Saturday Febr. 14 th 2015, Valentines Day, the day after Friday 13, Chateau-Porcien, 22 km.

Last night I went inspecting his sheep of course. 150 meatsheep, all lairage, many with lambs. Interesting to me that he did only feed straw, with 80 gr. concentrate a day per sheep. That is infinitely less than is recommended in our books. Is the food industry behind those books? This morning cozy breakfast with 

Friday February 13th 2015 Bazancourt, the sugar town. 28 km.

Last night I discovered two key bushes in my apartment. The hostess also found it weird. Did I take a key from the previous address? Whatever, she says. Take it again with you, because maybe they will call you about it. O.K., I say. About the walk I can be brief: it was long, much 

Thursday February 12th 2015 Verzy, much more than 20 km.

This was the most beautiful day in a long time. Beautiful weather, totally clear sky, no wind. So one layer of clothing less. The Champagne vineyards are plenty pruned. I considered still to give directions about how to get the wine a little more acidic. ‘T was so beautiful, I did some filming. Fortunately my 

Wednesday February 11th 2015 Matougues 28 km.

One would not think it possible. What was supposed to end up as a nice relaxing day, beautiful weather, bookings arranged for tomorrow and for after tomorrow, turned out otherwise. During dinner everything was rosy. I almost stoked of laughing at the joke of W.v.H. of the gym club. He also told a story about 

Tuesday February 10th 2015 to La Chausée Sur Marne, about 21 km.

Today was a good day. The lady who’s going to receive me tonight seemed pleased with my coming, or rather, with my booking. Walking all day to a landlady who was nice at the phone makes walking more pleasant than if you had a bitch on the phone. Dry weather was predicted, not too cold, 

Monday February 9th 2015. Chatelraould-St. Louvent 22 km

diner the 6 of us in Le Chevalier Lunch stop My landlady After the good, ample breakfast in the living room, while continuously being served by my friendly patrone, I quickly did some shopping, a brief filming, recording the beautiful tiendhuis half-timbered, picking up Leon about 800 m. up the mountain, and again we went 

Sunday Februay 8th 2015. Chavanges 16 km. , According to book 40 km by G. R.

Last night and this morning we still were four of us: Sonja, Brigitte, Jos and me. Now I’m the lonely stranger again. “On the road again”, according to a 60s song. Good weather predicted for the rest of the week, so what did I find out when I put one foot outside the door? Rain. 

Saturday February 7 th 2015. Brienne-Le-Chateau 28 km

Because we had breakfast the six of us and then under close monitoring had to write a positive story in the libre d’or (guestbook), we were not so very early on the way. Same ” great” weather, cloudy, cold, but that did not bother us, especially reminding that tonight we were going to meet our 

Friday February 6th 2015 Vendreuve Sur Barsse about 28 km

Huh huh, we just returned from the tour through the home of our hostess on Friday evening. Obviously she showed us our assigned rooms: the 2-persons bed. Fortunately quite big, because last night was allocated us a 1,5 persons bed. However much Jos and I also converged towards each other the last few days, we 

Thursday February 5 th 2015 Bar sur Seine about 24 km

Bar sur Seine, beautiful Burgundian town with even a hairdresser! “Beautiful” weather: cloudy, cold. We didn’t follow the road, so Tosca was free and therefore no cursing at the poor animal. On the contrary. She devoured at least one mouse, as far as we could see. Jos was immortalized by a picture made of him