The northern part of the area where I’m living is
strewn with huge old coal mining dumps of different elevation that are now all
part of strip land reclamation projects. They are lined by tracks, double
tracks and trails with all degree of difficulty and are accessible to the
public. One of my favourite training tour I call “dump hopping”. A big
advantage of this tour is depending on the personal fitness I can go up the
man-made hill or simply discard it and ride to the next one.
On the top you enjoy a
fantastic view over the former affected coal mining area. Unfortunately a dingy
reputation adheres to the industrial site to be stinky, grey and dirty. But
it becomes more and more a chapter of the past.
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| Coal mining dump called Haniel |