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Hiking the Belgian dunes and beach

7/9/2015

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Yesterday, I accompanied Jean Paul and a couple of his friends on one of their regular hikes. We left here about 8:30 and drove 90 minutes to the Belgian coast, where we parked about 11 km north of the French border.

To begin, we headed south through the dunes that lie behind the beach. It was a lovely walk in sand dunes, forests and through a couple of small towns. I was wearing my Garmin GPS watch so I can say we walked 13 km before seeing the sign that said "France". At that point, we walked out to the beach where we had our picnic lunch. Afterwards we walked north on the beach. By the time we got back to the car, we had covered 24 km. I was tired but feel good.

Afterwards, we met Sophie, Ursula and the kids who had arrived at the beach a few hours after us. We had an incredibly unhealthy dinner at a Flemish chip stand, then drove home. It was a nice day.
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Lorry
7/9/2015 08:06:56 am

That's quite a great hike! Glad to hear that you enjoyed some "frites"!

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    Ever since my first trip to Greece in 1978, travel has been my passion and extravagance. My year in the Netherlands as a Rotary Exchange Student in 1979/80 only fueled this obsession. As I've gotten older, I've become less concerned with "seeing the sights" and more interested in observing, experiencing and absorbing the way people live today.

    From my perspective, the primary objective of these Devolin Adventures is to introduce the world to our children, George and Molly.

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