Lyrics “One Foot Before the Other” – Frank Turner, 2011
Yesterday I went out to tackle my next section of a “German Way of St. James” (on re-established historic pilgrim routes). Here are a few photos and some rambling thoughts on that.
Part 02: Natrup-Hagen – Lengerich (Stadtfeldmark) (~ 13 km)
Saturday, 12 October 2024
For anyone who’s checking the route on a map, I feel the need to state that I did not just walk the 9 km to the centre of Lengerich, but even further; to its outskirts, if you like. It’s a small town which encompasses quite a few villages and one of those – Stadtfeldmark – was where I ended my trip yesterday and hopped on the bus to take me back to a train station.
The original plan had been to hike a bit further, but due to cancelled and delayed trains in the morning – and also poor planning on my part re: parking near the train station – I arrived at my starting point of yesterday’s hike two hours (!!) later than originally planned! The bus I needed to get on at the end only goes once per hour and I was expecting more train trouble on the way back, so I stopped my walk early than planned after about 5 hours. Took the bus at 15:15, was home at 18:30-ish.
Anyway, it was a lovely day out. I once again purposefully stayed off mails and social media for the day. I was not all the time as mindful about where I was and what I was doing as I had liked and once again spent more time, than I’d have liked ruminating / worrying / “in my head”, but at least I was and am aware of it and that’s a first step, right?
On my 2nd outing I brought a mat to be able to sit down anywhere I like without fear of getting my clothes dirty or wet (and also not to sit on something too cold). I loved how they easily constructed a bench here.
There were a few different way markers / signage on the way.
Unlike last time the route yesterday took me mostly through rural settings, farmland, forests and all that, which was lovely.
I didn’t see as much “Indian summer” foliage as I had liked to be honest, but this was nice.
Towards the end the route took me a long a lot of long – not winding – roads.
Until I left the path at this point to head for the bus stop.
