Microadventures, S24O, and other terms have been coined lately to describe a small adventure that takes no more than 24 hours. Some fair weather, a car and a hiking map was enough to get us going for a small overnighter in the Belgian Ardennes.
Read on..
Friday evening, back from work and into the hiking gear closet to grab all I need. I drive over to my girlfriend and we decide to leave on Saturday which gives us some time to sort out our gear and backpack.
It's a 2 hour drive to Falmignoul where we set up camp.
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| A little luxury, after all it is weekend |
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| Perfect for an Easter Egg Hunt |
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| A great way of cooking, the water boiled faster than ever. The beer bottles did crack though.. | | | | | | | | | | | |
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We had pasta 4 formaggi and soon enough it was could enough to dive in the sleeping bag. A synthetic bag this time, because it can be quite wet in the evening and mornings.
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| bright yellow dyneema |
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The next morning we walked back to the car to put all camping gear in the trunk and hiked on with a wee daypack. Only carrying some weather protection, food and water. Ready for the 16km hike.
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| Beautiful.. and lonely, but that's a good thing |
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| Flowers, lots |
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| Starting the descent to 'La Meuse' or Maas rivier |
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| Still not worn out, still not minimalist, still astonishingly good |
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| along the Maas |
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| Break not far from Freyr, the Belgian climbing hotspot |
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| Grey and green |
We walked it under the described time and it was a very pretty walk with lots of climbs and descents. Perfect to get an idea of the Ardennes and indeed perfect for a microadventure.
We drove off to blue skies and sun, home.
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