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Kilometres walked: have no idea. They depended on the weather, terrain and the sites I visited. The least I have done was about 8 kilometres - after visiting Boumont Hammel, since I spend a lot of time there. The most was about 26 kilometres (when the sites were little or none, the weather was not too hot). I count that the average was about 15 - 17 km/day, so overall for the whole trip was about 630 km and for the front was about 500 - 550 km (so yes, I sadly didn't manage to walk across the whole front, but I will try to fix this next year, if I will have the possibility) Duration: I was away from home 6 weeks exactly, but the trip across the front lasted 5 weeks and 1 day (started on Sunday evening and finished on Monday evening). Sleep: tent. Mostly next to cemeteries, monuments. Also slept in peoples' yards (when they let me do it), next to churches, schools, in parks, and in XIX century built semi-cave for travellers to sleep, in a shell-hole). I encountered some...

Trip gear

Backpack: Lowalpine TFX Tundra 65 + 15 Trekking poles: Fizan tierra antishok Hoddy (warm): 1 Rain wear: trousers and jacket (PVC) Foot wear: Kayland Vertigo GTX + Lituanica 2907 Socks: 5 no-name cotton + 1 Throlos Ultra light hiking T-shirts: 5 (cotton) Shorts: 1 black Dressmann Trousers: 1 jeans + 1 cotton/jeans black work pants Sleeping bag: no-name with down insulation + Lifeventure Cotton travel sleeper Sleeping mat: Therm-a-Rest Z-Lite Sol 1 rectangular outdoor candle Tent (no name) Poncho : 1 Spare underwear: 5 Several meters of jute string (have no idea how much - just wrapped it around the tent pegs) GPS: Magellan Triton 1500 Batteries: 18 AA + 6 AAA Camera: Canon PowerShot SX10 IS Water tanks: Stainless steel bottle (Primus 1L) Water filter: none for now (hand-made on the spot) Pills of activated carbon: 160 Elastic bandages: 2 Strapping: 1 Lighter: 1 Flash light: no-name 1 Toilet paper: 1 roll Trash bags: 2 Food: 4 cans ...