RAAM Team South Tour - for ambitious powerhouses

From Plettenberg station, follow Brauckstraße in an easterly directionthen turn right into Bachstraße, under the railroad underpass, Toom Markt is on the right-hand sideFollow the cycle path straight ahead / Breddestraße 1e to 1c / (or follow Breddestraße)Ride under the feeder road, then turn left, then immediately right over the Lenne bridgeTurn right towards Herscheid/ cycle signs 14 KM HerscheidAt the traffic circle, continue straight ahead along Bahnhofsstraße => Hotel Weidenhof is on the right-hand sideNext traffic circle 2nd street into "Zimmerstraße" and then straight ahead into the street "Umlauf", then keep left into Kaiserstraße, after the traffic circle continue straight ahead along Grafweg later Oesterweg.At the second traffic circle take the second exit Oestertalsperre/ ElsewiesenAt the crossroads, turn right towards AttendornIn the village of Lettmecke Hotel + Restaurant Heiderichs and Gaststätte zum OestertalLater in the Oesterau/Lettmecke area, keep right towards HerscheidDrive through Himmelmert to the Oestertalsperre dam, continue to KiesbertTurn left to Kiesbert and take the first right to DaumKeep right in Daum and cycle towards Reblin, where we turn left at the Hotel Jagdhaus Weber restaurant onto the L696 towards Lüdenscheid / Versetalsperre. A long downhill stretch.We take this road to the end of the Versetalsperre (the route is very beautiful) and then turnTurn left towards Lüdenscheid/ highwayAt the next traffic circle, take the fourth exit towards Spielwigge, Meinerzhagen/HomertWe continue straight on towards Valbert/ Breddershaus, not under the bridgeIn Breddershaus we turn left onto the main road L 539Take the next left towards Biggesee; AttendornWe continue in the direction of HardenbergDrive through Hardenberg in the direction of Meinerzhagen until you reach the Nordhellen junctionThere we turn right towards Nordhellen and then turn left through the industrial area past the Sonneborn warehouse over the highway to Meinerzhagen DarmcheTake the next immediate right And then left towards Gummersbach/ Marienheide/ past the hotel "Am Schnüffel" to the traffic circleAt the traffic circle turn right towards MarienheideTake the second traffic circle in the direction of MarienheidePass the airfield, take the next right towards WilbringhausenDrive via Wilbringhausen, Höhlen to Kierspe on the B237There we turn right (left gastronomy "Funkenhof")Turn left into the industrial estate (Waldheimstr.)direction Padbergstraight ahead, up the hillthrough Padbergpass the sewage treatment plant on the rightcross the next intersectionstraight on in the direction of Gut Bremecke/Mühlenschmidthausenstraight on from Mühlenschmidthausencontinue in the direction of Anschlag/Bommertturn left towards Anschlag/Bommertleft Kerspetalsperrestraight aheadleft SchanzmannsmühleHalver Bommertat the crossroads turn left towards Wipperfürth, then immediately turn rightdirection Anschlagcontinue straight on towards Schwenkestraight aheadleft hand Heinken/ Hedfeldthrough the forestpast Tacke farm (Christmas trees)EckernschmittePast the town entrance sign SchwenkeExit sign HalverTurn right onto the B229 towards Lüdenscheidnext turn left towards Buhrbach LöhrmühleHalver HartmeckeHalver Burbachcontinue straight ahead on the right (no cycle signs)turn right over the bridgeafter bridge uphillHalver Niederbuschhausencontinue rightover crossing straight aheadright sports fieldright hand Kreischafter the stop sign turn left onto the L578take the next right towards Glörfelddrive through Glörfeldthrough the forestturn left towards Malthagen (no direction sign)At the entrance to Schalksmühleturn right "Zum NockelRotthusendownhill => Jahnsportplatz is on the rightTraffic circle right into Halverstr.Tip: Heesfelder Mühle is on the left (approx. 500 m) www.heesfelder-muehle.de/CarthausenOeckinghausenTurn left at the stop sign towards Lüdenscheid BrüggeHalver HeesfeldDownhill, serpentine routeLüdenscheid BrüggeTurn right towards Meinerzhagen/Oberbrüggetraffic lights direction Oberbrüggestraight aheadunder railroad underpassturn left into Mintenbecke (behind the Chinese restaurant Yellow-River)keep leftTurn left under the railroad underpassfurther up to the rightLüdenscheidContinue straight aheadfollow the main road to the leftReininghausenthrough the foreston the left hand side castle garden of Neuenhof Castleturn right onto Neuenhofer Straßeturn right onto Brenscheider StraßeCycle path Herscheid VersetalstraßeUphill through forestPass Brenscheiduphill through forestturn left into Werkhagener Straßeat the traffic circle take the first exit in the direction of Plettenberg/Herscheidover the dam of the Versetalsperreunder the pedestrian bridgeturn left towards Gasmert/Niederholte/Oberholtecontinue in the direction of Brüninghausen/Gasmertturn left towards Gasmert/Niederholte/Oberholteleft hand Cafe Restaurant Vedder http://www.restaurant-vedder.de/Gasmert => left Trautes Bauernlädchenstraight aheadfollow the cycle signsstraight ahead across the main road into Elsetalstraße (signposted Museumseisenbahn)Take the second exit at the traffic circleturn right Museumseisenbahn http://www.sauerlaender-kleinbahn.de/Hüinghausen railroad stationExit the villageCrossing with the railroad tracksContinue straight aheadKöbbinghausenContinue straight aheaddirection Köbbingser HammerMark E building on the rightAt the traffic circle, take the first rightfollow Radnetz NRW signs to Plettenberg stationstraight aheadAuf dem Stahlleft petrol stationSilo on the rightNRW cycle signs right PlettenbergSports field on the leftFollow cycle path parallel to ElsebachTraffic circle second exit Zeppelinstraßenext traffic circle third exit Ziegelstr.turn left onto Grafenwegover traffic circle straight ahead onto Kaiserstraßetraffic circle pedestrian zone continue straight aheadFollow NRW cycle network in the direction of the station or alternatively turn left onto ZimmerstraßeTraffic circle first exitleft Hotel WeidenhofContinue straight on at the traffic circle towards Plettenberg railroad stationover the LenneTurn left onto the cycle path under the underpass towards Toom-MarktStarting point Plettenberg railroad stationThere are also attractive stops along the route, e.g. beautiful views for the connoisseur.