Tuesday, April 25th, 2016 I found this walking holiday with Franse Valleientocht after doing a google search in Dutch instead of English, and the idea of staying with Dutch speaking hosts appealed to me. It’s a ‘chambre d’hotes/table d’hotes’ formula whereby you walk from house…
Sunday, April 24, 2016 After a few days emotion laden days in Eeklo / Zuienkerke /Gent with family and friends – it was the first anniversary of my dear brother’s, Stefaan, death – I headed towards Albi. The journey went…
Had a great time in DC: to be updated.
Once in a Decade… We heard about it, read about it, saw the pictures and Park updates,…. and wondered: what are we doing here instead of going to see it for ourselves?! Lucky enough to score rooms in Furnace Creek…
We arrived in Eeklo on December 16th, to be there not only for Christmas but also for Stefaan’s birthday on December 17th. Upon arrival in BRU we picked up our rental and, after briefly getting slowed down by the morning…
Monday, December 21st Headed to Brugge to enjoy a few days of being a tourist and some last minute Christmas shopping. First stop was an early checkin at Hotel Prinsenhof, a delightful family run boutique hotel, followed by a stroll around…
Wednesday, October 14th, 2015 What to say about this last walking day. It turned out to actually be the longest day, distance wise; not walk day 10. The itinerary I received from Contours gave the daily walking distance, measured from lodging…
Tuesday, October 13th, 2015 We said goodbye to Sandra our lovely host, from the wonderfully nice, and a little different ‘Lancaster Arms’, after breakfast and hit the trail just before 8am. Did I need to mention that it was a…
Monday, October 12th, 2015 After a bit of arm wrestling the evening before Luc and I managed to get breakfast organized for 7:30am (instead of 8am suggested by John). We had a long day ahead – distance wise the longest…
Sunday, October 11th Breakfast was somewhere between 8:30am and 9am; together with 4 other guests staying at ‘Rest for the Tired’. I went for a morning stroll around lovely, quaint Hay-on-Wye. The small town is the National Book Town of…
Saturday, October 10th, 2015 As expected the pub was a bit noisy the night before, being Friday night and rugby world cup (the All Blacks beat Tonga) and all that. Still i slept ok. The earliest they served breakfast was…
Friday, October 9th, 2015 Same morning routine: alarm at 6:15am, breakfast at 7am – Bernadine kept me company, very nice. Before I walked out the door she showed me the guestbook entry from Louise and Bill Paxton, of which I took…
Thursday, October 8th, 2015 This was the day that announced itself as quite possibly the hardest one of my walk; and some walkers I’d met going the other way had hinted at that as well. And it lived up to…
Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 With the promise of an easy day I aimed to be on the trail at 8am instead of 7:30am. Porridge for breakfast, and ready to go. I’d ordered a cab at the Royal Oak in Welshpool…
Tuesday October 6th, 2015 I didn’t sleep to well the night before, but not because of the B&B, room or bed, which were in order very welcoming, nice and cozy and comfy. Maybe it was the second cup of tea…
