Good news. It has come to my attention (thank you Otto) that on 27 January, Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf has reported on the latest development concerning budget costs on the 4 Daagse march.
Johan Willemstein, march leader, tells the paper that things will be as follows:
- a rise in the participant fee, namely eight euros
- Camp Heumensoord is guaranteed to be built in both 2012 and 2013
- the pontoon bridge at Cuijk will be no more.
All things considered, things could be worse. I do think, however, that we whom love Heumensoord should keep on showing our concern. As can be seen, there are no guarantees from 2014 and on.
I therefore urge everyone to be part of the support page on Facebook and to spread awareness of the threat still hovering over our good, old camp.
/Thorbjørn Hein, webmaster, March Team Bjørnebanden/The Beagle Boys.
That is excellent news! Heumensoord is a fantastic place to be during the marches. I'm born and raised in Nijmegen (moved to Sweden 10 years ago) and I have been there visiting friends that were walking and stayed there myself when I walked the Marches in 2003. So much fun, it just HAS to stay in the future! Keep up the good work!!
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Agree, Sonja! Thanks for commenting.
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