May 11: Maubeuge – Maroilles
This was one of my best days since I left Aachen. I felt good, it had more or less stopped raining, temperatures were pleasant, the light and colours were gorgous and the whole afternoon I walked on a grass trail along the river Sambre.
I stayed at night in Maroilles, my first oppurtunity to test the bivouac. The owner, an old man didn´t charge anything from me, he said I could stay as long as I wish.