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| | What is the GR 5, the Grand Randonnee Five |
 | | The GR5 begins at Hoek van Holland on the North Sea, and ends in Southern France at the Mediterranean. |
 | | Probably, this is because they want to be walking from the the cold, rainy, grayer weather of Holland to the warm, dry, sunny Mediterranean; and also, to finish up their trip with the excitement of the Alps and a Mediterranean arrival. |
 | | Rivers draining the Alps along the French border flow to the west, that is, across the grain of the north and south running GR5. |
| www.grfive.com /general/Gr5_description.htm (1980 words) |
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