{"id":5757,"date":"2021-06-21T14:12:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T12:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/?p=5757"},"modified":"2025-05-05T22:45:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T20:45:45","slug":"hiking-for-straatverplegers-2021-sourbrodt-bastogne-einde-staptocht-rond-belgie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/blogtype\/reisverslagen\/hiking-for-straatverplegers-2021-sourbrodt-bastogne-einde-staptocht-rond-belgie\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiking for Street Nurses 2021: Sourbrodt - Bastogne: End of walking tour around Belgium"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5757\" class=\"elementor elementor-5757\" 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 2021: Sourbrodt - Bastogne: End of walking tour around Belgium<\/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\/2021\/06\/21\/\">\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>21 June 2021<\/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=\"800\" height=\"603\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rust-op-wild-uitkijkpost.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5758\" alt=\"Rust op wild-uitkijkpost\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rust-op-wild-uitkijkpost.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rust-op-wild-uitkijkpost-300x226.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rust-op-wild-uitkijkpost-768x579.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>\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\/72157719537328115\" 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 pictures Sourbrodt - Bastogne<\/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\">June 25: Sourbrodt - Butgenbach (12.98 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><p>After the exhausting bog trek, I wanted to take it easy for a day: a short 13km walk to the beautiful <strong>Lake Butgenbach<\/strong>.<\/p><\/div><div><p>To get out of Sourbrodt, I had to walk for 2.5 km next to an N-lane. Not much fun, but I did pass a <strong>fruit and vegetable shop<\/strong> where I consumed a nice amount of fruit on the spot. Check vitamin C for the day.<\/p><\/div><div><p>I noticed how many <strong>vacancy<\/strong> there was in the village. I passed several big hotels,\u00a0<strong>past glories<\/strong>\u00a0which have apparently been neglected for years. Pity, the village is nevertheless a good base for Peatland walks.<\/p><\/div><div><p>This concrete process was followed by\u00a0<strong>beautiful forests<\/strong>\u00a0interspersed with meadows.<\/p><\/div><div><p>Just before Butgenbach it went normally for several kilometres over the <strong>Ravel<\/strong> to <strong>Worriken campsite<\/strong>\u00a0by the lake, but as I needed to do some shopping, I took an earlier turn through the village. This allowed me to take the\u00a0<strong>30-metre-high viaduct<\/strong>\u00a0to photograph over which the <strong>Vennbahn railway line<\/strong> ran. That one was made on 1 July <strong>1912<\/strong> opened by the <strong>Prussian State Railways<\/strong> for military reasons. On that former railway line, during WWII, the Allies also bombed a train with more than 100 young people returning from a proclamation. Black pages in Butgenbach's history.<\/p><\/div><div><p>In camping Worriken, I met\u00a0<strong><span lang=\"NL-BE\"><span lang=\"NL\">Tom Van Dyc<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100005564205410&amp;__cft__%5b0%5d=AZV457LPyfngVEnAyF8tcm5XzDIlHutUCvsIi7i1nHCHkWNyqjktEgiRqRj9O9RmXLabBt-ZBbcW06uXAIQ-8eSEuIMLVevoxfU6AfMGIFKWfD5W17sJaD0TJMMBzZv7WVJ2qvtgHfZFkfKJ1mB6jBEC&amp;__tn__=-%5dK-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span lang=\"NL\">k<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0from Brecht. He was cycling the Venntour and joined us on the tent meadow. I lived in Sint-Job-In-'t-Goor, a borough of Brecht, until 1990. The world is small....<\/p><\/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\/Sourbrodt-faded-glories.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5768\" alt=\"Sourbrodt: vergane glorie\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sourbrodt-faded-glories.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sourbrodt-faded-glories-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sourbrodt-faded-glories-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>Sourbrodt: past glory<\/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\">June 26: Butgenbach - Medendorf (16.70 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=\"margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; margin-top: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\">I did not enjoy a good night's sleep at Worriken campsite. There were a <strong>six noisemakers<\/strong> who were partying with music until well into the night. This does happen more often on large campsites during weekends. At the Baalse Hei campsite in Turnhout, I also had this happen.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; margin-top: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\">In the morning, as usual, I had walked up and down to the sanitary building several times and everything was OK. I said goodbye to Eric and Sientje Mielissen from Hoeselt, who had lent me an electricity plug of their own accord the day before to charge my devices. I hoisted my bag on my back, started walking, and from the first pass I felt <strong>pain in my left front ankle<\/strong>. Where did this pain suddenly come from? I thought it would disappear after a few dozen metres, but this turned out to be vain hope. The ankle continued to nag. After 3 km, I stopped to stretch and lubricate it, but I continued to feel the pain throughout the trek.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; margin-top: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\">The walk departed along the beautiful\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\">Lake Butgenbach<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\">\u00a0and then joined the\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\">Ravel<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\">\u00a0direction\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\">B\u00fcllingen<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\">. I arrived there a little before noon, just in time for a salad at an Italian restaurant.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; margin-top: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\">After B\u00fcllingen, I ran for a long time on a <strong>dead straight road<\/strong> next to the edge of a forest, <strong>in the sun<\/strong>. It was a little too hot there again. Fortunately, in the middle of that long road there was one bench hidden in tall grass on which I had a\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\">power nap<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\">\u00a0could do. The last part was long uphill, including several hundred metres through a meadow with tall grass. Tiring.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; letter-spacing: normal; margin-top: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\">At the entrance to the hamlet <strong>Medendorf<\/strong>, which consists of only one street, I rested for a moment on a bench by a low stone cross, the\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\">Croix des Flins<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; color: #2c2c28;\">, from the early 17th century. There would be a few more like this in the area.<\/span><\/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-cbe6e29 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"cbe6e29\" 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:\/\/fr.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Croix_des_Flins\" 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\">Wikipedia on the Croix des Flins<\/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-e8583a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e8583a8\" 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\/Croix-des-Flins-Medendorf.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5769\" alt=\"Croix des Flins, Medendorf\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Croix-des-Flins-Medendorf.webp 600w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Croix-des-Flins-Medendorf-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><em>Croix des Flins, Medendorf<\/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-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><p><strong>Snowview Lodge<\/strong>\u00a0is a B&amp;B, group accommodation and very <strong>rudimentary mini campsite<\/strong>. A smoothly mowed little plot with a few toys and wooden stumps as seating, but with a beautiful view over the hills. The <strong>sanitary<\/strong> is in a <strong>WC trolley<\/strong> which was built into a barn. One lovely solar-heated shower and two sinks with hot water. Campers may stay in the sitting area of the B&amp;B and charge their devices there. A fridge with various drinks at very reasonable prices. All this for only <strong>7 euros<\/strong>. Definitely recommended for undemanding tent campers.<\/p><\/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\">27 June: Medendorf - Sankt Vith (19.8 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><p>Lovely walk, almost entirely along gravel paths through\u00a0<strong>majestic forests<\/strong>.<\/p><\/div><div><p>The tour began with a <strong>long descent<\/strong> to a little bridge over the river, then of course followed by a <strong>equally long climb<\/strong> out of the valley. Then the heavier climbing was over and it was on gently rolling paths.<\/p><\/div><div><p>After 14 km I passed the hamlet of\u00a0<strong>Wallerode<\/strong>. I was hoping to find something to take a break there, but the only caf\u00e9 left was for sale. There was a <strong>church<\/strong> and..... the door was loose. <strong>20 minutes of silent meditation<\/strong> and in the meantime recharging my phone I saw fit. Sunk in deep silence, suddenly the clear GPS woman's voice echoed: 'The GPS signal is weak. The route is being recorded, but your position may be inaccurate.' Hilarious. Fortunately, no one else was in the church.<\/p><\/div><div><p>As I left the church, it began to drip and over the hills came <strong>jet-black clouds drift<\/strong>. I put myself in rain mode and wanted to continue walking, but when lightning and thunder joined in, I turned right around to take shelter in a little chapel in front of the church. Right choice, because a few minutes later, the water fell from the sky in buckets. How lucky I was to have spent 20 minutes in that church. If I had continued walking, I would have been in the middle of that thunderstorm.<\/p><\/div><div><p>Around 17:30 I arrived at <strong>Camping Weisenbach in St. Vith<\/strong>But there was a restaurant next to the campsite that was also open. For breakfast in the morning, I bought some sandwiches, which I immediately took with me<\/p><\/div><div><p>And the ankle, it nagged on, but the pain was bearable.<\/p><\/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-46495bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"46495bb\" 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\/Fluorescent-mos.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5771\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fluorescent-mos.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fluorescent-mos-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fluorescent-mos-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-caac778 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"caac778\" 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>Fluorescent moss<\/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\">June 28: Sankt Vith - Beho (23.14 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<div><p>Sunday evening it had rained heavily in St Vith and Monday morning the <strong>tent still soaking wet<\/strong>. Just when I had wiped them dry a bit, the sun came through, and 20 minutes later the tent was completely dry. As rain clouds were coming again, I quickly packed up. A stroke of luck, a little later it started raining again.<\/p><\/div><div><p>As I was completely without provisions apart from the six sandwiches shaved in the restaurant, I asked the campsite manager if the local shop in Maldingen was open on Monday. He thought they didn't sell food, so I went just to be sure <strong>walked around via St Vith<\/strong>.<\/p><\/div><div><p>When I got there, it started to <strong>pouring rain<\/strong>. I managed to take shelter in a bakery with a hot latte just in time. This is already the second downpour I narrowly escaped. Dark rain clouds regularly appeared today, but apart from a few splashes, I was spared the wet.<\/p><\/div><div><p>Forests did not come into play today. Komoot sent me mostly along <strong>small asphalt lanes<\/strong> through open terrain. Normally I don't like that, but with the aching ankle, this worked out well. Not too many lateral tilts of the sole of the foot. Successively I passed the hamlets <strong>Neundorf<\/strong>, <strong>Crombach<\/strong>, <strong>Weisten<\/strong>, <strong>Braunlauf<\/strong>, <strong>Maldingen<\/strong> and <strong>Aldringen<\/strong>.<\/p><\/div><div><p>In Neundorf, I walked across a raised grass verge - a former railway line I suspect - on which the\u00a0<strong>14 stations of the cloister<\/strong>\u00a0were depicted.<\/p><\/div><div><p>From Braunlauf to beyond Maldingen, I followed a\u00a0<strong>wide gravel road<\/strong>, but then I faced a Komoot surprise. With 500 metres to go to a turn-off, the gravel road unexpectedly came to a dead end at a <strong>impenetrable wasteland.<\/strong> The road curved off to the right on a narrow path with tall grass between two meadows. I thought I could get to the turn-off in a wide arc around a large meadow with cows. To do this, I had to pass several fenced meadows with <strong>lush grass growing to hip height<\/strong>. The farmers here apparently participated in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/maaimeiniet?__eep__=6&amp;__cft__%5b0%5d=AZUwgunt829plWw4OHK8TkCgpm56pOkh4YHmBPWrw93ZGT-HdlsxO5XORAmCuBseHvt9P2NMBIaWwLpUX9JyDyX18oLEHs5MK2iyVoMla3wM03WWpL5_M4SCbOA7GPeJ3XmCi9MIEY0EoTlIxycoHwHv&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span lang=\"NL\">#MaaiMeiNiet<\/span><\/a>.<\/p><\/div><div><p>I got over the first barbed wire using a small wooden step like in England. That was fine. At the second, four wires one above the other, there was no step in sight. The <strong>wire was too high<\/strong> to get over it unscathed - and when you only have one pair of trousers with you, that's tricky - and too low to crawl under. A little further on, I found a patch where the bottom sunk in a bit and <strong>Flat on the belly I just got under it<\/strong>. Twice I had to struggle that way, but then I fortunately reached a <strong>better grass path<\/strong> which brought me back on the Komoot route. Due to the many bumps in the tall grass, my <strong>only<\/strong> however <strong>start glowing<\/strong> and hurt badly. Now I had to pickle further, the pain was no longer nagging but stabbing. After the comfortable cross walk in Neundorf, I was allowed to walk my own cross walk with two 'belly traps' here.<\/p><\/div><div><p>After some downhill on the Komoot route, the tarmac track went over a\u00a0<strong>brook<\/strong>. Cold running water, I couldn't let that pass. Left shoe off and <strong>foot 10 minutes in the fresh water<\/strong>. It's incredible how healing running water works: after that cold session, I was able to get back on with the mild nagging pain from before.<\/p><\/div><div><p>Just past Aldringen, the last German-speaking village, I passed a house with a ridge-high unusual\u00a0<strong>Christ Cross from 1804<\/strong>. An old woman sitting by the house said that <strong>people with pain or problems come there to ask for relief<\/strong>. So that cross came in handy for my sore ankle. If it doesn't help, it doesn't hurt. I believe Blaise Pascal also said this about whether or not you believe in a deity. Wonder if the pain will be better tomorrow. Subite I will become (super)religious in my old age.<\/p><\/div><div><p>Soon after, I was at my final destination <strong>Beho<\/strong> - I thought. However, the farm campsite I needed to go to was still 2.5 km outside the hamlet. 2.5 km via two main lanes with no foot or bike path. <strong>Half an hour of balancing on a white line<\/strong> and swerve to the grass verge when a wide truck came thundering past. There are more pleasant ways to end a long day of stepping...<\/p><\/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-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\">June 29: Beho - Moulin de Bastin Rettigny (15.19 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><p>Around midnight, the heavens burst open in Beho and nature unleashed a <strong>noisy thunderstorm<\/strong>. My little tent withstood the deluge, but the thunder and rain splashing on the tent canvas seriously disturbed my sleep, so I didn't wake up until 8 in the morning. The birds were singing and the sun was shining.... A young Dutch cycling couple that had joined me on my square late in the evening had also stayed dry. They are on their way to Marseille.<\/p><\/div><div><p>Quickly swept the tent a bit dry so the sun could do its work faster and then packed up at my leisure and had breakfast.<\/p><\/div><div><p>The first part <strong>Between Beho and Gouvy was beautiful<\/strong>, through forests with regular scenic views. The ankle continued to nag, and even gradually worse as the stepping hours ticked by. <strong>My prayer at the healing cross yesterday was not answered<\/strong>...<\/p><\/div><div><p>According to GoogleMaps, everything is closed in Gouvy on Tuesday, but I luckily found another <strong>organic shop open<\/strong> where I bought some goodies to devour immediately. I asked if I could go to the toilet there because all the catering outlets were closed, but they wouldn't let me. Not sympathetic. I actually thought this was required by law.... Fortunately, across the street there was a dense hedge and some bushes.<\/p><\/div><div><p>When I took off again, they were there again, the\u00a0<strong>pitch-black clouds<\/strong>\u00a0and the <strong>rumbling<\/strong> in the distance. However, it took over an hour before it started raining. Fortunately, this time it remained 'normal' rain that did not turn into a torrential downpour.<\/p><\/div><div><p>After the <strong>long route through Gouvy<\/strong> my ankle started to hurt seriously. To avoid forcing it any further, I decided not to follow the - probably very muddy - Komoot route along the eastern Ourthe and bravely took the <strong>small asphalt lanes<\/strong> to keep walking. A kilometre before Rettigny, I saw a\u00a0<strong>victim of killer traffic<\/strong> lying beside the road: a beautiful red fox. Such a shame...<\/p><\/div><div><p>Meanwhile, it had started pouring incessantly. As I am taking a rest day on <strong>Moulin de Bistain campsite<\/strong> and wet and cold weather is also predicted tomorrow, I decided to make one <strong>hiker's hut<\/strong> to rent. I already camped here four years ago to participate in the annual trail run of Rettigny. Meanwhile, the sanitary facilities were modernised. In terms of peace and quiet and location, this campsite is highly recommended. It is located along a very quiet lane and the hiker pitches are on a meadow on the banks of the Ourthe.<\/p><\/div><div><p>One drawback this time: when I went to check in, all wifi networks at the campsite turned out to be down due to a lightning strike the night before. And <strong>there is no mobile coverage either<\/strong> because of too far from a village and its location in a valley. I walked in the rain to a slightly higher pasture hoping to notify the home front that I had been without coverage for two days, but no avans. A very small E-triangle did appear, but that was insufficient even to send a text message. Back to the pre-mobile era for a moment. Very odd that the little box doesn't respond to what you ask. What is inconvenient is that I cannot plan the route to Houffalize now.<\/p><\/div><div><p>During my rest day at Moulin de Bistain, I went <strong>standing in the fast-flowing water of the Ourthe River four times for more than 15 minutes<\/strong> to decongest the ankle. That helped well, but my shin still remained slightly swollen.  Therefore, I decided to use the heavier artillery of a <strong>anti-inflammatory<\/strong> put in.<\/p><\/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\/Dreigende-wolken-in-Gouvy.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5770\" alt=\"Dreigende wolken in Gouvy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dreigende-wolken-in-Gouvy.webp 800w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dreigende-wolken-in-Gouvy-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dreigende-wolken-in-Gouvy-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-7ddb56c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ddb56c\" 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>Threatening clouds in Gouvy<\/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-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 1: Rettigny - Houffalize (12.06 km)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-095b11d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"095b11d\" 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>My day started with a 15-minute '<strong>Ourthemassage<\/strong>' and then pack up. At departure, it was still drizzling a little, but soon it stayed dry for the rest of the day.<\/p><\/div><div><p>Very <strong>nice and quiet route up to Houffalize<\/strong>: first over plateaus with wide views, then through an imposing (actually forbidden)\u00a0<strong>private forest<\/strong>, partly along a small stream. The ground under the firs was completely covered with an almost\u00a0<strong>fluorescent moss<\/strong>. Magical.<\/p><\/div><div><p>A little after one o'clock I arrived in the centre of\u00a0<strong>Houffalize<\/strong>, nicely in time to eat a trifle.<\/p><\/div><div><p>Then it was another spiteful hill climb - with tough MTB routes - until <strong>Camping du Viaduc<\/strong>. I don't see a viaduct anywhere here though, but soit. The campsite is again on the banks of the Ourthe, I can't find my <strong>cold-water massage therapy<\/strong> continue.<\/p><\/div><div><p>A +20er to Bastogne awaits me tomorrow....<\/p><\/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-577bbb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"577bbb0\" 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 2: Houffalize - Bastogne (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-3c36308 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c36308\" 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>The <strong>last stage was anything but the prettiest<\/strong>, but a good one to get used to traffic again. The first 4 kilometres were nice and quiet, but after that I was <strong>jostled between the E25 and N30 motorways<\/strong>.<\/p><\/div><div><p>But not to fret too much: I also take that motorway to drive to the Ardennes or the south. In a car, that route even gives me a pleasant holiday feeling. <strong>Perception is context-sensitive<\/strong>\u2026<\/p><\/div><div><p>Twice I had to walk quite a distance alongside the E25. Actually three times, but I managed to avoid that last time by finding a shortcut myself, via the village of <strong>Savy<\/strong> . I wondered why Komoot kept sending me to the noisy E25 route. The reason was that the <strong>last 500 metres of my route on a private road<\/strong> walked that left through a farmyard. I put on my naughty shoes, walked quietly through it and kindly greeted a woman I passed. She greeted me back equally kindly and let me go.<\/p><\/div><div><p>I had been walking for a long time. Savy is an elongated village and I needed a rest and pee break. I saw a little chapel - I thought - but that was a\u00a0<strong>covered spring<\/strong>. A little further on I turn a corner, and there stands me a bench and a\u00a0<strong>WC cabin<\/strong>, including toilet paper! What a luxury.<\/p><\/div><div><p>After the private road, I was near <strong>Camping Renval<\/strong>. I am again in Bastogne, but now from a different step direction. <strong>It is complete, my step tour around our country for Street Nurses ASBL<\/strong>.<\/p><\/div><div><p>On Saturday morning, July 3, before my departure by bus\/train back to Antwerp, I walked up to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/156963010@N04\/51290007909\/in\/album-72157715168515776\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>Julien and his family<\/strong><\/a>, in whose garden I camped last year. I thanked them with a good bottle of wine because last year, after receiving bad news about a terminally ill friend, Julien had brought me by car to the station in Libramont.<\/p><\/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-7a5cff4 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7a5cff4\" 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\/72157719537328115\" 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 pictures Sourbrodt - Bastogne<\/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-d6986fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d6986fe\" 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><a data-flickr-embed='true' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/156963010@N04\/albums\/72157719537328115' title='2021\/5: Sourbrodt - Bastogne by reachoutvzw, on Flickr' target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img src='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51283540816_e9f849753d_c.jpg' width='800' height='600' alt='IMG_20210629_135046__01'><\/a><script async src='https:\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js' charset='utf-8'><\/script><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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-2bcd6793 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2bcd6793\" 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-77d27b53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"77d27b53\" 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\">Read more...<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13351f7f elementor-posts__hover-none elementor-grid-2 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"13351f7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;cards_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:80,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:71,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:30,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_columns&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;cards_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;cards_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;cards_row_gap_widescreen&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_row_gap_laptop&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_row_gap_tablet_extra&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_row_gap_mobile_extra&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"posts.cards\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-cards elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-8700 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-balkan category-fietsen category-italie category-reisverslagen tag-lange-afstandsfietsen\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/blogtype\/reisverslagen\/rond-adriatische-zee\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" ><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1057\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Traject-hoogtemeters-1-e1787524674884.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8777\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Traject-hoogtemeters-1-e1787524674884.webp 1057w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Traject-hoogtemeters-1-e1787524674884-300x216.webp 300w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Traject-hoogtemeters-1-e1787524674884-1024x736.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Traject-hoogtemeters-1-e1787524674884-768x552.webp 768w, https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Traject-hoogtemeters-1-e1787524674884-18x12.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1057px) 100vw, 1057px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/reachoutforacause.org\/en\/blogtype\/reisverslagen\/rond-adriatische-zee\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tAround the Adriatic Sea\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>The challenge: cycling round the Adriatic Sea. Will I manage it before the weather in the Balkans gets too rough? 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