We zijn weer verder gaan wandelen de laatste 3 dagen. Zoals je al kon lezen hebben we een gans deel van de GR 12 gevolgd, dat is een route die van Amsterdam naar Parijs loopt. Wij volgden alvast het deel van Brussel tot Nijvel. Het begon echter knap lastig te worden om nog zo ver te rijden om te wandelen, dus zijn we nu in de andere richting gaan wandelen.

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  Today we continue where we left off in Ronquières near the inclining plateau. This part of the GR 12 is very pleasant and i would recommend it any sunny sunday walk. Bring along your friends and family, there’s not many hills and you can easily scale the trip to fit your own capacities.

We are blessed with excellent weather on this late September day and a lot of fellow hikers have taken to the paths. The route goes up the canal to the impressive concrete tower and then turns into the fields. It’s harvesting time and the corn fields are waiting for the farmers. (Continue…)

If you’ve been following our series on the GR 12, you’ll have noticed that we’ve started in Dworp and moved south from there. Today we’re heading out into the other direction and go from Dworp to Brussels.

As we imagined, the beginning is pure pleasure, going along small paths and woods. We start off with a steep climb to the top of the hills between Dworp and Beersel. The scenary is absolutely breathtaking. It’s quite amazing that one can be so close to the capital of Europe and still be surrounded by farms, fields and woodlands. The only downside is the ominous background noise, caused by the Brussels’ Ring. (Continue…)

Today we were joined by two friends to continue our exploratioun of the GR 12. We started where we left off, near Ittre at the Canal Brussels Charleroi. Since our fellow walkers weren’t all that well trained, we headed out for a “short” walk of about 4-5 hours, following the GR up to Ronquières and then tracking back along the canal side. (Continue…)

We’ve recently discovered the pleasure of hiking along white and red signs across the country. If you ever go outside in Belgium, you’ve certainly noticed them and wondered: what is this. Well, they’re indication for walking trails and they’re are absolutely great!

We’ve done quite a few of them in the past months and there’s one that we’re trying to follow for a longer period: the GR 12. By longer period, i mean that we walk about 20-30kms of it, but always return back to our starting point and our car. So we’re not progressing all that fast (Continue…)