Pathfinding made a sport.

Saturday 4th Februari 2006

We decided to make a short hike on the GR561 from Mol railway station to Geel guided by the 1985 Michelin map. The latter we treasure because they contain those important GR trails.

We soon discovered that a large section of the GR561 was transformed into a surfaced road lined by big estates. Anyway, just before reaching Bel, at km 7, the faint red/white stripes were replaced with bright ones as were Simone's mood as well as mine and that of the dog who hates the impersonal large windy metal beasts.
The sky was slightly overcast and the sun didn't manage to warm our heads. We did not encounter anyone who was so brave to face the sun's 4 degrees heating effort.
All in all we enjoyed the 18,5 km easy hike although we did this trip some years ago in much more sunny conditions.


Personal rating: ***