De 43ste editie van de Tweedaagse telt 7.203 deelnemers

Dankzij het droge weer van vandaag kon het lage deelnemersaantal van de Tweedaagse van de zaterdag toch wat opgetrokken worden. In het totaal telden we iets meer dan 7.200 wandelaars. Traditioneel is de zondag iets rustiger, maar dat was dit jaar dus anders, dankzij het droge weer.

Funpark de Voetjes was een onverdeeld succes te noemen. In het bijzonder de 'gekke' kapper - of beter gezegd zijn creaties - sprongen in het oog.

Wij zijn ook blij dat we jullie voor het eerst de natuurreservaten van de baai van Heist en Sashul hebben kunnen tonen en ook Ramskapelle loonde zeker de moeite.

Afgezien van de weersomstandigheden, is ook dit jaar van de Tweedaagse dus geslaagd te noemen.

Two-Day Walk successful in spite of bad weather

In spite of bad weather circumstances and forecasts, the first day of the Two-Day Walk was quite successful. Enthousiastic walkers are not scared off by drops of rain and in spite of bad weather, over 5.000 walkers took part in the first day of the walking event. Still, the participants were definitely not all routine walkers, many young walkers were also enjoying the walks. Especially in Funpark 'De Voetjes', the special kid's area, they had all opportunity to relax and play. Many of the youngsters returned with painted faces or 'weird' hairstyles.

Our walk is an international event and we were happy to welcome people from over 26 different countries this first walking day. Some of them coming from other continents (Japan, China, Taiwan), but we also had walkers from non-IML countries such as Armenia, Bosnia and Canada. Of course, we cannot neglect the large delegations from the Netherlands (622 participants) and Germany (603).

Better weather forecasts for Sunday

Today, the weather is looking up: forecasts are showing dry weather and after noon, we are even likely to see the sun every once in a while. An ideal walking day! At 11 o'clock, about 4.000 participants had taken the start, today in the direction of Zeebrugge and Lissewege for most of them, participants on the 42 km track will be going to Heist and Ramskapelle for the first time in the history of the Two-Day Walk.

Pictures of the first walking day can be found on Picasa.

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