Hiking for Street Nurses 2020: Bellignies (FR) - Matagne-La-Petite
Refused at campsite and accommodated by super hospitable French people; a dirty pot of macedoine followed by an off-day, unbearable heat on a plateau with endless wheat fields and backache-rest in Matagne.
Hiking for Street Nurses 2020: Rollegem - Bellignies (FR)
First steps in Wallonia. Flirting with the Franco-Belgian border. Finding places to sleep becomes more difficult but 'saving angels' always appear on the scene in good time.
Hiking for Street Nurses 2020: Ostend - Rollegem
Along the spiteful Belgian coast between Ostend and Nieuwpoort and sweating alongside canals and along polder lanes without end. And moments of reflection on the 'Great War 1914-18' and the horrors that took place then...
Hiking for Street Nurses 2020: Lembeke- Ostend
Through patchy patches of forest and along canals to the sea, where I was treated to an overnight storm and a rip in my tent. And regular stays with oh-so-friendly Welcome to my Garden host families.
Hiking for Street Nurses 2020: Antwerp - Lembeke
The head is off! I left Antwerp/Berchem on 10 July and arrived in Lembeke/Kaprijke on 19 July. On this part of my trek around Belgium, I was plagued by terribly painful blisters on my feet.
