Day 5: A More Varied Landscape

A beautiful day saw a lot more forest than prior days on the Pieterpad. The breakfast I ordered yesterday was delivered right on time, and was simple, but tasty. (A piece of bread, two heated rolls, cheese, ham, butter, jelly, and a hard-boiled egg.) Thanks to that and not having to deal with my tent this morning, I left camp right around 9, my earliest start so far. Back on the trail, I continued through the line of trees, then zig-zagged under a highway and followed a road for a little while until the trail turned off onto a dirt road in the space between a field and parkland.Morning Path × Morning PathFarmland × Farmland For some reason, I got the impression that the trail felt more remote this morning than on prior days. I guess it’s a reasonable thought since the only town the trail passed through today (in the afternoon) was pretty tiny. I passed a couple herds of mostly white cows this morning, before the trail went into what seemed like protected parkland.A Herd of White Cows…