The walk begins at the De Drentsche AA restaurant. This location was first described in 1880 as "land with a house." In 1929, it was recognized as a public house, a café, or restaurant with ample outdoor space. This used to be a major intersection of several roads: to Zeegse, Vries, Zuidlaren, Anloo, and Rolde. An inn or café often stood at such an important intersection. The route passes through a small forest before soon reaching the Schipborger Zand, a small heathland with some sand drifts. Then, you continue towards the Strubben-Kniphorstbosch nature reserve. Here, the unique shapes of the oak trees are immediately noticeable. In the morning, the shepherd (shepherd) walked the sheep from all the village farmers to the heathland. The trees look this way because sheep repeatedly ate the young oak trees. Each tree repeatedly produced new shoots, until these too were grazed down. When the sheep disappeared, the oak trees were no longer eaten and could grow. All their shoots suddenly shot up from the ground. This is how the characteristically shaped trees, the strubben, came into being. What sometimes appear to be five or six trees is actually just one. In this area, you'll pass several burial mounds and visit dolmen D7. Dolmens are stone burial chambers. They are the oldest visible traces of former inhabitants. In their time, this area was covered with a forest of oak, lime, and elm trees. To build the dolmens, they used large boulders that had been deposited here during the penultimate ice age. The route continues through the De Schipborg estate, where you'll find a small pond with a bench, a perfect picnic spot. The pond originated as a so-called loam dobbe. "Dobbe" means pool. Loam was dug here and used to harden barn floors and also to reinforce walls. A little further on, you'll walk for a while along the Schipborgse Diep. This stream is part of the Drentsche Aa stream system. Along the edge of the Schipborgse Diep valley, you continue to Siepelveen. This small pond is named after the plant siepelgrass. Siepel is the Drenthe word for onion. The plant, which blooms yellow from June to August, has a root that resembles an onion.