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Hilko went for a hike.
December 31, 2025
Het laatste rondje van 2025. Iedereen een goede jaarwisseling, en alvast 𝘷𝘦𝘶𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘦𝘯 𝘻𝘦𝘦𝘨'𝘯 𝘪𝘯 '𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘫𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘢𝘳!
01:11
6.45km
5.4km/h
20m
20m
I hadn't hiked again since Nijmegen. First, because of physical ailments left over from the Four Days Marches, then I had to do some housework, and then... I kind of lost the will to do it. Even a simple Ronde Tjugchem-Meedhuizen didn't interest me, undoubtedly because I missed my walking buddy.
But today
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With about twenty-five kilometres to go, this would be the last stage of the Hexenstieg.
Yes.
That went a bit differently! The first part seemed more like a survival trip through the jungle: fallen trees, thriving nettles and narrow, crooked paths. It took me two and a half hours to complete the first
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Hilko went for a hike.
June 26, 2025
Dag 3 van de MESA, en deze keer in een omgeving waar ik nog niet eerder was. We hadden, zoals een wandelkennis op Facebook schreef, "the full package": zon, hitte, regen, bliksem, donder, modder, paden die in riviertjes veranderden, helse afdalingen, en valpartijen. Het werd zelfs de organisatie te gortig: de tweeëndertig-kilometerroute werd met acht kilometer ingekort, omdat de afdaling in de laatste lus onverantwoord werd. Toen glibberde en gleed ik echter al van boom naar boom naar beneden😂 En had ik dat willen missen? Voor geen goud!!! Voor een volledig verslag: https://hilkoshikinghoek.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/mesa25-3/
06:01
30.5km
5.1km/h
550m
550m
Day 3 of the MESA, and this time in an environment I had never been to before. We had, as a hiking acquaintance wrote on Facebook, "the full package": sun, heat, rain, lightning, thunder, mud, paths that turned into rivers, hellish descents, and falls. It even became too much for the organization: the
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After yesterday's (fairly) easy circuit of Houffalize, we had a "home game" today: a lap around La Roche-en-Ardenne. A route that often went steeply uphill and high temperatures made sure that I was quickly exhausted. And every time I thought we couldn't go any higher, a descent followed, followed by
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Day 1 of the MESA.
And the MESA wouldn't be the MESA without bus troubles! For the return trip from Houffalize to La Roche-en-Ardenne (where we are staying this week), which normally takes twenty-five to thirty minutes, our driver needed an hour! We have now seen the entire Ardennes😂
Fortunately, the
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I also wish you all the best, good health, nice walks and beautiful photos again
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