{"id":5185,"date":"2020-07-27T21:15:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T19:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/?p=5185"},"modified":"2025-05-05T22:52:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T20:52:17","slug":"hiking-for-straatverplegers-2020-oostende-rollegem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/blogtype\/reisverslagen\/hiking-for-straatverplegers-2020-oostende-rollegem\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiking for Street Nurses 2020: Ostend - Rollegem"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5185\" class=\"elementor elementor-5185\" 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: Ostend - Rollegem<\/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 href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/2020\/07\/27\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>27 July 2020<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-6863c75 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/category\/land\/belgie\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Belgium<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/category\/reistype\/hiking\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Hiking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/category\/blogtype\/reisverslagen\/\" 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\/IJzerkanaal.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5183\" alt=\"Monument bij IJzerkanaal\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IJzerkanaal.webp 600w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/IJzerkanaal-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\/72157715280165338\" 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 Ostend - Rollegem<\/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\">July 27, Ostend - Nieuwpoort, 20.2 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<div>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\">My <strong>Prejudice about the Belgian coast<\/strong> I don't have to adjust in a positive sense, on the contrary, it was confirmed doubly so on the stretch of coastal GR I walked down today: poopy and <strong>fully studded<\/strong>, except for the stretch of dunes within the Raversheide provincial domain. A 'dune walk' on this stretch consists of a <strong>strip of dune of approx. 100 metres<\/strong> wide along a paved path bordered left and right with <strong>(incentive) wire<\/strong>. Those wires are sometimes used by anti-social dog owners to hang poop bags from ... Maybe a contest to ter fullest? The dogs themselves do enjoy themselves here at the coast. As some of my photos attest, they are apparently in holiday mode too.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\">On the sea side of the dune strip, the <strong>coastal road with tram<\/strong> and beyond <strong>buildings of at least 10 floors<\/strong> high. On the landward side is the old built-up area of the elongated coastal towns. So what can be seen from the Warande watchtower just before Westende, I wonder.... Only the wide sandy beaches are nice, when not too crowded. Because of corona and strong winds, this was not the case now. I passed respectively <strong>Mariakerke<\/strong>, <strong>Middelkerke<\/strong>, and <strong>Westende<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\">At <strong>Newport<\/strong> I walked again past the imposing <strong>Western Front monument<\/strong>, but now from a different direction than last year by bike. Then came the bridges over the <strong>Brugse Vaart<\/strong> and the <strong>Iron<\/strong> turn.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\">Next to the Yser savings basin where (the former) Bloso has a water sports centre, I had the pleasure on the <strong>largest campsite in Belgium<\/strong> to spend the night: almost <strong>1500 pitches<\/strong>. Not really my thing, but after three days of cat-washing with a flannel in a small pot of water, a hot shower was invigorating. And the feet are still doing well!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\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=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nieuwpoort-Westfront-monument.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5187\" alt=\"Nieuwpoort Westfront monument\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nieuwpoort-Westfront-monument.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nieuwpoort-Westfront-monument-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nieuwpoort-Westfront-monument-768x576.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>Newport Westfront monument<\/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\">28 July: Nieuwpoort - Diksmuide, mostly via GR130 - 22 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<div>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\">Today a nice trip through the <strong>polders<\/strong>. First along the banks of the <strong>Iron<\/strong>, then next to <strong>creeks<\/strong> via small polder roads, with very wide views over the cornfields and meadows. Unfortunately, 98 per cent of the way across <strong>asphalt<\/strong>. Sand or gravel roads have apparently been abolished here. The 2 per cent not paved was then the other extreme: an unmade path through tall grass, thistles and nettles.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\">Google maps showed a historic farmhouse hotel with restaurant after eight kilometres: the <strong>Schoorbakkehoeve<\/strong>. I was going to eat something warm there for lunch, as I now eat only cold because I no longer carry a fire with me because of the weight. That was beyond corona: the large establishment was shut tight! Since there were no caf\u00e9s on the rest of the route - except in Diksmuide itself, of course - and there is absolutely no shade on those polder roads, I settled on my rucksack in the shade of their gate wall to eat a sandwich and 'air out' my overheated feet.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/156963010@N04\/50173986112\/in\/album-72157715168515776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b><span lang=\"NL\">Camping IJzerhoeve<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/a><span lang=\"NL\">\u00a0is located 2 km outside Diksmuide, some way behind the <strong>AVV-VVK Iron Monument<\/strong>, the Valhalla of the <strong>Flemish Nationalism<\/strong>. I see it as a peace monument hijacked by fanatical flamingas <strong>No more war<\/strong>, a utopia....<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\">The campsite was a breath of fresh air compared to the mastondont campsite Kompas in Nieuwpoort yesterday. A farmstead in the middle of the polders, no busy entertainment and amusements. An oasis of peace and a very friendly manager. Definitely a return visitor if I visit this region again with better mobility.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\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 29: IJzerhoeve campsite - vzw De Boot, 10.47 km<\/h2>\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<div>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\">Especially for my ecological followers (most of them I hope), I start today's draft report with a picture of an information board about a <strong>reedfield<\/strong> that all the <strong>wastewater<\/strong> of the hamlet of Sint-Jacobskapelle <strong>purifies<\/strong>. It's about 20 houses anyway, that's some litres a year. Punishing work from those slender reeds. And absolutely odourless, I was standing nearby.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\">Next to that village's beautiful church, I saw some <strong>Celtic crosses<\/strong> stand. These were not to be missed in this report. A bit of nostalgia about my fantastic cycling trip around Ireland last year....<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\">A little further on, on a small bridge over a canal, I saw two youngsters working with a sturdy nylon rope. A fishing line couldn't possibly be this. They were '<strong>metalfish<\/strong>': using a strong magnet, they scan the mud floor in search of metal objects. Today their catch was nil, but they once dug up an obus, two guns and a number of bullets from the mire. Memories of the gruesome '<strong>'great war'<\/strong> that raged here.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\">From there it was only about 5km to go, first continuing through the polders and then at the <strong>Knocke Bridge<\/strong> across the Yser. There is an information panel there about <strong>Fort De Knocke<\/strong> nearby, another remnant from the time of the <strong>religious wars in the 17th century<\/strong>. Another meeting with the <strong>occupying Spaniards<\/strong> who fought against the rebel <strong>Ostend Beggars<\/strong>. Nothing remains of the fort apart from the moats.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\">The last bit I walked along the <strong>Ypres-Yser Canal<\/strong>, to conclude my walk at <strong>Asbl The Boat<\/strong> With a latte and a thick spit of apple pie. From operator<\/span><strong><span lang=\"NL\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/156963010@N04\/50173986167\/in\/album-72157715168515776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><b><span lang=\"NL\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bart<\/span> Castelein<\/span><\/b><\/a><strong><span lang=\"NL\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"NL\">(the husband of writer Kristien Hemmerechts) I was allowed to <strong>camping next to the boat in the car park<\/strong>. After all, there was no WTMG garden or campsite within walking distance from here. Tx Bart.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\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-c7e960a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c7e960a\" 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\/Zonsondergang-kanaal-Ieper-IJzerkanaal.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5197\" alt=\"Zonsondergang kanaal Ieper-IJzerkanaal\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zonsondergang-kanaal-Ieper-IJzerkanaal.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zonsondergang-kanaal-Ieper-IJzerkanaal-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zonsondergang-kanaal-Ieper-IJzerkanaal-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-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><em>Ypres-Iser canal sunset<\/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-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\">July 30: Merkem - Ypres -- 22 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<div>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\">Thursday morning, I was able to resist the temptation after my 'natural (peeing) alarm' around <strong>5:30<\/strong> crawl back into my pocket and continue pacing. After all, it was already going to be quite hot that day, and walking next to a canal in the blazing sun is no fun.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\">The advantage of that pee alarm is that I already <strong>beautiful sunrises<\/strong> have seen and photographed this trip.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\">At 7:20 I was on my way. At <strong>Merkem\/Houthulst<\/strong> does the canal still meander naturally and the tree reflections in the slightly steaming water were very poetic.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\">At the monument to <strong>War volunteers Edward and Frans Van Raemdonck<\/strong> I rested my feet for the first time. The little wall was suitable for a short morning meditation on and for these two brothers who were in this spot in <strong>1917<\/strong>, during the <strong>third battle of Ypres<\/strong>, <strong>perished in each other's arms<\/strong>. Their spirits are still noticeable there. Such a monument radiates a special energy.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\">A few hundred metres further on, at the <strong>bridge at Steenstraete<\/strong>, stood an information panel that the first <strong>gas attack<\/strong> by the Germans had taken place. A monument was erected after the Great War, which the Germans destroyed in WWII because they did not like it.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\">After a stretch of unpaved forest path, the last section of the canal up to Ypres had been straightened and lined with concrete. The water looked green as a billiard sheet of crucible.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\">Around two o'clock I was in the uninhabited\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/welcometomygarden.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Welcome to my garden\u00a0<\/a>allotment of <strong>Sarah<\/strong> near the vests, where I was allowed to spend the night. I dropped my backpack and went to a post point in town (2 km away) to pick up the tent I had ordered in Ostend last Sunday. To return, and for Friday in Ypres, I rented in the <strong>Biking Box cyclist cafe a bike.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\">And in the evening, I wasn't alone in Sarah's allotment either.\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/blogs\/rond-belgie-2020-joris-ieper\/\"><b><span lang=\"NL\">George The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Fraeye<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span lang=\"NL\">,<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span lang=\"NL\">\u00a0those <strong>cycling around Belgium<\/strong> in the other direction, descended from the Belgian-French border to Ypres to meet me. A separate post about him also follows, as he came with a very big surprise<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\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-6b895f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6b895f8\" 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=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ieper.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5198\" alt=\"Ieper\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ieper.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ieper-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ieper-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-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\">July 31, Ypres.<\/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<div>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\"><strong>37 degrees<\/strong>, that's some left to trudge around with a backpack in the sunlit but <strong>Shady Westhoek<\/strong>.  Therefore, I decided to visit the <strong>men's shelter on Lombaardstraat<\/strong>. I was given a very warm welcome there by <strong>Tine Welvaert,<\/strong> who gave me a general explanation about homelessness and homelessness in Ypres. Tine was visibly emotional as she told those stories.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\">Then I had to stop by the post office to send my old torn tent home and around noon I checked in at <strong>Camping Youth Stadium<\/strong>: showering, washing clothes and updating social media. After five days, I went for another hot meal in town. I heard the 'Last Post' from a distance. The <strong>Menin Gate<\/strong> was already full when I arrived.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\">In the evening it rumbled a bit, but a thunderstorm did not materialise. Even after sunset, in my little tent it was still <strong>puffy hot<\/strong>. A small sauna cell... I had to open my inner tent entrances to create more air circulation. Result: my <strong>buttocks full of ant bites<\/strong> Saturday morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\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\">1 August: Ypres - Menin, 28 km.<\/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<div>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\">Immediately outside Ypres, walking nodes led me along the quiet <strong>Zillebeke Pond<\/strong> and a little further along a <strong>war cemetery<\/strong> <strong>from 'Railway Dugouts<\/strong>' next to the railway line in Zillebeke. There lie 2048 identified war dead, mostly. <strong>Australians and British<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\">I then traversed the provincial domain <strong>Eel Brook<\/strong> and passed by an egg artwork of <strong>Koen Van Mechelen<\/strong> with numerous clay figurines commemorating the <strong>WWI war dead.<\/strong> A passerby told me that initially, the public was allowed to take a figurine home to honour a deceased person at home, but people came to collect wheelbarrows full of figurines, some of which subsequently ended up in the garbage. After that, the artwork was made inaccessible.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\">Round <strong>1860<\/strong> tried to create a <strong>canal from Ypres to Komen<\/strong> to be constructed right through a hillside. There was <strong>16 locks<\/strong> built to bridge the difference in height, but these were never used as the canal's walls did not hold up and here and there collapsed. Now only the bed of the canal is still visible, but it has largely grown shut. A little further on, I was able to connect to <strong>GR5a.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\">In the afternoon, it again took me along beautiful but very hot field paths where there was hardly any shade. Fortunately, I was able to take a breather and air my feet in the shadow of an electricity building, sitting on my rucksack.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\">Via the roadway, the distance Ypres - Menin is 17 km. I had counted on a third more via the GR, but the route ended up being 11 km longer. I hadn't anticipated that; along the way, I visited residents to get my <strong>need to have water bag refilled<\/strong>. Also, I would arrive in Menin too late to buy food. Tavern De Zunnewijzer in <strong>Geluwe<\/strong> was open, so there I feasted on a salad with warm goat cheese.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"NL\">I only arrived at my\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/welcometomygarden.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Welcome to my garden<\/a>\u00a0host family\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/156963010@N04\/50189012643\/in\/album-72157715168515776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span lang=\"NL\"><em>Erwan<\/em> and Yasmine.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\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=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kunstwerk-Koen-Van-Mechelen.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5199\" alt=\"Kunstwerk Koen Van Mechelen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kunstwerk-Koen-Van-Mechelen.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kunstwerk-Koen-Van-Mechelen-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kunstwerk-Koen-Van-Mechelen-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-c0a2eda elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0a2eda\" 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><em>Koen Van Mechelen artwork<\/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-d30d9e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d30d9e3\" 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\">2 August: Menen - Rollegem - 20.5 km<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c4c9a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c4c9a6\" 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<div><p><span lang=\"NL\">First <strong>across Menen<\/strong>, where fortunately some food shops were still open in the town centre on Sunday to buy much-needed provisions for the road. I then followed the <strong>GR5a<\/strong>. To begin with, a long stretch via the <strong>left bank<\/strong> to\u00a0 <strong>Lukewarm<\/strong>, and then on via country lanes and small asphalt lanes until 2 km before <strong>Rollegem<\/strong>. Those last 2 km (I thought) I followed a calm regional road.<\/span><\/p><\/div><div><p><span lang=\"NL\">In the centre of Rollegem, I first wanted to go into a <strong>pizzeria<\/strong> eat something before going to my host family. That was beyond corona: <strong>eating inside was not allowed<\/strong> more, just pull out. No sooner said than done, I thought I had another 600 metres or so ahead of me. However, the Tombroekstraat turned out to be a very long street, the GPS indicated 1.9 km to the home of Josephine Baele and Cl\u00e9ment. I hadn't expected this, so I first allowed my gradually overheating soles of my feet a quarter of an hour of air and rest on a bench in front of the library.<\/span><\/p><\/div><div><p><span lang=\"NL\">In the end, those last few kilometres were not too bad, through the gently rolling landscape in the beautiful light of the evening sun. 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