{"id":5141,"date":"2020-07-21T20:48:16","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T18:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/?p=5141"},"modified":"2025-05-05T22:52:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T20:52:43","slug":"hiking-for-straatverplegers-2020-lembeke-oostende","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/blogtype\/reisverslagen\/hiking-for-straatverplegers-2020-lembeke-oostende\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiking for Street Nurses 2020: Lembeke- Ostend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5141\" class=\"elementor elementor-5141\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7aa791e6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7aa791e6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e21340 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e21340\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hiking for Street Nurses 2020: Lembeke- Ostend<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a9c88f4 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"6a9c88f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-7f530f1 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Travel reports<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63136f5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"63136f5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1160ec9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1160ec9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f8f6b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1f8f6b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Naast-kanaal-Brugge-Oostende.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5165\" alt=\"Naast kanaal Brugge Oostende\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Naast-kanaal-Brugge-Oostende.webp 600w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Naast-kanaal-Brugge-Oostende-225x300.webp 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4699426 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4699426\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdd5f97 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"bdd5f97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/156963010@N04\/albums\/72157715169184551\" id=\"Flickr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">All photos Lembeke - Ostend<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05e89e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"05e89e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">21 July: From Lembeke to bivouac zone De Kleit, 22.99 km.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d372af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d372af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This morning I dove straight from Malpertuus campsite into the <strong>Lembeek forests<\/strong> in to spend over an hour on <strong>S-GR Uilenspiegel\u00a0<\/strong> enjoying birdsong!<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It then continued through rural lanes near Eeklo to the <strong>provincial domain The Leen<\/strong>. On the way, I passed a meadow specially sown with various cereal crops, <strong>poppies, cornflowers and sunflowers<\/strong> to create a perfect habitat for field birds, whose numbers have plummeted in recent years.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the <strong>Veldekensvaart<\/strong> and the village <strong>Oostwinkel<\/strong> followed a beautiful stretch on rural gravel drives where you could still imagine yourself in the Middle Ages.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The distance turned out much longer than expected because GRs are very winding. The last few kilometres the feet started to protest a bit again. Trying to slow down a bit tomorrow, but finding a legal camping spot within walking distance is not always easy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56b11a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"56b11a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/C-20240714-Baskwadder-brouwerij.docx\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cca69a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cca69a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zonnebloem.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5167\" alt=\"Bloemenweide\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zonnebloem.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zonnebloem-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zonnebloem-768x384.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-324e1f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"324e1f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Flower meadow<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f638ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f638ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">July 22: Bivouac De Kleit - Sijsele, 15.02 km.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fb34a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5fb34a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday afternoon during lunch break in the camper van\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/els.vanvlimmeren.7?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZViJ3dal-_AjNNiR-_ridq2yhq6kp1kaayE8DMALW_0mCDxbdWLHvMZ93cdmJNYWTcnLano636PW-m7UMVoHmmuihK7UCNE_EFnTU2Ow0ROgeiT8LoBsxtmVfPhiB4uv_8&amp;__tn__=-%5dK-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Els van Vlimmeren<\/a>\u00a0I could suddenly find my <strong>phone not charging anymore<\/strong>. The USB plug no longer went fully into the charging slot and did not make contact. This is a disaster, because I use it not only for photos, e-mail and social media, but also to navigate. The latter (Osmand) requires quite a lot of battery. We fiddled a bit with a needle in the USB slot because it was clearly dirty. Then, with some wiggling, it made charging contact again, but not stable enough. So on Wednesday morning we decided to take the campervan to a phone repair shop first thing. The nearest one was in <strong>Eeklo<\/strong>. The shop assistant there cleaned the lock a bit more thoroughly and now the phone charges a bit better, but still not like before.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the walk from De Kleit, where Els dropped me back, to my next\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/welcometomygarden.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Welcome to my garden<\/a>\u00a0camping garden at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/blogs\/rond-belgie-2020-bert-en-mira-sijsele\/\"><strong>Mira and Bert<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0at <strong>Sijsele<\/strong> I did some thinking about what I would do best with that unreliable phone.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At <strong>St.-Kruis is a campsite and an AS Adventure shop<\/strong>. I am going to buy myself a cycling\/hiking GPS there - which I had been planning for some time because of longer battery life - so I won't fall without navigation in the meantime.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, I carry my old, still operational Motorola G5 to temporarily take over photo and communication duties in case my current phone breaks down.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today's walk was along rural roads and some stately avenues. Pretty nice, that wider area around Bruges.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-287973c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"287973c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">July 23: Sijsele - Sint-Kruis - 7.9 km<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1af3c78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1af3c78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Around 10 o'clock I left Mira and Bert's place. Over the N9 it would have been only 4 km to camping Memling, but I took a diversion along an old railway line and the beautiful <strong>Ryckeveld forest<\/strong>. That was much more pleasant walking.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the afternoon, I dragged to the AS Adventure 500 metres from the campsite to buy a GPS now that my phone cannot be 100% trusted. They no longer had the model I wanted in stock. I ordered one that will be delivered to a postal collection point in Ypres in a few days. Sometime next week I hope to be there, if the feet stay with me. Wonder if that mobile date with Bpost will work out....<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dd239d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2dd239d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">24 July: from Sint-Kruis via Bruges to Varsenare, 16.84 km<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55ff008 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55ff008\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was convenient that today I had a city like <\/span><b>Bruges<\/b> passed. Dominique, who keeps the website up-to-date from Antwerp, had reported a problem with a photo gallery and I can only look at it from a laptop or PC. <strong>Stadsbib De Biekorf<\/strong> was open at 9:30am, so a little before 10am I was already there.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With 'one-time guest' status, I was allowed to use a PC there for just 1 hour. Stressful, especially when you have to start searching to get something fixed.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To maximise my hour, I decided to go to the toilet first. In coronaceen, this is no longer allowed in the library itself, you have to go to a 'urinal' (toilet cubicle) a bit further down the street... Once again, the whole ritual of disinfecting hands on leaving and re-entering the library, etc. Fortunately, I was allowed to leave my heavy rucksack in the library, because I would not have liked to stand in that urinal with it...<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not so cool, but all's well that ends well, at minute 55 I had found what was causing the error on the website and was able to get my '<strong>across Bruges<\/strong>' journey (inside along the Ghent Gate and outside along the Ezel Gate) continue.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before I left the outer city to travel along the canal <strong>Bruges-Ostend<\/strong> to my garden encampment at Mieke's in <strong>Varsenare<\/strong> walking, I went to eat a pasta on the terrace of a food and chat caf\u00e9. When I wanted to checkout, pinning proved impossible! Cash only. This was certainly not a small marginal establishment... Very strange, I think, now that in the corona era, the government still insists on paying digitally as much as possible. Fortunately, I still had one twenty note in my wallet.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I also became a little wiser today in terms of bridge building: the <strong>Scheepsdale Bridge<\/strong> is a <strong>tilting bridge<\/strong> which rests on the end of a large arch. When the bridge needs to be raised, the upright arch at the back tilts down and lifts the bridge at the other end. Fortunately, the photos below show it more clearly than my muddled technical explanation.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Around six o'clock I arrived at<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/156963010@N04\/50165429156\/in\/album-72157715168515776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>Mieke<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, my friendly garden hostess for tonight. In a wonderfully peaceful, rural setting: sheep, chickens, a pony and birdsong. What more could a person wish for? I wonder where all I would have had to camp (illegally) without the Welcome To My Garden platform.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58f763e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"58f763e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mieke-Varsenare.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5168\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mieke-Varsenare.webp 600w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mieke-Varsenare-225x300.webp 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aca897e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aca897e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Camping at Mieke's in Varsenare<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-318cb29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"318cb29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">25 July - Varsenare - Ostend, 22.02 km<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f67a070 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f67a070\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This morning I had to be in the <strong>rain<\/strong> packing. My outer tent canvas was soaking wet, so I untied the still dry inner tent and packed both separately.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soon after my departure, fortunately, the rain stopped. About the trip along the quiet <strong>Bruges-Ostend Canal<\/strong> is not much to tell. Walking 'zen' for a very long time at a stretch, one foot after the other and thoughts at zero, or almost. And so time and kilometres progressed, even faster than you would think during such a long trek alongside a canal. The only variety were waving boaters on passing yachts and (racing) cyclists flashing by.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Around 14:30 I took a break in\u00a0<strong>cycle caf\u00e9 't Spaans Tolhuis<\/strong>, a building with history and two cool owners to which I will devote a separate blog post.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85512c9 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"85512c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/hiking-voor-straatverplegers-2020-spaans-tolhuis-nabij-oostende\/\" id=\"Flickr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read history Spanish Tollhouse<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38df9f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38df9f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last 10 km further followed the canal, which goes perpendicular to Ostend from Plassendale and takes on a more industrial character. Since 'bridges' are apparently becoming a theme now, I photographed a railway line plunging straight into the canal when the swing bridge is open.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was followed by four monotonous kilometres along the R31, as the garden of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/blogs\/rond-belgie-2020-barbara-en-peter-mariakerke-oostende\/\"><strong>Barbara<\/strong><\/a>, where I will be a garden guest tonight and tomorrow, is on the other side of Ostend, near the airport. Meanwhile, I could see dark grey clouds approaching in the distance....<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ten minutes after I arrived, it started raining. When I had put up the still wet outer tent, I noticed a tear of about 1.5 cm above. I tried to seal it with Duct tape, but on rubbing it dry before applying the tape, it tore about three more cm . Eventually I managed to get a tape stuck to the damp tarpaulin, but it certainly wouldn't be rainproof, even though pouring rain was forecast for tonight. So I drew up the poncho-tarp, which neatly covered the tear.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After an hour - it was still raining only moderately - Barbara and Peter came to see if everything was OK in the rain. For the time being it was, but they insisted on putting a bigger tarpaulin over the tent. We did, and shortly afterwards the rain did indeed start coming down in buckets.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tarp and tarp from above are holding, but now I fear that the tent will soon end up in a puddle. I already packed everything back into the backpack as much as possible to keep it dry and, if necessary, to quickly move out to the gazebo.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the night, fortunately, the water did not rise to my tent, although the ground became very soggy. At half past four, the pouring stopped and I got up for a sanitary stop. By then, Barbara and Peter's emergency sail was still up nicely. When I crawled out of my tent in the morning, the rear corner rudder, which was attached by a rope to the tree behind my tent, had been ripped off and everything had fallen forward, partly over my tent. The wind must have been the culprit, even in a walled garden. Curiously, I did not wake up from that....<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f90f38d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f90f38d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">July 26 - Sunday rest day<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df4eb8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df4eb8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This rest day was convenient because my <strong>tent in the storm a reasonable crack<\/strong> incurred and that I am in Ostend to try to <strong>tracking homeless people<\/strong> and interview.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So first thing in the morning was to rent a bike, go shopping as I was completely out of my food supply, and go to <strong>AS Adventure<\/strong> to buy a new tent, because another two months of travelling around rainy Belgium with a torn roof over my head is not something I can see. Spoiled brat that I am, realising that many people don't even have a torn roof over their heads.....<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That is the case with<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/blogs\/rond-belgie-2020-frank-oostende\/\"><strong>Frank<\/strong><\/a><strong>,<\/strong>\u00a0a still quite young man from Nigeria who now lives on the streets of Ostend and told his story. I also spoke to two more homeless people, a woman who had been sleeping on a bench in Leopold Park but was chased away by the police combi, and a man who was begging in a shopping street. However, they preferred not to be interviewed.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After these emotionally heavy conversations for me, I lifted my spirits again at a tongue-in-cheek artwork by Guillaume Bijl, also in Leopold Park. Or how some people skip through life creating and almost playing on the same patch of land, while others carry heavy life rucksacks and have to endure a lot of hardship.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dbc34c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3dbc34c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Frank-dakloze-in-Oostende_0.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5172\" alt=\"Frank, dakloos in Oostende\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Frank-dakloze-in-Oostende_0.webp 220w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Frank-dakloze-in-Oostende_0-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 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