About Paulien / Outdoor Inspiratie
Fulltime (solo)hiker, nomade en huisoppas in Europa - fan van meerdaagse wandelingen met een thema - kampeert het liefst wild waar dat mag - deelt verhalen en praktische tips op OutdoorInspiratie.nl
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After 7 days of canoeing near Arjang we drove back to the Netherlands. I felt like a fish out of water on the road. We decided to spend the night in Steninge so that we could go for a walk the next morning. Along the water of course!
Tip: don't be like me and take binoculars with you to get a good look at all those seabirds!
September 9, 2023
We start our hiking adventure with a detour. The narrow path we wanted to take up the mountain appears to have collapsed. We divert the route over a wide gravel path (as is now incorporated in this tour) and zigzag upwards. The forest floor is fairly bare in the dark part of the forest, but later becomes…
August 22, 2023
It is already getting quite warm when we leave our comfortable mountain hut. My hiking buddy is braver than me, and takes a morning swim in nearby Lac Rond. The sun just peeps over the mountain and the sky is clear blue.
We walk through a high valley filled with large boulders. At the end of the valley…
August 22, 2023
After a simple breakfast at Refuge du Grand Bec we leave for the pass that we already saw from the hut. It is still nice and cool in the shadow of the high mountain wall. We follow alternately a narrow mountain path and a path marked with stone heaps over rubble / boulders. We can enjoy a view of the…
August 22, 2023
All too soon the last day of our hut trip has arrived. I unzip my tent and enjoy the sunrise over the mountains. Time to pack up and descend.
We try an alternative and slightly longer path, but get stuck on a fast-flowing river in a gorge. Anyway, back up and follow the tour that I share here. Lesson…
August 22, 2023
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After three days of adventure it is already time for the last stage. Do not hike a new ridge today, but only descend into the beautiful Maggia valley. On the way we pass two hamlets of Alpe Soladino, with well-maintained dream houses. We meet the local goat herd and walk past the small-scale cheese dairy…
August 19, 2023
With the forecast of severe thunderstorms, we skip the entire downhill portion of this scheduled tour. We take the cable car from Alpe Salei to the valley. There we walk parallel to the river into the valley. There are steep rock walls on both sides and there are several waterfalls in the river. Attractive…
August 19, 2023
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I'm already starting to feel the autumn blues on these increasingly shorter days, so I try to spend every lunch break outside. Long live being self-employed 🙂 Nice and quiet walk on the sandy paths where I used to sprint with my horse. Mild temperature and greenery still on the trees - still a bit of a summer feeling!