{"id":5339,"date":"2025-06-30T06:41:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T06:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/picton-lynas.co.uk\/walkingblog\/?page_id=5339"},"modified":"2025-07-03T06:23:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T06:23:43","slug":"belgium-coastal-path-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/picton-lynas.co.uk\/walkingblog\/belgium\/belgium-coastal-path-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium Coastal Path – 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Zwin Natuurpark to Corsendonk Duinse Polders – 30th June 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I knew that this wasn’t going to be the usual unihabited landscapes of empty beaches and hills bereft of other people. But no matter, a gently stroll for a few days was the ticket.
There seems to be a paved promenade all the way along the coast of Belgium but the hard sand at the sea’s edge makes the best footing.
What I wasn’t prepared for is the heat. Thirty degrees at least today and if it wasn’t for the places to stop for drink and shade I’d be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The car park at Zwinn. Unfortunately, all the paths in and through the marshland and the dunes are shut. Reinstatement it seems. OF necessity I had to route aroudn the car park and try to reach the beach near the river mouth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Artifical nesting posts. Could do with some at home to keep Esme’s crows away.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Strict delineation here and woe betide the walker who strays into the bike lanes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Even a separate one for the horsey people.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The dutch coast across the river.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ten miles of beach to Zeebruge which you can just see in the haze.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Starting to run into loads of people enjoying the sunny weather. One strange thing is that the vast majority of young men are of Middle Eastern extraction.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bit of a problem, the road is in the air.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The reason why. They shuttle these huge ships up to Bruge or Brussels on the canals.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I rather enjoyed myself, at least until the lsast hour or so when the heat was bad and I had to dowse my head. Even that only lasted forty minutes and I was grateful for the end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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