Hiking route E2 - Wandelroute E2

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The European walking route E2 runs from the southwest of Scotland nasty Nice^[1]. The route is made up of a number of interconnected routes, including the Grande Randonnée 5 (Hiking trail GR5).

The European walking routes are plotted and managed by the European Hiking Association, in which the Long Distance Hiking Trails Foundation from the Netherlands and from Flanders the association Grote Routepaden are represented.

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E2

Inverness Galway Ireland/UK Scottish Belfast Highlands Irish Sea port patrick Stranrear Kirk Yetholm Middleton-in-Teesdale E8 Hull - E8 Eastern England Central England North Sea North Sea UK/Netherlands UK/Belgium E9 - Rotterdam Ostend - E9 Bergen op Zoom Netherlands/Belgium Antwerp Lanaken Belgium Netherlands Maastricht Netherlands/Belgium wezet (Vise) Ouren Belgium/Luxembourg Vianden E3 Gilsdorf Remerschen E3 dudelange Luxembourg/France Fontoy E5 Morez France/Switzerland E4, Saint-Cergue Nyon Lake Geneva - Switzerland/France Thonon-les-Bains Nice, connection E7

Character

History

To prepare

Safety

A tick is smaller than the head of a match

The E2 is a very safe walking route. The greatest danger lies in an almost invisible small animal: the tick. Ticks can (to varying degrees; in some regions almost 100% of ticks are infected) be carriers of life-threatening parasites. Lyme disease, which is spread by tick bites, can be found throughout the E2 region. You cannot vaccinate against this disease, but you should check yourself every evening for the presence of ticks. Once infected, a course of antibiotics is necessary.

In Scotland and in the French alps you must be able to cope with uninhabited areas and mountain routes. Mountain hiking experience is necessary there, unless you are led by a guide. In Scotland it will sometimes be necessary to bring food for several days and possibly a tent and sleeping bag. Elsewhere in the Scottish highlands and everywhere in the French Alps you should carefully plan and possibly reserve your overnight stays. Don't go out with local bad weather warnings; ask emphatically every morning what the weather forecast is.

Other dangers along the route are minor: Wild boars and other large game are generally shy. Rabies (rabies) occurs among forest animals, but is rare.

There are no indications of high crime along the E2.

Arrive

Route

Directions

Ireland

It is intended that in Ireland a route of Galway nasty Belfast will be turned off. From Belfast you can then sail to Portpatrick.

Scotland

In Scotland, the E2 runs through:

• The Southern Upland Way by port patrick (Stranraer) until Melrose
• St Cuthbert's Way to Kirk Yetholm (Kelso)

England

• the Pennine Way from Kirk Yetholm (Kelso) to Middleton-in-Teesdale

Eastern variant

• the Teesdale Way from Middleton-in-Teesdale to Middlesbrough
• the Cleveland Way by Guisborough until Filey
• the Yorkshire Wolds Way from Filey to Hessle
• the Viking Way from Hessle to Rutland Water
• the Hereward Way from Rutland Water to Ely
• until Harwich where the ferry to Hoek van Holland being taken

Western variant

• the Pennine Way from Middleton-in-Teesdale to Stand-edge;
• the Heart of England Way by Cannock Chase until Bourton on the Water;
• the Thames Path by Oxford until Weybridge;
• the North Downs Way by Guildford until dover.

Originally it was the intention to use the boat connection dover-Ostend to get to the mainland. Since it is no longer in use, an alternative should be used, for example:

• via the North Downs Way (the Canterbury Loop) and the Stour Valley Walk nasty Ramsgate walk to then take the ferry to Ostend; or
• from Dover to Dunkirk sailing and via the GR du Littoral (part of the European walking route E9) nasty The Panne walk there to join the GR5A South.

Belgium

Western variant

• the GR 5A-North "Polders, creeks and dunes" from Ostend in a south-westerly direction along the coast to The Panne;
• the GR 5A-South "Hills and Rivers" from De Panne via Kemmel, mean, avelgem, Ronse, Geraardsbergen, Aalst, Dendermonde, Temse and Antwerp to Deurne near Antwerp;
• a piece of GR 565 (Sniederspad) from Deurne to the vicinity of (Zoersel).

At Zoersel, the variants come together again. See below.

Netherlands, Belgium

From the ferry landing stage out Harwich in Hoek van Holland follows the Eastern variant of the E2 de hiking trail GR5; see there.

Belgium, France

Bee Zoersel the two variants come together. The E2 remains the hiking trail GR5 follow to the end point Nice.

Accessibility

stay overnight

Route descriptions and map material

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