Moon cat

Long. Straight ahead. This thought flashes through my mind when I look at a walk here on Komoot. Modest as I am, I know I can do better.



Twenty kilometers turns into almost twenty-seven kilometers, and I try to embellish the long, straight stretches wherever possible. I've succeeded quite well. Thanks

Higher, Lower. In the eighties, this TV program dominated the ratings on Flemish television. These days, I use it to decide whether I want to wear high or low hiking boots. Protected from the mud, but carrying more weight. Or perhaps the lighter low hiking boots with the risk of a mud bath for my feet

I continue to explore northern Belgium. After my passage through Peer, it's now the turn of the Kalmthoutse Heide. The Dutch counterpart, Brabantse Wal, is nearby and I'll take it along for the sake of convenience. The overall picture is a well-filled walking sandwich with dunes, fens, heathland, open

This week, summer in Sri Lanka transitions to winter in Belgium, and it's a surprisingly pleasant transition. The winter snowfall at the beginning of the year has given way to a remarkably radiant winter day through the Dommel Valley. I know this river as a wide waterway used for kayaking in Lommel

A piece of New Zealand in Sri Lanka. That's what you could call this hike on the two-thousand-meter plateau of Horton Plains. My guidebook says this highland is reminiscent of the Scottish Highlands, but the subalpine vegetation and forests truly belong higher up.

This nine-kilometer loop is called At

Panting. Toiling. Sweating. That's my body's state as I make my way past the uneven rocks on a questionable ridge path toward the summit. Thirty centimeters, forty centimeters, and even half a meter. It seems the loose rocks are competing to see who can inflict the most devilish damage on the hiker

I keep coming across the GR128 Wissant - Aachen these days. Last week I was in the border region near the three-country point on this route, and now it forms the beating heart of this loop walk around Tremelo and Werchter.



I've been to this area many times before, and again I encounter the same usual

The highlight of this second stage is, if possible, even more tanned: for miles, I walk through the most beautiful forests the Netherlands has to offer. Yet this stage is also quite varied, with agricultural plateaus, sunken roads, limestone caves, orchards, and chalk grasslands. Add to that a soft autumn

The region between Aachen and Maastricht is a very popular hiking area, as evidenced by the numerous long-distance walks available here. A good candidate, therefore, for designing your own walk. Ultimately, it became an international train journey in two stages: first, I walked from Aachen to Sint-Martens