Part 08: Werne – Dortmund (-Brechten)
(KM 114 – 135)
Saturday, 06th September 2026
Earlier this months I tackled another section of the Westphalian Way of Saint James [DE]. Once again I had prepared three options to end the hike, depending on my state of fitness.
I made it till the final of three options: 24 km, ~21 of those on the actual Way and 3 more on the way to and from. Once again I had forgotten to bring a hat, because once again I left my home in a hurry.
All in all the walk was fine most of time. Lots of small town / urban area to start with, intersperesed with some nature / wood / farmland. I realized that on even terrain ~ 18 km are fine for me. The next two are okay-ish. But the last two were hard! So hard! I should take that into consideration for the next section, even though this probably needs to be another long – 22 km – hike. North to south through the city of Dortmund. Urban hiking. At least than I’ll then hopefully manage to pass through the whole city one day. Which was one of the reasons I pushed on to get to the city borders on this one.
On this one day I passed the whole evolution of power supply: the view of a restored as museum coal mine an fossil fuel powered power plant to the wind turbine. As someone who works in the climate action field that was sort of interesting to document.
Galleries best viewed on a larger screen than just a phone / Shot with a Canon Powershot G7X Mark III
And here is the rest of the day…
Part 07: Drensteinfurt (Mersch) to Werne (KM 098 – 113), 22nd May 2026
Part 06: Münster-Hiltrup to Drensteinfurt (Mersch) (KM 078 – 098), 04th April 2026
Part 05: Münster-Dorbaum to Münster-Hiltrup (KM 061 – 078), 26th March 2026
Part 04: Greven-Schmedehausen to Münster-Dorbaum (KM 045 – 061), 19th October 2025
Part 03: Lengerich to Greven-Schmedehausen (KM 029 – 045), 27th October 2024
Part 02: Natrup-Hagen to Lengerich (KM 017 – 029), 13th October 2024
Part 01: Osnabrück to Natrup-Hagen (KM 000 – 017), 15th September 2024
“I place one foot before the other…” is a lyric from of a Frank Turner song (obviously…)