Some days are starting to become a blur now… This was a day like that. It wasn’t too warm. I started walking after having washed my shirt and myself. It was basically a very grey day. I followed small roads and paths as close to the Great Wall as possible. […]
There was more thunder and lightning last night and a lot of rain. It had stopped by morning. I spent the night at a guesthouse. Because of the TV antenna wire, there was a slit in the window sufficient to let in adventure seeking mosquitos during the night. They had […]
I woke up to thunder at 4 o’clock in the morning, but it stayed at a comfortable distance. Then I continued following the Great Wall where the last little stretch went up the Simatai bridge. On a short section from a riverbed going upwards, there were protective walls on the […]
It rained when I arrived at Gubeikou late in the afternoon yesterday. I was unlucky and ended up on a slow bus. Average speed about 40 km/h and it went on the small roads wherever possible. After eating at Gubeikou it also started to thunder just like the weather forecast […]
Here you can see an article about the walk in The Beijing News that was in print the 4th of July. There has been quite a lot of interest for the walk lately, and while I remain fairly close to Beijing, I hope to meet some more journalists to talk […]
I have been walking during a very hot period lately. I have also been walking fairly good distances. The Great Wall has been too dangerous to follow all the way from Huairou to Gubeikou as many people on the Chinese blog have warned me. As a result of walking more […]
Today I got to Gubeikou. The area around Gubeikou has a particularly famous stretch of the Great Wall that was of great strategical importance. It was first built during the Northern Qi Dynasty (550-557). About 800 years later (!) the Great Wall was extended and strengthened during the early Ming […]
Started walking quarter past six this morning determined to get as much done as possible before it got too hot. The forecast for Huairou was 43 degrees C, and I was dreading it. I am about 45 kilometres northeast of Huairou, so don’t know if it was as hot here. […]
Woke up a little after 5am. Then it started raining, so I had to wait an hour more before packing down the tent. There were clouds today which made it a little cooler than yesterday. I walked the last stretch of the day without my shirt, which was wonderful. There […]