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Pilgrim’s Happiness – by Francine Postma
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My sixth day of hiking has started grey. There is a chilly wind and it is drizzling. In myRain suit, I walk, with rustling trouser legs, on muddy paths, through forests andfields. I pass farms, mills, country houses and even a castle.…

Walk of Wisdom in pictures – by Marjolijn Gerrits
Stories from pilgrims
Marjolijn Gerrits walked the Walk of Wisdom as a pilgrim last year and sent in these photos.
by Marjolijn Gerrits

Snow-white quiet: walking alone for the first time (pilgrim’s report)
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From the very beginning, Helma Mollenkamp has been making music for the Walk of Wisdom together with her partner Ben Dirks (Duo Messingh). In the meantime, Helma has walked the route herself and wrote the report below.
I already had my starter…

Johann and Goof on the path of wisdom
Stories from pilgrims
The assistance dog Goof from Johann van Rossum
Johann van Rossum walked the Walk of Wisdom with his loyal dog Goof. Goof gently bites Johann in his hand when he is in danger of getting into a stress situation and wakes him up in case of…

Maria and Walk of Wisdom
Stories from pilgrims
(Without pictures)
Inspired by a woman from our circle of acquaintances, who walked the Walk of Wisdom last August, together with one of her daughters, I had the wish to walk the Walk of Wisdom for 2019, together with my partner Robert. Was…

The Walk of Wisdom – a cinematic account by pilgrim Lieneke Akkerman
Stories from pilgrims
Lieneke Akkerman from Nijmegen was one of the first pilgrims to register (registration number 35). She recently walked the Walk of Wisdom for a second time and made a scintillating video of her first five days via the GoPro Quik app. To music…

“Time is not money, time is life” – report by Robert Peters (pilgrim 3159)
selection, Stories from pilgrims"I put a small compass in the window frame of the Dijkhuisje near Beuningen. It was in the drawer with my deceased partner. Such a small compass the size of a beer bottle cap but made of plastic... I wanted to put it somewhere. She was not someone…