Hans Faber
Surf on someone else’s Turf. Hiking the Rota Vicentina
Boxing Day 2022. The Frisian bastard woke up in the small village of Aljezur in the southwest of Portugal. It was day ten for him hiking...
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Hans Faber
Nov 5, 20228 min read
Naranjas and Reservoir Dogs - Hiking in Andalusia
The last two weeks of 2021, one of the Frisian bastards hiked most of the Andalucían Coast to Coast Walk in Spain. A hike from Nerja to...
Hans Faber
Dec 12, 20216 min read
A Horsewoman from Harlingen in the Highlands - hiking in Scotland
May 2017. One of the Frisian bastards hiked the Cape Wrath Trail in Scotland. A hike of about 300 kilometers through the remote upper...
Frans Riemersma
Aug 1, 20213 min read
10 words to travel 1,500 years and miles across the Frisian shores
Are these white letters on the wall encrypted gibberish to you? With learning a handful of keywords, you'll have deciphered them in no...
Hans Faber
May 29, 202110 min read
More Flying 'Dutchmen'
On the first of February 2020, one of the Frisian bastards of the Frisia Coast Trail tramped the trail section from the town of Bad...
Hans Faber
Jan 7, 20214 min read
Presence of mind to ask the right question
‘The path will provide,’ is a familiar saying among hikers while on the trail. The flip side of this attitude is you might not have the...
Hans Faber
Jan 6, 202110 min read
A Wadden Sea Guide and His Twelve Disciples
For those outdoor enthusiasts who consider hiking the mud flats of the Wadden Sea, it is essential to know that this is not just a...
Hans Faber
Jan 4, 20215 min read
Expelled from Regal Grounds
July 1987. The two Frisian bastards , both being sixteen years old at the time, went to the village of Wijnaldum, or Winaem in the...
Hans Faber
Sep 5, 202012 min read
Women of Anjum, or One Night in Anjum
Late in the afternoon. December 28, 2018. One of the Frisian bastards arrives at the village of Anjum after a hike that started in...
Hans Faber
Oct 6, 20197 min read
Gerddwyr Croeso. Hiking the Welsh Coast
Last year one of the bastards hiked the Pembrokeshire Coast Path in southwestern Wales ( Cymru ), a 290 kilometres long trail. As every...
Hans Faber
Oct 12, 20189 min read
Support for the Corsican Cause in jeopardy
September 2018, one of the bastards hiked the Grande Randonnée 20 in Corsica. Or, as the French say, la GR-vingt . The GR20 is...
Hans Faber
May 17, 201711 min read
"My God, the Germans bought all the bread!" cried Moira
The essence of the Frisia Coast Trail is hiking through the heartland of (former) Frisia and to taste the landscape, its history, its...
Hans Faber
Apr 17, 20178 min read
Walking the Sea
The treacherous mudflats of the Wadden Sea. They are UNESCO protected, but you're not. Take good care when walking sea. Read and shiver!
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