Autumn and spring, my fav seasons of the year.
Winter brings cold snow and i do not like snow.
Autumn, best time of year to go out and walk the Woods of Gorp & Roovert.
During wwII that particular part of the woods between the dutch and belgian border, were smuggler routes and the germans executed 5 men, at the 15th of august 1942, in the woods of Gorp & Roovert. There are still leftovers:
There's a house with watchtower in the middle of the woods, a huge doorknocker on the heavy wooden door and a watchtower right next to it. The lamps and ornaments make it complete. A huge Sagittarius on a tile is part of it's walls. I wanna live there, it's perfect! A bedroom with a view!!
Some say it haunts in Gorp & Roovert.
It has a certain kind of gutfeeling walking those grounds, especially when you come there for more than 2 years already, and somehow always park the car at the same spot, walk along the same watchtower-house, walk straight into
that execution spot and still you get lost there, no matter how long or short your walk will be! It happend to us last sunday!
Still, i love it there and especially in autumn.