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Hiking with your dog: the safe and fun way

By Denzil on November 19, 2019 • ( 13 Comments )

Hiking with your dog is a great way to get a good workout for yourself (and your dog). These tips will ensure that both of you enjoy the experience to the max.

The 2-Memorial Sonian Forest Walk

By Denzil on November 17, 2019 • ( 16 Comments )

An 11 km circular walk through the Forêt de Soignes to memorials to foresters killed during WW1, and the terrorist attacks in Brussels in 2016.

Tyne Cot

By Denzil on November 14, 2019 • ( 4 Comments )

Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial in Zonnebeke, Belgium is one of the largest and most moving resting places for thousands of casualties in the First World War.

Sonian Forest Memorial to Foresters First World War

Is this the Belgian Stonehenge?

By Denzil on November 12, 2019 • ( 33 Comments )

I pay a visit to a mysterious megalithic stone circle deep in La Forêt de Soignes just outside Brussels.

11 facts about 11 November 1918 in Belgium

By Denzil on November 10, 2019 • ( 17 Comments )

On November 11th 1918, at 11 a.m., the First World War came to an end. What happened that day in Belgium? And afterwards?

The Last Post

Visiting the Menin Gate for the Last Post

By Denzil on November 7, 2019 • ( 21 Comments )

The history of the Menin Gate and the Last Post, an overview of Remembrance Day events, and where to see the LEGO Menin Gate!

Remarkable Belgians: The Singing Nun

By Denzil on November 2, 2019 • ( 53 Comments )

The tragic life and death of Jeannine Deckers, aka The Singing Nun (1933-1985).

Waterloo Battlefield Walk

Walking the Battlefield of Waterloo

By Denzil on October 31, 2019 • ( 27 Comments )

Discover 17 points of interest on the Waterloo Battlefield in this 14 km walk.

Sint-Pieters-Rode walk

A circular walk around Sint-Pieters-Rode

By Denzil on October 26, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

The kids and the dog will love this short ramble through the woods and fields around Sint-Pieters-Rode

Improving accessibility in Belgian hotels

By Denzil on October 12, 2019

Freelance writer Jane Edwards casts her eye over accessibility-friendly hotels and other accommodation in Belgium.

Bailiff's House Jauche

16 km hike around Orp-Jauche

By Denzil on October 6, 2019 • ( 13 Comments )

A pleasant walk along country lanes and crossing the fields of Walloon Brabant, passing through four villages on the way.

Fly agaric

Looking for mushrooms and toadstools

By Denzil on October 3, 2019 • ( 30 Comments )

Foraging for fungi in the forest is a great outdoors activity for adults and children in the autumn.

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