Day 60: Wijk en Aalburg to Drunen

Date Friday 22nd March 2019 Holy Places Visited Hersteld Hervormde Gemeente Wijk (bij Heusden) [“Restored Reformed Church Wijk (with Heusden)”], Wijk en Aalburg (exterior) Hersteld Hervormde Gemeente Heesbeen [“Restored Reformed Church Heesbeen”], Heesbeen (exterior) St. Jan Evangelist Kerk [“Saint John the Evangelist’s Church”], Elshout Distance Travelled Approximately 12 km (7½ miles) Route Walked on through …

Day 59: Woudrichem to Wijk en Aalburg

Date Thursday 21st March 2019 Holy Places Visited Sint-Martinuskerk – Hervormde Gemeente Woudrichem [“Saint Martin’s Church – Reformed Church Woudrichem”], Woudrichem (exterior) H. Joannes Nepomucenus Kerk [“Saint John of Nepomuk’s Church”], Woudrichem (exterior) Romboutstoren [“Rumbold’s Tower”], Andel (exterior) Hervormde Gemeente Andel [“Reformed Church Andel”], Andel (exterior) Hervormde Gemeente Veen [“Reformed Church Veen”], Veen (exterior) Gereformeerde …

Day 58: Nationaal Park De Biesbosch to Woudrichem

Date Wednesday 20th March 2019 Holy Places Visited Gereformeerde Kerk Werkendam (Maranathakerk) [“Reformed Church Werkendam (Maranatha Church)”], Werkendam (exterior) Sleeuwijks Kerkje [“Sleeuwijk’s Little Church”], Kerkeinde, Sleeuwijk Sint-Martinuskerk – Hervormde Gemeente Woudrichem [“Saint Martin’s Church – Reformed Church Woudrichem”], Woudrichem Distance Travelled Approximately 19 km (12 miles) Route I followed the Nieuwe Merwede river north-east, through …

Day 57: Dordrecht to Nationaal Park De Biesbosch

Date Tuesday 19th March 2019 Holy Places Visited Evangelische Gemeente Jozua [“Evangelical Church Joshua”], Dordrecht Distance Travelled Approximately 9 km (5½ miles) on foot and 585 metres (640 yards) on a car ferry. Route I walked south along the edge of the Nationaal Park to the south-east of Doredrecht, where I visited Evangelische Gemeente Jozua. …

Day 56: Dordrecht

Date Monday 18th March 2019 Holy Places Visited Chris­te­lijke Gerefor­meerde Kerken (CGK) Doredrecht Centrum [“Christian Reformed Churches – Dordrecht Centre”] (exterior) Ayasofya Moskee Dordrecht [“Hagia Sophia Mosque Dordrecht”] Distance Travelled Approximately 9 km (5½ miles) Route Walked through the pretty centre of Dordrecht then headed east, passing through the industrial area on the south bank …

Day 55: Barendrecht to Dordrecht

Date Sunday 17th March 2019 Holy Places Visited Opstandingskerk [“Resurrection Church”], Ridderkerk (exterior) Hervormde Kerk [“Reformed Church”], Rijsoord (exterior) Gereformeerde Kerk Vrijgemaakt (GKV) Maranathakerk [“Reformed Church Liberated – Maranatha Church”], Zwijndrecht (exterior) Oude Kerk [“Old Church”], Zwijndrecht (exterior) Bethelkerk [“Bethel Church”], Zwijndrecht (exterior) Grote of Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk van Dordrecht [“Great or Our Dear Lady’s Church of …

Day 54: Rotterdam to Barendrecht

Date Saturday 16th March 2019 Holy Places Visited Grote of Sint-Laurenskerk [“Great or Saint Lawrence’s Church”], Rotterdam Eendrachtskapel [“Unity Chapel”], Rotterdam Waalse Kerk [“Wallonian Church”], Rotterdam (exterior) Russisch Orthodoxe Kerk [“Russian Orthodox Church”], Rotterdam (exterior) Essalammoskee [“Essalam Mosque”], Feijenoord, Rotterdam Distance Travelled Approximately 12½ km (8 miles) Route Ian joined the pilgrimage in the morning …