As I went for a small detour to the cemetary for drinking water the weather
took a turn for the worse. I skipped a bit and walked straight to Coesfeld
station. Here I suffered a weak moment. It was raining, the weatherforecast
talked about periods with rain, interrupted by rian showers and more rain
and I found there was a train leaving for Enschede in half an hour. Though
the plan had been to walk on to Borken and Winterswijk I decided to give
in and go home.
With hindsight the German weatherforecast showed as reliable as the Dutch,
because a week of sunny and warm weather followed.
A bridge intended for double track.
The heydays of station Coesfeld are obviously
in the past. As so many German railroad stations it is certainly not suffering
from too much maintenance
.
Some long abandoned offices
"Wasch mich" (look closely at
the white stripe)
And so I headed for home, still following the rails but now a bit more
comfortable and a lot faster.