The 100 Schlösser Route extends its tentacles in this part of NRW so broadly that it’s difficult not to intersect with it, but I’m pretty sure I haven’t seen Schloss Darfeld before.

Then to Vreden, cutting out some of the unnecessary loops of our chosen cycle route. It wasn’t so pleasant a day nor so interesting a route that taking the direct option didn’t seem preferable. The last section from Stadtlohn to Vreden was just right – not quite direct but not so ridiculously circumlocutious as to be annoying.