After a snowstorm and a day of minus 9, the next day had the most horrific weather: cold, raining and windy… and a walk along dikes and open fields. Steven van Lelyveld might have regretted he’d chosen that day to keep me company, but he bravely stood up to it and kept up the spirits. We walked the 18 km in one go and enjoyed warm tomato soup by three in the afternoon at our destination. Goedele De Nolf who came from Belgium, took an extra day on her way to a course in Holland to…