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JP went for a hike
7 days ago
Maasduinen rond Reindersmeer & Bergerheide
De Maasduinen tussen Bergen en Well met de Bergerheide en het Reindersmeer - schapen en schaapskooi, heide en zand, water en bevers, vennen in herstel en recreatie in een stuk herwonnen natuur.
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JP went for a hike
April 9, 2026
Stierentestikels en rotte gaten in Meerbeek
Wandeling met een van de tweelingzonen in Meerbeek alvorens een bezoek te brengen aan z'n jarige oma - met enkele overpeinzingen en nutteloze observaties.
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5 days ago
After a long time, I could go for a walk with one of the twin sons again. We were going to his grandmother's, my mother's. She was turning 80 and had just returned to the residential care home after her third hospital stay in a month.
But first, a walk. He could choose from three (mostly already familiar
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JP went for a hike
March 29, 2026
Nero meets Ruusbrouc: Groenendaal & Hoeilaart
Een wandeling in het verleden (erfgoed en geschiedenis), heerlijke natuur en m'n eigen kleine verleden in Groenendaal en Hoeilaart.
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April 2, 2026
So far, I haven't walked much in the southern part of the region between Brussels and Heverlee. Yet I know that area inside out.
Went to school in Tervuren, for many years I commuted from Leuven via Overijse, Groenendaal and Terkamerenbos to Brussels (Vorst, Ukkel, city center and before that other areas
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March 28, 2026
Marten Mulckens was undoubtedly one of the most striking Bokkenrijders in Elsloo. Marten was a young soldier who had deserted from the Austro-Hungarian army and eventually ended up in Elsloo, where he married Gertrudis Brughmans. Marten, the deserter, certainly did not enjoy high esteem. Deserters were
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Heerlijke hellingbossen aan 't Julianakanaal
Mooi Elsloo naar heerlijk hoog Geulle en zijn prachtige doorkijken. Terug via Catsop.
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April 1, 2026
This walk is also going online late. Unfortunately, mother had to be taken to emergency for the third time in a month this week and is back in the hospital.
I could join An for this bokkenrijderswandeling (outlaw hike). And that was cool because I love Elsloo and its surroundings and I hadn't been there
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JP went for a hike
March 21, 2026
Wespelaar via Schorisgat, Haacht via 't Broek
Van het centrum van Haacht via natuurgebied naar 't boeiende Wespelaar en terug via het Haachts Broek en een bekend stukje antitankgracht.
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March 26, 2026
Due to various circumstances, it took a while for this to go online and there are still a few things to add.
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JP went for a hike
March 19, 2026
Zonsondergang in de Heerlyckheid van Roost
Stukje antitankgracht in Haacht tot aan de Dijle via het "kasteel van Roost" en terug langs de brug van Damiaan in Tremelo.
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March 22, 2026
The past week felt like a non-stop series of events and news that one would rather avoid. And then that same person sometimes urgently needs to get out.
I didn't know where I was going to walk. I only knew that I would drive from Tessenderlo to Steenokkerzeel via ordinary roads (read: no highways) with
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JP went for a hike
March 16, 2026
Beverland in Aronst Hoek langs de Melsterbeek
Van Grazen naar Herk-de-Stad. Vervolg op een wandeling van Het Vinne (Zoutleeuw) naar Grazen (Geetbets).
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March 19, 2026
My wife is going to a pain clinic in Herk-de-Stad. Given our increasingly limited family mobility, I'm wandering around the area a bit. First there was a walk in Budingen. Then one from Het Vinne in Zoutleeuw to Grazen. And now I decided to link them together. So this one starts in Grazen and goes to
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JP went for a hike
March 9, 2026
Thuis - Meldert met kronkels van beken en heuvels
De deur uit en zwerven, langs de vallei der drie beken in het spoor van evers en bevers tot de Venusberg en in het duister naar Meldert en de 'zwarte oppik-ring'.
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March 11, 2026
I hadn't planned on walking. But I had to leave sometime after noon. So: open the door and off I went. First, the changes to the mill park, the little oasis on the hill near the factory. Then the broken statue that I put back every year, no idea why.
Cross the industrial road and breathe a sigh of relief
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JP went for a hike
March 6, 2026
Korreltjes stof tussen Kaggevinne & Assent
De weg tussen een oude eik en afbrokkelend heilig hart loopt langs vele paden.
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March 8, 2026
On one side: an old oak tree that has seen much. On the other: a crumbling Sacred Heart statue that has seen much.
In between: paths, intersections, fields with paths, fields without paths, scrub, remnants of copses, and views with the Scherpenheuvel Basilica and Averbode Abbey sometimes in the distance
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3 days ago
Some more beautiful areas of the Maasduinen. These are located between Bergen, Well and the nearby German border. I found the parking lot almost by chance, it is small but quiet and takes you in no time to a beautiful part around the lake with dunes and extensive heathland. The hike itself was again
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