3: Take the last letter of the answer.

4. Zeepeduinen (Seepage Dunes) The Zeepeduinen. Why is this area actually called that? What does soap have to do with it? Nothing at all. Zeepe comes from the Zeelandic word 'sepelen', which means to seep. The groundwater seeps here from the dunes to the lower-lying area. In the past, there were many wet dune valleys, or dune lakes, but these have become overgrown over time. The top layer of four valleys has been excavated so that there is water in them again. There are marshy open areas with creeping willow, centaury, parnassia, and field rush. You can now find natterjacks, green frogs, and newts there. Question 4: Which beautiful white-yellow flower grows in the Zeepeduinen? Take the 3rd letter of the answer.

5. Bunkers The Second World War. The German occupier wants to protect themselves against the Allies. They build a wall of bunkers along the coast of Europe, the Atlantic Wall. This whale bunker is also part of it. It is located on top of a dune, and that is no coincidence. From this bunker, the Germans commanded all the defenses on Schouwen. Inside the bunker, there are rooms for radio, officers, supplies, and a machine gun post for the defense of the bunker itself. On the roof, you can still see the armored observation dome. Question 5: What is the German name of the bunker complex that stood here? Take the 4th letter of the answer.

Question 6: You will find protected animals in the bunker. Which animal is indicated in the picture? Take the 2nd letter of the answer.

Animal Activity Be very quiet. What do you hear? You might hear mallards, pochards, and scaups quacking in the lakes. Or you might hear the mournful call of the curlew and the song of the woodlark. Maybe even the drumming of the green woodpecker. The rustling of a lizard in the undergrowth or a cracking twig when a roe deer or fallow deer steps on it. As you can see, it can be quite busy in the Zeepeduinen. And if that's not enough, a few kilometers further on is a gull breeding colony. So watch and listen carefully, maybe the animals will show themselves. Question 7: You will find different types of ducks here: the mallard and the scaup. Which other one? Take the first letter of the answer.

Handy Gardeners You can see very far here; not everything is overgrown. You see dune grassland, drifting sand, and dune valleys. That is very rare in the Netherlands. To ensure that it remains open, about 100 Shetland ponies roam here. They eat dune reed, young trees, and tree bark. They also trample the ground. This allows the wind to carry away the sand, and new sand dunes can form again. Sand bees and sand beetles live in the sand, and 'sand plants' such as marram grass and sand sedge grow there. This is how they protect the Zeepeduinen from overgrowth. Handy gardeners, those Shetland ponies.

Take the 6th and 8th letter of these handy gardeners.

These were all the questions. If you have done well, you can now form a sentence of 3 words.