Last year (2019), one of the Frisian bastards hiked the Pembrokeshire Coast Path in southwestern Wales (Cymru), a 290-kilometre-long trail. As every walker knows, hiking, pilgrimage, and spiritual peace are one and the same thing. After nine days of walking, the coast path takes you to the homeland of Saint David, Wales’s patron saint. SaintContinue reading “Croeso Gerddwyr — Hiking the Pembrokeshire Coast Path”
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Support for the Corsican Cause in Jeopardy — Hiking the GR20
September 2018, one of the Frisian bastards hiked the Grande Randonnée 20 in Corsica. Or, as the French say, la GR-vingt. The GR20 is considered Europe’s toughest long-distance trail. And one of the most dangerous, as it turned out. The bastard wanted to experience the similarities of hiking trails that cover territories of Europe’s autochthonousContinue reading “Support for the Corsican Cause in Jeopardy — Hiking the GR20”
“My God, the Germans Bought All the Bread!” — Hiking the Cape Wrath Trail
The essence of the Frisia Coast Trail is hiking through the heartland of (former) Frisia: to experience the landscape, its history and culture, and to meet its people. Every now and then, ‘Frisian bastards‘ venture onto trails that pass through the heartlands of other minority cultures. Hiking the illustrious Cape Wrath Trail in the far northeast ofContinue reading ““My God, the Germans Bought All the Bread!” — Hiking the Cape Wrath Trail”
The Women of Anjum, Who Make Hard Men Humble
Late in the afternoon of December 28, 2018, one of the Frisian bastards arrived in the village of Anjum after a 30-kilometre hike along the coast from the seaside town of Holwerd. It had been exactly twenty-one years since this otherwise quiet village had made national headlines: two men had been found buried in theContinue reading “The Women of Anjum, Who Make Hard Men Humble”
