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“In the Reichswald I feel like Little Red Riding Hood among the tall trees” (pilgrim Corrie Kelders in Content Magazine)

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Pilgrim Corrie Kelders walked the Walk of Wisdom and wrote a Foot and Good Walking story about it for Content Magazine: Photography: Susan Peeters

“My footsteps are becoming hesitant and slow as I walk in” (pilgrim Ricky Rieter on her Walk of Wisdom)

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The Labyrinth and Me End of my 'Walk of wisdom'. My footsteps are hesitant and slow Now that I walk in... My life, a labyrinth, of not seeing, and seeing, of doubt, and believing, of fear and trust, of sorrow and joy, of desire and fulfillment, Bumps…

“The Walk of Wisdom does something to you” (pilgrim Mieke Kleinleugenmors about her blissful feeling)

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It is exactly four weeks ago today that I started my Walk of Wisdom with a happy head. I had already smelled it earlier this year during a silent walk and now I went 'for real'. The plan was to report back to the Stevenskerk on May 11th. And…

Overcoming obstacles in the Reichswald (by pilgrim Annelies Hoefsloot)

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As a pilgrim, I have the desire to meet myself. Where better to do that than in the tranquility of nature? Can I handle myself when things get tough or when I get overwhelmed by emotions? Quite exciting to go out on my own, on my own. No escapes…

‘Let it go and it will be all right’ (pilgrim Sabine Juckenack on her Walk of Wisdom)

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  My Walk of Wisdom If you've experienced pilgrimage once, you'll be hooked.... Yes, after three times Santigo de Compostela via the Camino Frances and the Camino Portuguese, I was now looking closer to home. An acquaintance gave me…

Ireen enjoys her Walk of Walk of Wisdom to the fullest

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Hikers with a happy look in their eyes. You can pick them out in no time, they walk the Walk of Wisdom, writes Annet Kooijmans in an article in the weekly newspaper Via Groesbeek. She did a short interview with pilgrim Ireen van der Lande.…

Hortance from Deventer walked the Walk of Wisdom, with her elderly dog Tommy

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Early April. A message via Facebook from Hortance van den Beld from Deventer: 'Good evening, is the route easy to walk with a dog cart? My elderly dog walks with me in a cart. In Belgium I have also walked with the cart. Sometimes some difficult…

“I feel the love of mother nature, the joy and appreciation” (pilgrim Joke Timmermans)

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'It's the 'place' where you feel like you're going with the flow of Mother Nature's life' Hello, my name is Joke living in Limburg and born and raised in Apeldoorn. My hobby is hiking. All my life I have been an active hiker. Being one with…

‘Walking to wisdom’: story about the Walk of Walk of Wisdom in the magazine Naar Buiten

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'This age of globalisation calls for something that connects us, because we are increasingly aware that we are part of the same world.' That is what pioneer Damiaan Messing says in the beautiful article about the Walk of Wisdom that has been…

Beautiful article in magazine full sentence about ‘Modern pilgrimage route without destination’

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"The word 'pilgrim' comes from 'peregrinus' which means stranger. As a pilgrim, you consciously put yourself in a position where you are not at home, you distance yourself from the fixed structure in your life. And then you discover that the…