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The search for the Rhine: From Kleve to the outskirts of Düsseldorf

Day 3 miles: 18 | cumulative: 28 The sun did not greet me the next morning. Far from it. My naïf dreaming had jinxed me; and for the first time I was forced to don my coat. Accompanied by my beanie and gloves, I set out once more through the old town of Kleve and back onto the cycle path, suspiciously eyeing the grey skies above. The road out of town followed a few miles of fields and then began...

The start of something new: From Harwich to Kleve

For an introduction to the nature, inspiration, and route of my walk, click here. Read on with that in mind. Enjoy! To change scenery; abandon London and England and set out across Europe…like a pilgrim or a palmer, an errant scholar, a broken knight or the hero of The Cloister and the Hearth… A new life! Freedom! Something to write about! (A Time of Gifts, Patrick Leigh Fermor) Day 1 After just...