Walking in Europe

A blog of Angus and Alison's walking tour of the Tour de Mont Blanc, Via degli Dei the Dobratsch Circuit in Carinthia, Austria, the Dolomites, Venice, and Iceland

Category: Western Front Way posts

Blog posts from the Western Front Way

  • After a great rest in the tent in Nieuwpoort, I rode along quiet, flat (!) pathways to the lovely city of Bruges where I’ll officially end my time on the bike, conclude this blog, and start making my way to Amsterdam to fly home next week. Can’t wait. I’m homesick, and miss Ali and my…

  • One aspect of the trip that I am also still struggling to fully comprehend is the long lasting impacts of war on our precious planet. I saw this years ago working with forestry faculty in the late 90s at Hue University in Central Vietnam and their efforts to restore the land and mountain forests (and…

  • International day of Peace.. Left Ypres on the morning of Sept 21 with two brief stops at Tyne Cot with much significance to Australia, New Zealand and Canada (in addition to the British forces) and the battle of Passchendale. We also stopped at the German cemetery at Langmarck. We reached the sea and the end…