Today, we had our first adventure in over 6 months. It’s been a long while, and I hope that they start getting more consistent again this winter.
We started off walking to 225, and we decided to take a different approach to our photo of the number 225. We attempted a selfie, to get more modern, with the times per se. Unfortunately, Tonio didn’t know how to focus on the “take photo” button, without his own face focusing, and the outcome came like this:
We set off on a familiar setting, in the setting where the first time we’d gone here, Tonio made a joke about the “black sheep of the family”. We then surprisingly broke off to a new place we hadn’t recognised as a path we’d been on before. The trees surrounding us reminded me of the countless number of trees that bent over and made the passageway look like a tunnel. The trees suddenly opened into a field and I suggested we take a video. This is how it turned out:
And all the while we were debating on where we should go for Christmas and Easter holidays. We weren’t sure whether to go to a Yugoslav country or a more Italian/Spanish style country, with beaches as well as mountains. I was content with Croatia, seemingly between the two. Toscana, a region in middle/north Italy was also a possibility.
However, apart from those things, we had one of those unusually usual days [Tonio: very often our walks have a special 'different' feel. This one was one of the most 'average' of them all]. The weather was quite sunny, complementing the golden-brown farms and the also golden-brown leaves in the forests. The ground however, was more towards the muddy and wet side, giving my new walking shoes a good challenge. The walking shoes, however, prevailed; in fact, they ended up quite clean under the circumstances, like the occasional moonwalking we had to go through.
In the end, we walked back to the car. Did you enjoy this pleasant unusually usual walk? If you have, make sure to join us on our next one. Also, make sure to check out Tonio’s blog called The Wanderer. But for now, adios amigos!
GianlucaDeGringu
It was a glorious day of sunshine this November Sunday. Before we set off from No. 225, on the road leading from Terlanen (Overijse) to Sint-Agatha Rode, I decided to get into the traditional photo at the beginning of our walk.
Our loop today was longer than usual, according to the map about 7 km in length, but it felt like it was more than that. Although the start was from a point where we have now been several times, we went on a loop where we had never been before. Except for the inevitable cars whooshing by in some short bits that were not closed to traffic, it was mostly peaceful and calm, even almost silent in some spots, which is quite unusual outside in the middle of the day in these noisy modern times.
Here, for example, you could actually hear the sheep munching away to their hearts' content. It was an image of such serenity.
Or here, where Gianluca suggested that I do a 360 degree video panorama, the silence spoilt this time by my voice and by a passing airplane.
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