The bag on his shoulders grew heavier with each passing minute and his breath came in ragged gasps. Where was the way out of these cursed woods? Something howled in the distance and the man flinched. Was it a wolf? Were there even wolves in this area? He hurried onward but froze when the stars winked out as a grey shape passed over him on silent wings. He felt the owl’s golden eyes settle on him. The thumping in his chest was like thunder in his ears. Then light filtered through the trees. Could it be… Moving forward again he finally saw the crossing that would take him and his loot to safety.
Once again he had made his escape.
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Feel free to visit The Daily Post for more Escapes, a photo challenge by Cheri Lucas Rowlands.
Figments of a DuTchess 
Lovely selection of photos for this challenge!
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Thank you kindly 🙂
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Great take for this week photo challenge my friend 🙂
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Hehehe, thanks, Jake.
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I really enjoyed this, Marion. 🙂
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Glad you dared to join this smuggler on his way through the night 🙂
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Inspired storytelling – I love it! 😉
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Happy smile on this side. 😀
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What was he smuggling?? 😉
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People smuggled salt, and later butter over this path. Plus for sustenance during the First and Second World War and the crisis years.
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This is brilliant and funny. 🙂
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I’m glad you think so, Nandini 😀
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I enjoyed the fact the the man is going one way while the arrow points the other way. 🙂
janet
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Must have been confusing in those days, right, Janet? 😉
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I have days like that, don’t you? 🙂
janet
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*laughs* oh yes, often I wonder which way I’m going, and if that’s the way I’m supposed to go. But we always end up in the right spot. Though sometimes at the wrong time 🙂
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Very accommodating to criminals they are in that area!
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Along this smuggling route, mainly salt was transported in the dead of night, Col. It’s close to the border between the Netherlands and Belgium.
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Nice of them to signpost it for the modern salt smugglers!
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Hehe… What a guy you are telling about – I love the story – Thanks (and the photos too you know) moiie …
Have a super weekend, dear friend – Sunny regards from Copenhagen
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Mooie foto’s hè, Mariane? 😉 You are speaking Dutch, my friend 😀
it must have been something like I told in the story, back in the days when the path was still used.
And congratulations on winning the Eurovision Song Contest!
Have a sunny and warm weekend,
Mar
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This is so creative ! Love the graphic of the sloucher!
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Smuggling must have been hard and dangerous work. But the profits were good, else they wouldn’t have done it, right?
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I cannot imagine!
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