A car filled adventure

Today was... let's just say that today was unusual.

So basically, a lot of the terrain we went through was roads and streets. However, an exception was going from 229 to 228, which was by far the most interesting and beautiful part. After Tonio complained a little about the cars and the dogs – which were also quite frequent – the road branched off into a door which was quite unusual. It was made so that you can only pass as a person. Bikes and cars couldn't pass as they were too wide and/or long. We passed quite a few of them.

Anyways, we passed through that and, after walking down a straight road, we went on to a slightly dodgy bridge or path – depends on which way you look at it – made out of wood. Anyone could tell that it wasn't in the best of conditions. We wobbled through them and, although the quality wasn't the

best, the views were nice and we took some pictures of the scene.

After a few more roads and a few more cars, we went onto another non-tarmac road and we met our animals of the day.

First, we met a flock of sheep, who, after we greeted each other, we moved away and saw how they worked. At first we thought that only one of them was in one field and the rest had to stay on another. We then watched how each sheep bar one picked their way through the fence and into the other field, which made us think that one sheep had to take care of one field while the rest of the sheep went on the other. But, slowly slowly, that one sheep on the other field sauntered over to the other field. We then gave up on the sheeps' algorithm.

The second group of animals of the day were 3 horses on a very big field. One of the horses came to greet us while we read the sign on the fence. After a few minutes of translating, we figured out that it said:

3 old horses up for sale; looking for somebody to take care of
them for one or two months. They are all old, the oldest one 30
years old and the youngest 17 years old.

At last, we came to the car and drove home.

If you’ve enjoyed this adventure, make sure to join us in our next one. Also, make sure to check out Tonio’s blog called The Wanderer. But for now, goodbye!

GianlucaDeGringu

[Tonio]:

The starting point today was at a crossroads between Neerijse and Sint-Agatha-Rode. There were beautiful fields on each side, but unfortunately, our path was through a busy road with cars whooshing by. It was not pleasant in the beginning and from point to point the loop passed through roads with yet more cars. I mentioned to Gianluca that I would complain to "the manager" of the Zuid Dijleland network.

Finally, eventually, we left the car traffic behind us. From then on it became muddy but much more peaceful and calm.

We look forward to nicer adventures with less cars whooshing by (and they really all seem to be in a terrible hurry).