Tuesday 21 oct. 2014 Arcos 30 km.

Wow, again over 30 degrees C. Another 30 km. finished of which at least 10 km. on bloody hot asphalt. The rest of the route was o.k. thanks to an old man in shorts and with a hear device, who wanted to show me a shorter road. Great those Spanish! He joined me for many 

Monday 20 oct. 2014 Medina Sidonia – Paterna de Rivera 32 km

Today we walked 32 km. Of all bears that I expected on the road most are disappearing one after the other. Nice. I do see snakes on the road . Dog Tosca doesn’t get tired. Being a Dutch sheep dog she feels much superior over all these street dogs here, who sometimes 4 or 5 

Sunday 19 oct. 2014 Facinas – Medina Sidonia

For Leon I found a place behind a house in a field with thisless. Todays trip started in Facinas of which the letter C was changed into a G. The track was all flat. It didn’t take long before todays goal Medina Sidonia was visible at the horizon. Many modern windmills, hundreds of storks. So 

18 oct. 2015 Tarifa-Adlanterra 27 km. First day of walking

Holy shit! Pffff. Tarifa to Adlanterra: 27 km, not including the wrong kilometers. It was a good start. Barefooted on a gorgeous beach. I crossed a river, the water reaching my belly. 25 Degrees in the sun it dried right away. On the nude beach I noticed only a few nudies, so about the quality 

Thursday 17 oct. 2014 Tarifa

After another succesfull day of travelling we arrived in the utmost south of Europe: Tarifa. Michiels cellphone showed a welcome message to African Marocco. We almost thought we were lost. From our camping the African mountains in Marocco are quite visible. During my trip I almost got a little nervous: soon I would crawl over 

15 october 2014 Plasencia

During daylight we arrived at a camping in Placencia, near Caceres. The landscape is nice with corctrees, hills, groups of half wild boar, sheep, horses, many storks, milans and vultures. The name reminds me of placenta, … Probably my professional deformation. The lady at the reception offered us a little chalet with a matrimonial bed 

14 oct. 2014 arrival Bordeaux (Fr.)

Brother Jack holding tapestry 14 oct. 2014. We left at 9 according to our planning, leaving behind us 7 waving persons. On the brink I still got a devotion necklace. All the way from Rome, with Mary. The chain is so short that the holy virgin curiously peeps into the world from inside my brest 

13 oct. 2014 Leaving home Cottessen

Interesting to see how many people on my leaving were glad to to come and say goodbye. Also I just returned from friend Jo, who has been discharged from the hospital because they couldn’t help him any more on his heart failure. Jo, show them hell! See you in about six months. Rudi filmmaker who 

Thursday 9 oct. 2014 Finishing touch

Farewell drink with the staff of my office at Hub and Toos’ (cafetaria ‘t Pintje in Mechelen). The last few consultations are done. My horse Leon got new horseshoes right before the long trip. Once again I tried the horse spending the night with his front legs tied together. As long as he reaches green 

Tuesday 7 oct. 2014 one more week to go

dinsdag 7 okt. 2014. Nog 1 week One of my compagnons, Tosca Something akward happened to me today. On Tuesday I usually have diner at son Serve’s in Lanaken. After diner, on the way home, I drop in at McDonalds for an ice cream cone of one E. When I parked and got out of