The last day in the Ardennes. A lovely sunny morning, only spoiled by a little raindrop in the afternoon. Relaxing in the garden.
And oooh, I love being carressed and tickeled!
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19 May we went kayaking in the river Amblève and started at Coo. I was so excited and a bit scared, since I'm not a good swimmer.
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We went for an afternoon of kayaking in the river Amblève in the Belgian Ardennes. We started at Coo. Here you see me at the waterfalls of Coo. The starting point of our wet kayaking tour.
We were about to start our kayaking trip. I was excited and had to go, but I could not hear the others, since the waterfalls behind me were making too much noise.
Fortunately they did not forget to take me with them.
Half way kayaking on the Amblève river we stopped. One of the kayaks turned over, so it was filled with water. While one of my friends was struggling with his kayak, I climbed up the shore and up a tree to have an overview of the kayaks passing by.
I was helping my friend a bit with turning over his kayak to get rid of all the water that was inside. I think he appreciated my efforts, though I did not contribute much. At least I kept dry feet. He did not.
At last.. After some hours of paddling we made it to the bridge where we had to get off. I still had dry feet. Here you can see all the kayaks of our group.
It was great fun! Not too much splashing around though..
I was a bit tired and felt my fluffy muscles after kayaking for a few hours. But I enjoyed it! Hence the big smile. Always a big adventure for a little sheep.
After the hiking and walking through the High Fens, we thought we'd deserve a nice barbeque. So that's what we did that night.
We had a big garden near the house we rented in Xhiermont, Stoumont. We were on top of the hill, so you could see all the green forests and farmlands on the surrounding hills. And again no rain!
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I was excited and waiting for the barbecue. They've put up a little chair with pillow just for me. At the end of the table. I'm a bit to small to carry all the food and charcoal around, so I did not have to help the others. I really enjoyed it!
That night we were having a barbeque. They managed to get me a chair with pillow in almost my size. Nice and comfortable! The barbeque was great as well. See me sitting there, happily smiling...
Friday 18 May - still on my long weekend in the Belgian Ardennes - I decided to go to the Hautes Farnes, the High Fens of Polêur. A beautiful nature resure with the spongy, acidious wet fens on top of the hills. Beautiful landscape. I loved it.
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Before I walked over the High Fens, I encountered a couple of beautiful oldtimers at the parking place. I had to polish the hood a bit.
Zoom in a bit on me at the hood of the oldtimer
The High Fens are very wet. And very typical plants grow there. What kind? The kind that sits quite comfortably. But you'll have to be careful with flapsing around too much. You'll get wet feet.
Yes, this is where they used to dig out peat. The Dutch call it 'turf'. Anyways. The weather was lovely.
If you build a path here, it won't last. The ground is too wet. So they just drove some poles into the ground and made a path from timber on top of it. Looks nice and keeps your paws dry.
Well, I did not intend to fall into the water. Luckily I kept my paws dry.
Nice view when you climb the hill on the edge of the 'Hautes Fagnes'.
You haven't heart much of me recently. Besides flapsing around, I thought I'd imitate Youssouf and go on a trip of myself as well. Youssouf was on his way to Ohio, so I went a bit closer. One country ahead: Belgium. From 17 till 20 May I stayed in Xhierfomont, part of Stoumont in the Belgian Ardennes. It's not far from Spa - I even passed it. And of course Spa is world famous. All the spa's in the world are named after it.
It's always green - and rainy - out there. Great nature, forests, fens and water. I liked it! Luckily we had quite some sun as well.
The first day I went hiking near the house I stayed in. Up and down the hills, getting stuck by the river (the path ended) and then climbing up the hills again without a round. Quite an adventure for a flapping sheep!
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That's the Belgian Ardennes: a lot of water, lots of rain. Beautiful green hilled landscape. And hiking paths that end in a river. So I had to find another route.
This small spruce was so lovely that I had to climb in it. Dunno why. I just flapsed and there I was.
High humidity, a lot of moisture and rain. Ideal climate for a lot of fluffy moss. And fluffy I love.
