I bet you didn’t know that The Wadden Sea was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014 – impress your friends , bring it up at the next local quiz night !?

At first I thought I wasn’t going to cope …no chance to go to the toilet beforehand , 2 people having to have their shoes taped to their ankles , a guide with rope, flares ( off the survival not the sixties trousers type ) and all other kind of life-saving stuff and wearing rubber surfing boots , a group of athletic looking people ( including my family ) and me .
It’s dam hard to describe a Wadlopen walk .During certain times of the year, groups of hikers traipse across mudflats located in the Wadden Sea to experience the vastness of the mudflats and see birds , wildlife and islands that are usually cut off from the Dutch mainland. We did it last Friday , on Johnnie’s birthday .It was certainly one to remember
Although it might seem simple enough, hiking across mudlflats is actually quite perilous, especially when your name is John and you have the responsibility of not letting me fall over / sink / drown or show myself up .
Well , it was bloody amazing – after the initial stress of walking about 400metres out to sea ,over deep sinking sand and therefore not being able to put your foot down for more than 1 second , we reached the oyster beds and things perked up as
1) i could look around rather than at my feet , and it was so beautiful.
2.I had stayed vertical
3. We waded through rivers and estuaries ( my favourite bit ) .
4. We saw crabs with trapeziums on their backs and 2 penii
5 .There was an overwhelming sense of achievement
and then
Kibbling, chips and beer
I won the first game of Monopoly

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