Tag: Walking
The plains of Brabant
A hot early summer day in Flemish and Walloon Brabant, walking on cobbled roads that stretch to the horizon and beyond.
Villers-la-Ville
A walk through woodlands and cropfields in the area around the ruins of the Cistercian Abbaye de Villers.
Hiking kit: what to wear and what to pack
The kit required for day-hiking in temperate northern Europe: what to wear and what to pack for all seasons
La Mehaigne
The rural Hesbaye-Haspengouw is known for its produce and not much else, but quiet rural settings make for good walking.
A tale of two woods
Almost all of this walk in Flemish Brabant is under tree cover. Perfect for a hot or rainy day!
How green was their valley
When the map of Belgium was first drawn in 1830, Beauraing was left out and it remained French until the oversight was fixed.
Marche of the Beez
A walk in Wallonie with two places of interest differently affected by the French Revolution.
Getting started with a Garmin eTrex H GPS for walking
Using Garmin’s eTrex H GPS device for walking: a brief guide to some of the basic concepts
Cake in the Condroz
After a week of very warm weather, there were finally hints of spring: buds on the trees, early bees and even a red squirrel.
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Maisons de maître (and other buildings)
Whilst in between jobs after moving to Brussels, I took time to learn the communes and enjoy the architecture.
- Originally published: 16 Jun 2008 in Relocation
Hop Harvest 2010
4/5. A refreshing and well-rounded hop beer from De Ranke. Unexpectedly mild to the taste.
- Originally published: 22 Jan 2011 in Beer
Heijn Accord signed
How a shopping bag provoked an entire evening’s discussion of European cultural differences.
- Originally published: 18 Dec 2006 in Personalia
Together (Tillsammans)
One of Moodysson’s lighter efforts: a warmhearted film for a cold winter’s night.
- Originally published: 14 Feb 2007 in Film
Three cheers for Dads’ music tastes
Looking at today’s pop music scene, I reflect that my dad’s music isn’t so bad after all.
- Originally published: 25 Jan 2006 in Editorial
Stop ACTA!
A privately-negotiated international trade agreement that's anti-sharing, anti-privacy and anti-democratic.
Let's put a stop to ACTA.
Who you gonna call?
Hello, you. I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not a Princeton curator, Knoxville mayoral candidate, Kentuckian pastor or Arizona journalist, I just share the same name as those guys. I'm a user experience consultant, expatriate, traveller, writer and pro cycling enthusiast.
I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Black Albert. I started my website in 2005 and I've been running it ever since.
Shameless self-promotion
Over a year in the making, Dopeology.org is my latest personal project: a topology of doping in thirty years of European pro road cycling.
I collected information from thousands of sources, then I modelled and published it via a lightweight user interface.