The plan was to get up really early, but it was a bit later then I planned 🙂 eventually I was walking at 08:30. Around 10 it got pretty warm! And after that, just really hot. I walked about 18 km today and that was enough for today. The heat really takes a lot of…
Pieterpad day 17 – 15,1 km (and hot!)
Because it is sunday, the busses are starting quite a bit later then normal. The first bus was at 9:25 and I started walking just before 10 in the morning. In it very, very warm today and at 10 in the morning it was already starting the get pretty warm. The plan for today was…
Pieterpad day 16 – 20 km
Is was good to sleep at home last night. The first bus to Millingen aan de Rijn went at 8;24 and I had this bus. During the bus ride I had a nice conversation about being outdoor, hiking and gear. A nice start of the morning! This day went quite smooth. I just carried a…
Pieterpad day 15 – 23,2 (plus 500 metres)
Yes, it happened again! I forgot to turn on Strava 🙂 luckily I thought of it quite early. Today I walked from Braamt to Millingen aan de Rijn. There were beautiful days already but this one was the best yet! Beautiful hills where you can really hike, nice villages and walking next to the water….
Pieterpad day 14 – 31,1 km
I had a good night! Slept decent and I decided to sleep an hour longer, which was a small mistake. It also meant that I would walk more in the sunshine. It was a long day and the last 8 or 10 km were right in the sun and it got hot! The last 5…
Pieterpad day 13 – 35,2 km
This morning I got up early and started hiking. Because I took a couple of days rest I need to hike more mileage if I want to hike the Pieterpad completely in my vacation. My thinking is to hike the extra distance as soon and as fast as possible. And the end of the trail…
Pieterpad day 12 – 12,5 km
Day 10 and 11 I rested which was a good decision looking back at it. My feet are feeling pretty decent now and this afternoon I jumped in the train back to Nijverdal where I stopped a couple of days ago. First of all, I have to give credits to the NS, the Dutch railway…
Review: Therm-A-Rest NeoAir Xlite (large)
Last year I had the Exped Synmat Winterlite LW and I wrote this review on it. The R value is very high with a reasonable low weight but for the Pieterpad I didn’t need an high R value. When you Google for “Best air mattress for hiking”, you will probably find the Therm-A-Rest NeoAir Xlite…
Pieterpad: How is it and returning to the trail
Last saturday I’ve hiked almost 23 km and during the hike I decided to go home for a couple of days. A had a blister on my heel which was quite painful, a small blister on my right small tow and different shaving wounds on my feet and hips. Not to make it worse I…
Pieterpad day 9 – 22,6 km
Yesterday morning started off quite rough. It was cold at 5:40 in the morning, I could see my own breathe! My muscles felt very stiff and I started packing very slowly. At 6:20, still cold and stiff I started walking. It took me about 20 minutes to get warm and that my muscles would be…
Pieterpad day 8 – 27,1 km
This morning I left the house of my sister leave the cutest puppy behind, which was a bit of a sad moment. At 6:20 I was on the road again in the area that I grew up in. The official route was through Gramsbergen all the way around and then back to Hardenberg. I know…
Pieterpad day 7 – 25,6 km (+ 500 metres)
This morning I got dropped off in Sleen, where I stopped walking. Unfornately I forgot to start Strava at the start so the first 500 metres is not recorded. This was the first day I saw any clouds! Which was hopeful so the sun would be blocked for a bit. I grew up in this…
Pieterpad day 6 – 0 km (photo recap)
Today was a zero day for me. I planned a rest day quite soon on the trail because I havent practised that much to be honest, or very little at all actually. After day 5 I felt I could go on, but looking ahead, there are a lot of km to go, so strengthen up…
Pieterpad: Music and audio gear
Yes, it is nice to walk on the Pieterpad trail in nature and listen to the birds and the wind going through the trees. Sometimes the trail will go through a village or close to a road with cars on it. For this I like to have some audio in my ears. So what do…
Pieterpad day 5 – 25,5 km
Last night at camping “De warme bossen” was a good night. In the evening they even brought me breakfast for the next morning. I had a good night rest and woke up a bit later. Eventually I was hiking around 7 in the morning. The route was mostly along trees which is good for the…
Pieterpad day 4 – 31,2 km
Last night was colder then the night before. The camping was very quiet, which was a good thing. Went to bed early and got up around 5:15 this morning and was walking before 6 from Schipborg. It was a very nice morning and I felt good! After an hour I changed my clothes and put…
Pieterpad day 3 – 24,1 km
Yesterday evening I realized that I made a mistake by staying at camping stadspark Groningen. There were a lot of different people. Most of them liked to party, especially the students who came back at around 5 in the morning! Opening the doors of their car and closing them violently, a lot of people woke…
Pieterpad day 2 – 23,6 km
I woke up quite early, had some breakfast in the hotel and I was ready to go walking! Unfornately I had to wait almost 2 hours for the bus. Listening to some music and had some coffee, the time went pretty fast. For today I found a camping right in the city of Groningen, in…
Pieterpad day 1 – traveling and 12,3 km
My original plan was to start the Pieterpad tomorrow, June 30. Since last wednesday there is a bus strike and the last 13 km I needed the bus. This is as far as I know, the last day this week of the strike, so tomorrow the busses are going. Because of this I needed to…
Pieterpad 2018: Join Me!
On saturday (june 30) I will start walking on the Pieterpad from North to South. Most of the people that walk the Pieterpad will do it in the weekends, one or two days. I’ve decided to try it all at once, but you still can walk one or maybe even two days on the Pieterpad,…
Pieterpad 2018: Gear list
When you walk the Pieterpad you have the choice to stay in bed and breakfast and hotels, but you can also stay at a lot of campings. I’m choosing for the campings so I am bringing my backpack, tent and so on. So what am I bringing? You can see the whole gear list at…